changeling  +  636389 Fri, 09 Jan 09 07:25 PM Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hi everybody!   I'm not sure if my sentence is correct or reads good. Could your check it?   It often happens that girls, who were raised in families where pregnancy was always a challenge, expect their own experience to be as frightening and courage-requiring.  <0}Thanks in advance changeling Joined on Sat, May 10 2008 Junior Member 76 Sentences

	Fandorin  +  636676 Fri, 09 Jan 09 11:03 PM Hi, Changeling. changeling “Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hi everybody!   I'm not sure if my sentence is correct or looks/sounds good. Could your check it?   It often happens that girls who were brought up/ were growing up in families where pregnancy was always a challenge expect their own experience to be as frightening and courage-requiring.  <0}Thanks in advance ” Fandorin Joined on Thu, Dec 20 2007 Moscow Contributing Member 1,386 Whatever happens, be yourself.

	Grammar Geek  +  636979 Sat, 10 Jan 09 02:57 AM  Don't use "courage-requiring." It's not at all natural.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!