Hi, I hope you're doing well. I think the sentence "The sunbeams are piercing trees" might be a little unclear currently, as it sounds as though the sunbeams are going through the trees' trunks or branches. I think if you make the sentence a little more specific, maybe by specifying what part of the trees the sunbeams are piercing, your sentence will be clearer. For example, you could say "The sunbeams pierce the forest's canopy" or "The sunbeams pierce the foliage."
Gabriel H.
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That should work! The way your sentence is set up now is technically in passive voice, which most English teachers/professors don't like, but it's not incorrect. You do get to make your sentence a little shorter if you say "The sunbeams pierce the forest canopy" but it's of course up to your preference and neither is incorrect.
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10/24/22
Ethan B.
I phrased it that way because i want the current state of the canopy to be letting sunbeams come through it. I want it to be present tense continuous. Is that what the sentense is saying in the way I'm using it?
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10/24/22
Gabriel H.
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I see, if you want it to be present tense continuous you would say "The sunbeams are piercing the forest's canopy." I don't think you're actually able to write the sentence in the present tense continuous if you start the sentence with "The forest canopy," as you would always have to write "pierce" in the past tense (e.g. "The forest canopy is being pierced by sunbeams" would not be present continuous).
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10/24/22
Ethan B.
What if i say, "The forest's canopy is pierced with sunbeams?"10/24/22