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I would not go as far as to give you three out of twenty. You may need to give details about the required length of this essay, what course it is writtten for, the general attitude of the person who marked it, etc. For me, this piece of writing is very good but a bit too short to be called a...

Hello s/h Having read a number of books in my time. ] This clause doesn't make a sentence on its own. none have accomplished ] Some examiners would expect 'none has' here. The tale is written in the first-person narrative] 'narrative' is unnecessary. an ordinary girl placed under...

bright, For a non-native English speaker, you write well. That said, there are several areas you need to strengthen. Your opening sentence needs to be strengthened. I am an undergraduate from Beijing Jiaotong University in Mainland of China writing in response to the position you posted...

Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective, and of governing an...

The Oxford Dictionary seems to compile words and their usage that are/were used in literature, whatever pedagogic grammarians say about them. My Oxford Dictionary (OED CD version 2.0, 2000) classes "to not do" as "peculiar constructions." It says; "occasionally an adverb or adverbial phrase is...

Lukas, So many questions!! Lol Let's see if we can answer some of them--no promises though. You: I use RP English in my essays, I forgot to mention it in the first place, I hope it's not a big problem Me: I don't know what RP English is, so no matter. You: 1st paragraph: "Although both -...

Hi there! This is a message for grammar diehards only, so if you are not interested in sentence structures please do click the BACK button on your browser right away!! Now, I'm sure you know that there are five basic sentence patterns, consisting of necessay elements which are S(subject),...

If you're sitting for the academic paper, when it comes to graph writing I would plan my essay as follows: One sentence to introduce the illustartion. One or two sentences that demonstrate the relationships between the data or show a trend. More in-depth description of the data that expands your...