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  • Karakter: 12 tal
  • Ord: 1028

Opgavebeskrivelse
Write an analytical essay in which you analyse and interpret the short story[1] “Fresh off the Boat in Queens” by Suki Kim.

Part of your analysis must focus on setting, characterization, title, theme(s) and message. Include other analytical features that you may find relevant.

Indholdsfortegnelse
Grammatikopgave
1. I just saw the money on the table, but now they have gone.
2. Couldn’t you give the police any new informations?
3. Most of my furniture is old and worn, but I can’t afford to replace them.
4. Run down to the baker’s, Johnny, and get a bread.
5. The latest news from the summit meeting were not encouraging.
6. Some advice are worth listening to, some aren’t.
7. The new furniture was designed by a young architect who used nothing but tree and leather.
8. It was certainly a luck for John that he had brought enough money for this sort of emergency.
9. I was lucky to get a work in the neighbouring factory.
10. Apparently, everybody had heard the news but nobody seemed to believe them.
11. Our family gave us a lot of advice before our first trip to England, but when we arrived, we just couldn’t remember them.
12. The invention of the spinning jenny was an important progress for the cotton industry.

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Uddrag
1. I just saw the money on the table, but now they have gone.
Rettelse: I just saw the money on the table, but now it is gone.

Forklaring: Ordet “money” er et utælleligt substantantiv, som altid står i singularis, hvilket også vil sige at verballeddet altid skal være bøjet i 3. person singularis.

Derfor skal både “they” og “have” erstattes med “it” og “is”, da det dermed er bøjet i 3. person singularis efter subjektet “money”.

2. Couldn’t you give the police any new informations?
Rettelse: Couldn’t you give the police any new information?

Forklaring: Ordet “information” er utælleligt substantiv, som altid står i singularis. Det vil sige, at ordet derfor ikke skal have en pluralisendelse - s. Man kan dog også bruge mængdeudtryk, som for eksempel “a piece of”.