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Help proofreading "A Doll's House"

I have finished writing an essay, which is due tomorrow. As an ESL student, I have the feeling that I have a lot of grammatical mistakes. Is there any sentence where you wonder what the heck I am trying to say? Hope anyone can help! The Woman Within the Doll The Baltimore Sun...

Re: When I have trouble...

Hi Anon,what Jim said makes a lot of sense, and we discussed it a little in another thread, I think.The point was that teaching completely descriptively is impossible. The teacher would have to say: Mr X says this, Mr Y says that, and Mr Z says another thing. Now learn what they say and then...

Re: Helpful / Useful

I suppose that a person can be helpful, while a tool can be useful. There's no rule that says when to use either, try to pick up the uses of these words in literature, movies, conversation, etc. I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't tell someone that they were useful, at best, it sounds sarcastic, at...

help!! help!!!

hi everyone, could any one check my body paragraph about " hypertext fiction ",plz?? i did already, but i need to improve it more because the teacher put many comments in it? the teacher wants from me to fix the resources?? i tried hard to express my opinin but the teacher said write more you...

Re: overtake/pass the car in front of us

In the U.S., the only version you'll hear in typical conversations is pass. overtake has the same meaning, but it's in a higher register, used in official literature such as driving manuals issued by the goverment, such as Be particularly cautious when attempting to overtake another...

Re: visited + object OR visited + adverb of location

Thanks Clive,This is my first foray into grammar with my adult students (I usually teach conversation, literature, news English and the like). So this question really threw me for a loop. I was teaching adverbs at the time (using "soon" in " I will visit Europe soon") so this is how the...

Re: Out of Question VS Out of The Question

Hi GG Did you actually read my post? For if you had you would have see the following: The fact that other posters appear unaware of the existence 'out of question' as a collocation should show you that this phrase is not common in modern spoken English. Therefore I would recommend that you...

Re: How to refrace a sentence so it doesn't have so many I's

Not knowing.Knowing not.Knowing not how to play this game, I would rather not give you tips.I think I've got the hang of it; I'll keep in mind that this style is not commonly used in everyday conversations, and that it is mainly used in literature.Many kudos, Clive!WA goes Shakespheare!

Re: subjunctive or past conditional

Hi Bokeh, Becasue of your reply, it made me take a second look at the original question. I also did some research and found this paper written on the subject of Semantic Composition of Subjunctive Conditionals by Michela Ippolito of MIT/Tübingen University. I am not completely sure if I...

Re: Need Ideas for (english) conversation topics with woman aged 35 - 45.

Nona The Brit wrote:If you think about The word "Perhaps" it still have a bige problem . That depends on her personal interests I'm afraid. Why don't you ask her? Stop thinking of her as someone from another planet () - I know she is a woman and older than you but you can't stereoptype her any...