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Hi. It's a nice letter, with few mistakes - 'Alex' would (I think) appreciate the letter as it is. However, this is a standard kind of letter that many people might be interested in writing, so here are some suggested changes: In place of unfortunately in the first sentence try 'I'm sorry...

Welcome to English Forums! "people" is plural, so you need "oppose", not "opposes". No comma between a subject and predicate. "biased" is a past participle acting as an adjective. Verb tenses don't enter into it. People who oppose the pronoun 'they' can argue that 'they' has a root...

For the rest, Kela, I'm going to give you hints (in blue), so that you can try to improve things yourself. (A repeated problem is your use of indefinite pronouns--for instance, writing 'he' when the reader doesn't know which person 'he' refers to . Rommel described himself as a boy who...

Hi, I know that the sentence: " The angry boy ran out of the room slamming the door as he went" is correct, but I cannot explain why. 'Slamming' is used here as an adjective describing the boy. Think of 'a galloping horse'. What you are really talking about here is 'a slamming boy', not...

Some notes: The first sentence is not a complete sentence-- add an all-important comma after industrialization . Multiracial or multi-racial . Multi is not a word. imperative and crucial is redundant. Eliminate one of the words. deeply rooted Vesak Day use sprouting ...

Yeah, I like the way politeness can do that. 'William JOSEPH Smith, will you come inside and have your dinner?' is angry but 'William, will you come inside and have your dinner?' might not be. Also: sorry, off the topic, is there a conjunction forum here? Trying to figure out when to use...

Hello again Hela ...If ever you read my translation into English of the article from "Le Monde",...which mark would you give me?... I wouldn't get very many marks, if anyone were to mark my marking...But here are my (BrE-ish) comments instead! First I've given the original sentence;...

Hello Georg. The following words and phrases need repair: At first -- or omit it entirely have gave in UNIVERSITY2 -- wrong preposition September 2000 -- I think I am a little late in helping you. till - change to 'through' reasons -- needs a comma succeed in serving -- change to...

I know which book you're translating from! Please do not leave a space before your commas and periods. Ghosts *Hide (you use past tense in the narrative) from Jiang Sanmang Mr.Yao’an heard a story *from Mr. Run Sheng, his great grandfather. In Jing City?there was a man called Jiang...

Hi Pilita, My own 2 cents: 1. Literary analysis is normally done in present tense (that normally includes the plot summary). You keep going between present and past tense, which is a little confusing. 2. You've repeated quite a few phrases here and there, and the repetition makes your essay...