Could you please check if the following sentences are all grammatically correct? Thank you.
1) As Coleridge suffered from chronic rheumatism, the doctors prescribed him opium to ease bodily pains and he became addicted to this drug.
2)He distinguished between primary and secondary imagination. He described the former as the faculty by which we perceive the world around us.
3)In particular, it works through our senses and is common to all human beings.
4)On the other hand, he defined the latter as the poetic vision, the faculty that a poet has to build new worlds.
5)During a state of ecstasy, in fact, images do not appear isolated, but associated according to laws of their own, which have nothing to do with the data of experience.
6)The imagination is contrasted with Fancy, which is inferior, since it is a kind of mechanical and logical faculty which enables the poet to aggregate and associate metaphors, similes and other poetical devices.
7) Both Wordsworth and Coleridge despise Fancy and exalt the Imagination but they define the Imagination differently.
8)For Wordsworth the imagination transforms (transformed?) the data of experience through recollection in tranquility whereas for Coleridge it transcends (transcened?) the data of experience and “creates” in the true sense of the word.
9)As for nature, Coleridge didn’t consider it as a moral guide but rather as the projection of the real world of Ideas onto the flux of time. 10) Therefore he believed that natural images carried abstract meanings and used them in his poems.
1) Because Coleridge suffered from chronic rheumatism, the doctors prescribed opium to ease bodily pains, and he became addicted to this drug.
5)During a state of ecstasy, in fact, images do not appear isolated, but associated according to laws of their own, which have nothing to do with the data of experience. <~~Wow! This needs to be vastly simplified!!
6)The imagination is contrasted with ~~>Why is there a capital F? Fancy, which is inferior, since it is a kind of mechanical and logical faculty which enables the poet to aggregate and associate metaphors, similes, and other poetical devices.
7) Both Wordsworth and Coleridge despise Fancy and exalt the Imagination but they define Imagination differently.
8)For Wordsworth, the imagination transforms the data of experience through recollection in tranquility, whereas for Coleridge, it transcends the data of experience and “creates” in the true sense of the word.
9)As for nature, Coleridge didn’t consider it as a moral guide but rather as the projection of the real world of Ideas<~~Why the capital I? onto the flux of time.
10) Therefore, he believed that natural images carried abstract meanings and used them in his poems.
Re your question about tenses -- make them all present or all past. Just be consistent.
1) As Coleridge suffered from chronic rheumatism, the doctors prescribed opium to ease his bodily pains, and he became addicted to this drug.
To check if the sentence is grammatically correct, we can break it down into smaller parts:
- "As Coleridge suffered from chronic rheumatism" is a dependent clause that introduces the reason for the action.
- "the doctors prescribed opium to ease his bodily pains" is an independent clause that states the action taken by the doctors.
- "and he became addicted to this drug" is another independent clause that describes the consequence of the action.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
2) He distinguished between primary and secondary imagination. He described the former as the faculty by which we perceive the world around us.
To check the second sentence, let's analyze it:
- "He distinguished between primary and secondary imagination" is an independent clause that states what he did.
- "He described the former as the faculty by which we perceive the world around us" is another independent clause that describes the distinction.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
3) In particular, it works through our senses and is common to all human beings.
To check the third sentence, let's analyze it:
- "In particular" is an introductory phrase that provides additional information.
- "it works through our senses" is an independent clause that states how something works.
- "and is common to all human beings" is a dependent clause that provides additional information about the subject.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
4) On the other hand, he defined the latter as the poetic vision, the faculty that a poet has to build new worlds.
To check the fourth sentence, let's analyze it:
- "On the other hand" is an introductory phrase that presents a contrast.
- "he defined the latter as the poetic vision" is an independent clause that states a definition.
- "the faculty that a poet has to build new worlds" is another independent clause that further describes the definition.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
5) During a state of ecstasy, in fact, images do not appear isolated but associated according to laws of their own, which have nothing to do with the data of experience.
To check the fifth sentence, let's analyze it:
- "During a state of ecstasy, in fact" is an introductory phrase that provides additional information.
- "images do not appear isolated but associated" is an independent clause that states how images appear.
- "according to laws of their own, which have nothing to do with the data of experience" is a dependent clause that further describes how the images are associated.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
6) The imagination is contrasted with Fancy, which is inferior, since it is a kind of mechanical and logical faculty which enables the poet to aggregate and associate metaphors, similes, and other poetical devices.
To check the sixth sentence, let's analyze it:
- "The imagination is contrasted with Fancy" is an independent clause that states a contrast.
- "which is inferior" is a dependent clause that provides additional information about "Fancy."
- "since it is a kind of mechanical and logical faculty" is another dependent clause that provides further description.
- "which enables the poet to aggregate and associate metaphors, similes, and other poetical devices" is another dependent clause that continues the description.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
7) Both Wordsworth and Coleridge despise Fancy and exalt the Imagination, but they define the Imagination differently.
To check the seventh sentence, let's analyze it:
- "Both Wordsworth and Coleridge despise Fancy and exalt the Imagination" is an independent clause that states the actions of both Wordsworth and Coleridge.
- "but they define the Imagination differently" is another independent clause that presents a contrast.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
8) For Wordsworth, the imagination transforms the data of experience through recollection in tranquility, whereas for Coleridge, it transcends the data of experience and "creates" in the true sense of the word.
To check the eighth sentence, let's analyze it:
- "For Wordsworth" and "whereas for Coleridge" are introductory phrases that introduce the subject.
- "the imagination transforms the data of experience through recollection in tranquility" is an independent clause that describes how the imagination works for Wordsworth.
- "it transcends the data of experience and 'creates' in the true sense of the word" is another independent clause that describes how the imagination works for Coleridge.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
9) As for nature, Coleridge didn't consider it as a moral guide but rather as the projection of the real world of Ideas onto the flux of time.
To check the ninth sentence, let's analyze it:
- "As for nature" is an introductory phrase that introduces the subject.
- "Coleridge didn't consider it as a moral guide" is an independent clause that states what Coleridge believed.
- "but rather as the projection of the real world of Ideas onto the flux of time" is another independent clause that provides further explanation.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
10) Therefore, he believed that natural images carried abstract meanings and used them in his poems.
To check the tenth sentence, let's analyze it:
- "Therefore" is an introductory word that indicates a conclusion or consequence.
- "he believed that natural images carried abstract meanings" is an independent clause that states his belief.
- "and used them in his poems" is another independent clause that describes how he used the natural images.
This sentence is grammatically correct.
Based on this analysis, all the sentences provided appear to be grammatically correct.