By Colons, Essays

I'm writing an essay for school on the things I like to do, but I've come across some trouble. Most of the time, I'm just kidding around; other times, I'm not.

Anonymous wrote:I see you made the descriptive phrase into a complete sentence, making the semicolon the proper punctuation. Does that mean the original sentence was incorrect as it was?Thanks!Your original sentence (absolute participle construct) is grammatically correct. But this sort of style...

Hi!You use both the British and the American spelling. Be consequent: use either the British one or the American one. I've used the British spelling for my corrections as that is what you used in the first paragraphs Good luck! Judging from your essay, I would say that your chances to be admitted...

Hi Nik,Remember that you have to insert a space after commas, colons, semicolons, and full stops. For example, "drama;others" is not correct; rather, it should be "drama; others". I also suggest using a spell checker (explaine, goood) to improve your essay. I encourage you to post a corrected...

Hello, Tony. Here are some notes: Comma not period after Finch in the title. No colon after By racism has occurred Leave two blank spaces after the period at the end of a sentence Mockingbird is one word Underline or italicize the book title change phrases; to says: this novel...

For our independent reading unit, we have been asked to write four reader response journal/essay type things. My teacher has chosen this one for me to use for my book report because she says it is my best journal as far as explaining my feelings go. However, the teacher has not corrected any...

I took some time to think about my essay and made some changes. I sure appreciate your insight. Sometimes I feel like a little out of my element. We just had to pick two items to compare/contrast. Did I do a little better? Can you please check my punctuation. I'm not real clear on the uses...

These words and phrases need repair: and the Science may not realizes treks on ( 'in') lightens ('lights') are all using ('all use') address, (semicolon) it is utility ('its') proof” (where does the quotation begin?) So, perhaps (delete 'so') isn’t (avoid contractions in...

This is generally fine. There are a few things that need repair: learning it (comma) gang related (hyphen) hips allowing (comma) shirt and (comma) where the focus is (delete all except 'focus') News “A (punctuate or restructure the clause) comment, (no comma here or at the...

Hi Jeff, Your first paragraph is rather attractive already. I would make an effort to discover the quote author's gender, in order to avoid the 'he/she' awkwardness. Here are some other words or phrases that need work: speaker (I'd change to 'writer' since it is not obviously from a...