Teaching Grammar - Focus on 'Aspect'

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the grammatical errors evident in a fictional letter from "Betula" to "Andrea". The paper explains that although the grammatical mistakes (in the letter) are varied, the paper focuses primarily on the letter's problem of incorrect 'aspect', and attempts to analyze how Betula's grammatical aspect problems can be categorized and corrected. The paper also explains the types of tense expressed under 'aspect'.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
What is Aspect?
Types of Tense Expressed Under Aspect
Analysis of Betula's Essay in Terms of Aspect
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In laymen's terms, aspect is really the grammatical aspect of a verb, which characterizes the temporal flow of one's writing. However, it is different from the concept of "tense" alone: although tense describes whether an action or event has occurred in the past, present, or future, aspect determines whether it happened only once, whether it happens continually without stopping, whether it happens on an intermittent basis or whether it continues to happen now (Lynch). An example of different aspects are the statements "I skip" and "I am skipping", both of which lend to different interpretations of tense."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Demchenko, Yuri. (1999). Present Tense: Present Simple Vs. Present Continuous. UAZone.org. Retrieved December 22, 2006 from http://www.uazone.org/friends/esl4rus/present.html.
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• Lynch, Jack. (date unknown). Guide to Grammar and Style. Retrieved December 22, 2006 from http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/a.html
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• "Present Perfect Tense." (1998). UVic English Language Centre. Retrieved December 22, 2006 from http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pperf.htm.

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