1. Anne's diary was published under the title of The Diary of a Young Girl.
2. Anne's diary was published under the title The Diary of a Young Girl.
(Which one is correct? Do I have to write 'of' or not"?)
3. Did you write today's diary?
4. Did you write a diary today?
5. How about writing a diary now?
6. Will you write in a diary?
7. Will you write in today's diary?
8. Write three diaries about three days.
9. You have written two diaries, so you have to write the other diary in the notebook.
(Are all the expressions grammatical? would you correct the errors?)
Responses
English - Ms. Sue, Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 5:13pm
The first one is correct: The Diary of a Young Girl
They're all correct -- except in # 9, we'd say IN the notebook.
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Thank you for your help. I corrected some.
10. Did you keep a diary?
11. Keep today's diary.
12. Why not keep two diaries?
13. How about keeping three diaries for three days?
(How about these expressions? Are these all correct?)
I'd use #2, but put a comma after "title," and put the title of the book in italics.
All the rest sound fine!
Yes, all of the expressions you provided are grammatically correct.
10. Did you keep a diary? - This is asking if the person regularly or habitually wrote in a diary.
11. Keep today's diary. - This is a command or suggestion to write in a diary specifically for today.
12. Why not keep two diaries? - This is suggesting or questioning the idea of writing in two separate diaries.
13. How about keeping three diaries for three days? - This is a suggestion or question to consider writing in three separate diaries over the course of three days.