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Hi i have an essay to write on Louis Macneice's - Sunday Morning. I was wondering if anybody could help me analyse it as i have a very hard time reading and understanding poetry. Any help would be amazing - meaning, use of enjambment, causuras, repetition, aliteration, assonance, etc. Thanks...

Hello Ipkqi, and welcome to English forums. I have deleted unnecessary verbiage and underlined other problem areas:When it comes to talk about cooperation, most people seem to tend to choose partners who have the same views with them. Because they think disagreement can cause stress and...

G'day Newguest, I think that it needs a comma thus; God willing, I hope to meet you sometime in the future. This is a contraction of the full meaning which is; If God is willing, I hope to meet you sometime in the future. Your construction sounds fine. Stannum

Hi Crazy-- I finally got here. I have added some comments in brackets after underlined 'problems':Do Sports and Drugs Mix? Since the dawn of time years while playing football and was the quarter back of our team. Everyone thought he was going to make it to the NFL but during our...

Thank you, Mister M. I think your response is givng the impression of contraction by the fact of you are using the phrase "strictly speaking" and "I think" in the same response to a particular question. Anyway, why did you say a comma should precede the and, strictly speaking. Are there any...

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 large-scale blend...

I hope you and julielai don’t mind if I jump in. . The film not only helped me realize all the work that is put into the making of a film, but it also helped me to decide what I want to do with my life—become a great film director. General Notes: Overall, well done. You have a little...

You're looking for evidence? Well, here are a few things that sound wrong to my ears: 1. "... that is why my dear friends that..." First of all, there should be commas around "my dear friends." But then, lots of native speakers have comma issues, unfortunately, so that doesn't mean anything, and...