By Essays, Apostrophes

I had a question about apostrophes in conjunction with nonrestrictive modifying elements. I am writing an essay and would like to know if you need to put an apostrophe twice, as in: "The author fully develops Kate Miller's, the protagonist's, character." -or- is it "The...

(1) We only played one ... and it was four years ago. - You need to use the PAST SIMPLE here because you're talking about something which happened 4 years ago.(2) ...between his wife and the girls' coach... - you need the apostrophe after 'girls' because it's a possessive...

My assignment is to type a Descriptive/Informative Essay. I am graded 50% on content, 40% on grammar and mechanics, and 10% on style. Could anyone read my essay and suggest some corrections? Please bold or make corrections visible. The help will be greatly appreciated.Here are grammatical...

Feebs11 wrote: Super Sonic wrote: Hi everyone, I am from Turkey and I have a problem: Yesterday I learned that I got 56 points out of 100 from the writing lesson, which made me sad(I am a university student) The teacher said that my essay wasn't coherent and that MY ENGLISH WAS POOR I have...

Super Sonic wrote:Hi everyone, I am from Turkey and I have a problem: Yesterday I learned that I got 56 points out of 100 from the writing lesson, which made me sad(I am a university student) The teacher said that my essay wasn't coherent and that MY ENGLISH WAS POOR I have written another...

Hello Anon (MN?) and YoHF, YoHF’s re-draft is excellent, with a very good style. You should try and follow the style and rhythm of the English. In case you look at it too closely, there are a couple of minor errors in it which I show below. As no-one else has replied to you regarding your...

Febrarius, It so happens that today is my birthday, and that I lived in Rochester NY for 2 years sometime ago... All the more reason for giving a shot at pointing out a couple of things in your essay... But bear in mind that I'm not a native so don't take every suggestion of mine for...

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...

Hello s/h Having read a number of books in my time. ] This clause doesn't make a sentence on its own. none have accomplished ] Some examiners would expect 'none has' here. The tale is written in the first-person narrative] 'narrative' is unnecessary. an ordinary girl placed under...

Question I: Number (2) has too many 'what's, and 'gonna' is unacceptable except in slovenly spoken language. Number (3) would only be useful in limited contexts: 'you never know what happens next until after you've seen the movie'. (1) and (4) are fine are fine for general use, as is (2a)...