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Hello In your second to last paragraph you say With my graduation from high school approaching all the more rapidly In my opinion this particular line should be reworded The rate of when a person graduates does not accelerate I know what you are trying to say but it can be said in a clearer...

This is well written From a very quick scan all of the start all I picked up was your use of the contraction it s when it should be the possessive its in line 5

Hi Happy This area is a very contentious one so it is not surprising that you find different pronouncements within and between grammar books Here is my opinion on the examples you present 1 Who did it Not I The pronoun stands in parallel to the subject who and is a shortened form of I didn t do...

CORRECTED SENTENCES Having been a project manager for five years I think that the people I am working with now are very efficient they always accomplish their heavy tasks ahead of time and seldom delay my project schedule In addition their proficiency has made our product more effective Written...

girding on my armour I m coming to rescue my mother tongue from the evils of translation engines chuckle I ve never liked those translation programs and I see I have good reasons for it Hola a todos mi español es muy pobre sé lo que nnecesito escribir en mi propio idioma pero no puedo encontrar...

Jessie I have made corrections to your grammar Compare my revision to your original __ When we re together the world stands still Our meeting must have God s will When we re together the birds always sing You re holding me under an angel s wing When we re together the flowers always bloom My...

Well I ve just joined This is a bit strange The possessive of it is without question its no apostrophe Mine yours his hers its ours theirs no apostrophe in any of them It s invariably means it is or it has and there is no such word as its All basic English grammar And yet someone says...

There seems to be some confusion here As a native English speaker I was born and educated in England and having been a teacher of English for many years I can say that there is no doubt in my mind that the quoted words were written by a native English speaker Please remember that not all native...

good clarification raul on further reflection i think that sentences such as where is he at come from a general tendancy to make contractions and would always be pronounced where s he at never as four distinct words the is being melded with where as a two syllable expression where s he minus the...

Or let s say both sentences say that it was not necessary for him to go to the meeting but with didn t need he either went or not it was uncertain However with needn t have gone it is certain that he went to the meeting Be aware though that if you use proper grammar you shouldn t have used needn...