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Re: Do I use a capital letter if I am writing a list?

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:29:30 GMT

I agree witht he teacher that marks a student's spelling words incorrectly for capitalization when the student is in the second (or third) grade or higher; because at this level, a child has been taught and is to practice distinguishing between a proper noun and an improper noun. A child need to know that the word 'every' should not be capitalized because it is an improper noun. On the other hand, the word 'Christmas' should be capitalized because it is the official name (proper noun) of a holiday.

/ndg

Re: I have another writing to submission

AlpheccaStars — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:57:03 GMT

You did not make all the repairs.

Remember that sentences begin with a CAPITAL letter, and CAPITALS are used inside a sentence only for proper names.

You have made a couple of spelling errors.

Re: please review my letter of motivation

ferpectedit — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:30:31 GMT

Your letter is basically a good one and though I won't go through it sentence by sentence I will give you some basic suggestions to improve it.
1) Use spell check so you can avoid misspelling "treasurer" and other words
2) Check and make consistent your capitalization. If the program is called "International Tourism Management" make sure to capitalize accordingly. Also I don't see a reason that "develop" (note the spelling) and "senior(?) high school" should be capitalized.
3) Cut out as many unnecessary words and phrases as you can. Not only will your letter read better, but you will also more easily avoid errors. For example, in the second paragraph I would change the second sentence to "During my time there I took part in many activities." Direct statements are always best.
4) In the U.S. letters such as this one usually have the salutation "To The Selection Committee" though I don't know if the this salutation would be appropriate to where you are applying. If the letter isn't going to a committee but to a specific person, try to find out the name of that person and address the salutation directly to him or her.

Re: is this correct

Clive — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:42:14 GMT

Hi,
is this ~~grammetrically~~ grammatically correct?

do u believe in intutions and ESP (extra sensory perception) kind of things, i always ignore them thinking mere coincidences.
but the questions is ..are coincidences so frequent?
No. In addition to grammar problems, your spelling is incorrect, you are missing capital letters, your punctuation is not correct and you are using an inappropriate texting-style abbreviation.

Do you believe in intuition and ESP (extra sensory perception)? I always ignore events of this kind, thinking of them as mere coincidences, but the question is whether coincidences occur so frequently.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Spelling mistake

Grammar Geek — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:13:44 GMT

Avangi makes a good point - most spell checks will tell you that a word doesn't exist - like "confeused" should be "confused." But it won't help with words like "replay" which should be "reply."

One thing that you should start to work on right away is to NOT use text message abbreviations like "ur" instead of "your" and to make sure you use a capital letter at the start of your sentences and for the word I.

(And thanks to Avangi, I realized I forgot to welcome you to English Forums.)

(And lastly, I make a lot of spelling mistakes too, and I write for a living. That's why we have editors.)

Re: My personal blog for english

Clive — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:19:51 GMT

HI Stanley,

Welcome to the Forum.

You'll get more help if you make things easy for people by pasting your text directly into your post to this Forum. That makes it easy for people to correct, and they don't have to go and look for it.

Don't post too much at once. Please make sure that you check your capital letters, spelling and punctuation. Please don't use "text-spelling" eg u instead of you.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: I did project about "Heroin" , i need someone check me the spelling & structure

BeginStudent — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:59:21 GMT

Thanks , why did you change the words:"It is " to "its"?
something else about it :"You must remember to use capital "I" for the personal pronoun. " - you mean also if i have "," after it will be capital letter ?- for example :"I wrote the letter to the secretary and I wrote to my mother.

I have part two , it's the first question number one from the list "Secondary questions".

1) How does this drug affect the human body under

different circumstances?

When people use this drug without any medical prescription they may have a variety of diseases.

The first one is when people take an overdose consequently they may die because of high concentration of heroin in their body.

Moreover ,people that use this drug constantly may get the HIV and plenty of other diseases such as hepatitis etc.

The most terrible incidents concerning drugs happen when people try to carry drugs in nylon packages inside their bodies . Sometimes the packages are torn and the concentration of drugs inside the body causes immediate death.

Furthermore , gang members that are addicted to heroin may kill just to have another "shot".

In conclusion , the heroin drug is very dangerous and there is more than one way to be killed by it .

Thanks alot .

Re: things that i belive to be true

Clive — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:11:10 GMT

Hi,

Here are a few quick comments on your writing.

You need to revise it to use correct punctuation, including capital letters, periods, etc. Don't use . . .

You also have a huge number of spelling mistakes.

If you want to make these changes and repost your work, we will be happy to help you with further comments.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: corrections

Clive — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:38:49 GMT

Hi,

OK, but before we spend time on this, can you please try to correct the spelling yourself?

eg don't use 'texting' English, like 'u' instead of 'you'.

Also, please start each sentence with a capital letter and end each one with a period, question mark, etc.

Then we can help you, OK?

Clive

Re: Please upgrade this

Hoa Thai — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:43:47 GMT

Hi,

Please take a look at the underlined parts and my comments below:

Once you enter the premises, you will see desks with a piece of paper that has a capital letter written on it. You are to find the letter that corresponds to the first letter of your last name and check in. After you have signed your name and the person at the desk have confirmed your payment of the registration fee, you will be given a name tag and will be told where to go next. You will see plenty of refleshments on various locations and people with 'Ask Me' badges all over the place to get help.

There will be workshops for four-time slots and each time slot is for fifty minutes. Each workshop will be followed by a ten-minute break. There will be three concurrent workshops for each time slot for you to choose from and the total number workshops for the day will be twelve. I have attached the schefule of all workshop. Please take a look and take it wiith you at the day of the event.

We have made our best effort to make this our best event ever and are sure that you will impressed with the quality line-up of the presentators sheduled. We hope you will have a great time attending and go home with a goodyful of knowledge and a big smile on your face knowing you have gotten everything you need. (Do you really need this last sentence?)

We hope to see you there and don't forget to say 'hi' if you see us. We are the people with blue badges with the word 'staff' written on them.

Comments:

1. âdesks with a piece of paperâ - a piece of paper for all desks?
2. have signed / have confirmed â present perfect?
3. you will be given a name tag and will be told where to go next â why passive voice? two âwill beâ? âname tagâ should be one word.
4. You will see plenty of refleshments on various locations and people with 'Ask Me' badges all over the place to get help â âon various locationsâ (stands?) / is âall over the placeâ necessary? I suggest that you break the sentence into two parts.
5. four-time slots - four time-slots?
6. Each workshop will be followed by a ten-minute break â Donât you have 12 workshops all together? I think you mean 10-minute break between sessions â right?
7. take a look and take â review and take?
8. made our best effort to make this our best event â There must be a better way to express this!
9. will impressed?
10. quality line-up of the presentators scheduled â why not just âquality presentationsâ?
11. attending what?
12. knowing â what is its subject? we, you, or a big smile on your face?
13. blue badges with the word 'staff' written on them â 'STAFF' blue badges
14. Check spelling for words underlined.