Dear teacher,
The festival continues in 15 venues around the city, lasting through Sept. 14, and the Y's celebrations will stretch throughout its entire 2004-5 season.
As a wide variety of events will convey, the story of American Jews became a tale of the passage from the periphery to the center, from immigrant yearning to mainstream achievement.
Q : I think
As a wide variety of events conveyed, the story of American Jews became a tale of the passage from the periphery to the center, from immigrant yearning to mainstream achievement.
OR
As a wide variety of events will convey, the story of American Jews will become a tale of the passage from the periphery to the center, from immigrant yearning to mainstream achievement.
is correct sentence. What do you think?
All the best, :)
Odd agreement of a tense
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Re: Odd agreement of a tense
I feel that the original sentence is correct, if long-winded.pdh0224 wrote:As a wide variety of events will convey, the story of American Jews became a tale of the passage from the periphery to the center, from immigrant yearning to mainstream achievement. :r:
The events are in the future. The story that the events will convey is in the past.
Your other two sentences are not really possible.
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