diff --git a/translate/figs-imperative/01.md b/translate/figs-imperative/01.md index 60c3136..ad64acc 100644 --- a/translate/figs-imperative/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-imperative/01.md @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The purpose of Proverbs 22:6 below is teach what people can expect to happen if * **God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.** (Genesis 1:3 ULT) * God said, "There is now light" and there was light. - * **God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply. Fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."** (Genesis 1:3 ULT) + * **God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply. Fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."** (Genesis 1:28 ULT) * God blessed them and said to them, "My will for you is that you be fruitful, and multiply. Fill the earth, and subdue it. I want you to have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." 1. If people would not understand that a sentence is used to cause something to happen, add a connecting word like "so" to show that what happened was a result of what was said. diff --git a/translate/writing-background/01.md b/translate/writing-background/01.md index 47c1b5c..d938f43 100644 --- a/translate/writing-background/01.md +++ b/translate/writing-background/01.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ When people tell a story, they normally tell the events in the order that they h Peter and John went on a hunting trip because their village was going to have a a feast the next day. Peter was the best hunter in the village. He once killed three wild pigs in one day! They walked for hours through low bushes until they heard a wild pig. The pig ran, but they managed to shoot the pig and kill it. Then they tied up its legs with some rope they had brought with them, and carried it home on a pole. When they brought it to the village, Peter's cousin saw the pig and realized that it was his own pig. Peter had mistakenly killed his cousin's pig. -Background information often tells about something that had happened earlier or something that would happen much later. Examples of these are "their village was going to have a feast the next day" and "He once killed three wild pigs in one day," "that they had brought with them," and "Peter had mistakenly killed his cousins's pig. +Background information often tells about something that had happened earlier or something that would happen much later. Examples of these are "their village was going to have a feast the next day" and "He once killed three wild pigs in one day," "that they had brought with them," and "Peter had mistakenly killed his cousins' pig. Often background information uses "be" verbs like "was" and "were", rather than action verbs. Examples of these are "Peter was the best hunter in the village" and "it was his own pig."