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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Essays tag:Spelling' matching tags 'Essays' and 'Spelling'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aEssays+tag%3aSpelling&amp;tag=Essays,Spelling&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Essays tag:Spelling' matching tags 'Essays' and 'Spelling'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3125.9045)</generator><item><title>Re: This is my first writing. Please help check my writing.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FirstWritingCheckWriting/ghzmw/post.htm#537174</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:12:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537174</guid><dc:creator>Skrej</dc:creator><description>Hi Neung,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve made some corrections to your essay.&amp;nbsp; Any corrections I made are now in red letters.&amp;nbsp; If you have any questions about what I mean, or would like a more detailed explanation on why something was incorrect, please ask.&amp;nbsp; We&amp;#39;ll try to answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Anonymous&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My name is Jeerapun Khunsopa and &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;y &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(don&amp;#39;t capitalize &amp;#39;my&amp;#39;) &lt;/span&gt;nickname is Nueng. I &amp;#39;m 22 years old. I was born in Suphan Buri province and &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;move&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(should be &amp;#39;moved&amp;#39;, since it&amp;#39;s in the past)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;span style="color:#111111;"&gt;Bangkok&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strike&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#111111;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(remove the words &amp;#39;this is&amp;#39;, and add a comma after Bangkok)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;span style="color:#111111;"&gt; a big city&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(add another comma)&lt;/span&gt; with my family when I was nine years old. I graduated from Bangkapi school of fishing. My favorite websites are Google, Yahoo! &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;&amp;lt;... some URLs removed by a mod.&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; I enjoy visiting tourists attractions and traveling. I also enjoy reading, going to movies and watching TV. I&amp;#39;m very interested in politics. I am following the presidential race in my county. I&amp;#39;m also interested in the global warming crisis and alternative sources of energy, such as solar and wind power. My dream job would be to run a successful Internet company that helped people. I have visited Cambodia,Can&lt;strike&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;ada, &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(correct spelling is &amp;#39;Canada&amp;#39;, with only 1 &amp;#39;n&amp;#39;)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; Hong &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;k&lt;/span&gt;ong, &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(capitalize &amp;#39;k&amp;#39; in &amp;#39;Kong&amp;#39;) &lt;/span&gt;Laos and Mexico. I went to Chiang Mai on my last vacation. It was great! &lt;strike&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(remove the word &amp;#39;and&amp;#39; to avoid a sentence fragment)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I do not have any pets, but I wish that I had a dog. My house does not allow pets. I have two brothers and one sister. If I won a million Baht, I would travel around the world. I would really like to visit Japan. My &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;hight&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(correct spelling is &amp;#39;h&lt;strong&gt;e&lt;/strong&gt;ight)&lt;/span&gt; is 173 and My weight is 64. My blood type is B and &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;y &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(don&amp;#39;t capitalize &amp;#39;my&amp;#39;) &lt;/span&gt;hobbies &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;is &lt;/span&gt;(&amp;#39;hobbies&amp;#39; is plural, you need the plural verb &amp;#39;are&amp;#39; instead) &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;L&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;isten&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(this should be &amp;#39;listening&amp;#39; instead of &amp;#39;listen, and don&amp;#39;t capitalize it)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; to the radio&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;(since there are only 2 hobbies, remove the comma and add the word &amp;#39;and&amp;#39;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt; (this should be &amp;#39;reading&amp;#39; instead of &amp;#39;read&amp;#39;)&lt;/span&gt; catoon. My address is Bangkapi&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neung, I think this was very good work for your first writting attempt.&amp;nbsp; You did have a few very minor mistakes, but you still did quite well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One more thing to remember, is that when you&amp;#39;re typing things on the Internet, always put 2 spaces after a sentence, instead of one, to make them easier to read.&amp;nbsp; This is a very minor thing, but it does make all writing a little easier to read, (even if it&amp;#39;s written correctly!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Fragmented sentences</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FragmentedSentences/3/gzhmg/Post.htm#527924</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:03:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:527924</guid><dc:creator>New2grammar</dc:creator><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Delmobile&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;New2G, be careful - my teenagers frequently get into trouble with their school essays when they can&amp;#39;t stay in one tense.