In Essays^x, Contractions^x

.I have underlined some problem areas: Dance is my favorite sport Ever since I was a little girl dance has always been my favorite sport. When I was three, I would put glitter on my face and run around the house twirling. Dance is and has always been my passion. Maybe it’s lit up with joy....

Hi Julielai I am trying to make this essay more persausive can you help with this. My Teacher says it is more imformitive and it shouldn't be. I am not sure what shes asking for. Heart disease is the number one cause of death among men and women in the United States. Our high fat diet,...

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...

I wonder why 'did not' cannot be used as it is of the same meaning as 'didn't'? There is no difference in meaning. But whenever a contraction exists, always use the contraction if you want to sound more natural. The exception is in writing. Don't use the contractions in a scientific...

Most contractions are just used to represent the way we speak, so use them only for casual writing. When you are writing a business letter or an essay for class, use the full form (do not, I will, etc). There are some contractions, however, that have no current full form, like o'clock.

Hello, Powerful, welcome to the Forums! It's perfectly OK to use the contractions in speech and in everyday writing, but I wouldn't advise them in more formal letters, or in homework, essays etc... unless your teacher tells you you can use them.

I'm not sure what happened, but these are correct: It's significant that.... It's not clear in the scenario...... It's evident that.... It's does indeed mean It is, but the contraction should not be used in formal writing like essays; it should read It is significant, etc.Its is of course...

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...

Learning Biology -- capitalize all the main words of a title. Biology is considered one of the hardest subjects that students have to learn.-- Try to use more formal vocabulary for essays; here, hardest should be replaced with most difficult. It is because biology exercises are...

I have been working on a study plan recently, because it is my last year in high school and I will apply to a university next year.I know that if I want to be admitted to a prestigious university, I must study efficiently, so I have made a plan; now I am trying to get used to it and work...