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&amp;#39;t really understand why native speakers will get into trouble for switching tenses. Isn&amp;#39;t it part of everyday speech which is why they do tense switching in their essays in the first place?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I understand that even native speakers make spelling mistakes and occasional subject-verb agreement mistakes. But I don&amp;#39;t think I&amp;#39;ve heard or seen any native speaker make tense mistakes. Oh..it&amp;#39;s very likely because I don&amp;#39;t know tense switching well enough. Could you give an real world example of a tense switching mistake committed by a native? I don&amp;#39;t believe they woudl say &amp;quot;Yesterday, I see a man&amp;quot; or I graduate last year&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry, If I&amp;#39;m asking a lot.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks in advance.</description></item><item><title>Re: Could you please help me with the introduction of this essay?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldIntroductionEssay/gvpcc/post.htm#525149</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:22:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:525149</guid><dc:creator>Mr Wordy</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;A few changes are needed to tidy up the grammar/spelling, but otherwise I think your opening paragraph is fine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;According to &lt;strike&gt;the&lt;/strike&gt; recent research, &lt;strike&gt;there are&lt;/strike&gt; 50 to 100 million &lt;strike&gt;of&lt;/strike&gt; animals worldwide, from &lt;strike&gt;Zebra-fish&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strong&gt;zebra fish [?]&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to non-human primates, are used in scientific experiments. Yet at the same time, &lt;strong&gt;the question of&lt;/strong&gt; whether human&lt;strong&gt;s&lt;/strong&gt; should conduct experiment&lt;strong&gt;s&lt;/strong&gt; on animals is subject to much debate. Some &lt;strike&gt;one&lt;/strike&gt; think it is beneficial for human&lt;strong&gt;s&lt;/strong&gt; while others argue that it should be &lt;strike&gt;band&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strong&gt;banned&lt;/strong&gt;. I agree with the former view, but with reservations.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be perfectly honest, I don&amp;#39;t know which of &amp;quot;zebra-fish&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;zebra fish&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;zebrafish&amp;quot; are accepted spellings. Possibly all three are OK. But since I was de-capitalising it anyway I changed it to the spelling given in Merriam-Webster&amp;#39;s Online Dictionary.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Help with essay via e-mail, english is my 2nd language</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayMailEnglishLanguage/gvcmx/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:22:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:521574</guid><dc:creator>anabel_swe</dc:creator><description>Hi, I really need help with two essays that I have written. The subject is english literature. English is not my first language so they are written in quite simple english. I&amp;#39;m concerned about the fact having my essays being out on the internet, therefore I don&amp;#39;t want to post them here, but I am in desperate need of help. If someone feels like they want to help me by correct grammar and spelling errors and eventually improve my formulations, please send me an e-mail at &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;[Removed by a mod. No contact info please. Add it to your profile only.]&lt;/strong&gt; I would be eternally grateful to you! And who knows, if you feel like learning swedish someday (um probably not gonna happen but anyway^^) then I will be able to help you! =) Best regards Anabel</description></item><item><title>(Urgent!!!) Please help me with this argumentative essay</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UrgentArgumentativeEssay/gvchh/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:52:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:521482</guid><dc:creator>Chibi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hi there,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please help me to check grammar, expression, word choices and also the content of this essay. I found hard to develop the ideas when dealing with this topic.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;By the way, in your opinion, should a nation have the same natinonal curriculum for all their students?&amp;nbsp;And why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thank you very much!&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;Topic 2: A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;There have been many arguments about whether or not a nation should have the national curriculum for all its students till they enter college. The advocates for the national curriculum assert that it ensures the same basic background for all students before essential skills for jobs are trained in colleges. However, it would be better if the nation only maintains the same curriculum in primary and lower-secondary schools and allows upper-secondary schools to determine their own courses on the basis of the national standards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;It is conceded that basic background (spelling, reading, simple calculating, understanding history, geography, simple physic and chemist phenomena) is important to all students. Before being able to attend a more complicated science lessons, they must know how to read, how to spell and how to identify items related to such lessons. Before being able to judge the wrong and the right, they must be taught with some simple models in life. There is little difference to direct studentsâ perception at the age of fifteen and below. Therefore, a national curriculum is necessary and suitable here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;However, from sixteen on, students should leave free to develop their passion in specific fields. Lessons in upper-secondary schools are required to provide them with as much knowledge on such fields as possible. That will prepare them for more practice on skills in college, relating the perceived background of the same fields. In that case, it is wise to let upper-schools design their own specialized programs or lessons which can meet their own studentsâ needs and wants. Moreover, each upper-school must has its strengths; thus, allowing it to determine the possible courses means giving it an opportunity to well develop itself as well as providing students with enriching environment to show off their ability and interest. Nonetheless, it is necessary that these programs or lessons are under a censor of the Education Ministry so that all the schools will not be out of the national control and meet the certain focus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;In conclusion, it is necessary to have a national curriculum for all lower-secondary students and under. Moreover, upper-schools should determine valuable courses to well prepare students for college levels according to their own strengths and national standards.&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: College addmisions essay. Proof read.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 02:49:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508330</guid><dc:creator>Clive</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Heres my essay, any critiques are welcom. Basically&amp;nbsp; i need someone to edit (spelling, gremmar, ect.). Also tell me what you think about it. is this a good addmisions essay?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;I have no idea what an Institute like this expects from applicants. However, to me this is a very good essay. You have an authentic voice and a clear idea of what you want to say and where you want to go in life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;I&amp;#39;m just going to take a quick read through and correct a little bitof spelling/grammar, so pease reread carefully. But you should keep the same structure and tone. It&amp;#39;s you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Good luck with this.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Clive&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;For&amp;nbsp;my whole life, I have never felt like I could relate to anybody. Growing up, I was always thinking about the future, what I would be, where I would live, and what kind of friends I would have.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I was always adamant about leaving and never coming back; that was where my head was.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;When I was 15 I started to look into various ways of making money online, so that I could finally start my life. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I spent weeks researching and came up with nothing legit. I realized that all my time spent on the research was futile, and if I really wanted to start a business I would have to wait. I held on to those beliefs for the following two months until one evening while watching the news, I heard a segment on the latest mp3 player, the iPod nano.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In the segment they talked about how quickly the nano had been selling out all across the country and how it was the number one thing on every teenager&amp;#39;s Christmas list.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I knew little about iPods at the time, but I was so intrigued by the response they were getting that I decided to ditch my previous idea of giving up on business and give iPods a full hearted attempt.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I placed an online ad stating that I was looking for an iPod supplier, and a week later I got a response.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;First I bought one iPod from the supplier.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;When it arrived, I quickly set up an account with the famous online auction site, ebay.com, and listed my first item.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Within a week the iPod was sold and shipped off the customer. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I was shocked at my achievement, and I continued to buy and sell iPods for the next two months or so, but after the Christmas season was over, the high price that the product was selling for went down dramatically&amp;nbsp;until it was no longer possible for me to make a profit.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I was naive to think my âwinning streakâ would continue forever, but this is when I first started to learn about business.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;I didnât give up after my short lived success at reselling.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In fact I was more motivated than ever before.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I continued to research the latest âhot sellingâ items and I moved on to buying and selling fashionable clothing and accessories.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I sold items like trendy jackets, swimwear, jeans, tee shirts, sunglasses and other accessories.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It was enjoyable to me, looking at clothes and deciding what would work and what wouldnât, matching this jacket with these jeans, answering customer questions about my opinion, &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and earning success and knowledge &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in the process. In fact I became more successful at my clothing venture than I was at selling iPods. It was during this experience that I developed a passion for the fashion world.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;When I watched a movie, I began to notice the clothing, and when I went to the mall or to a store I would be distracted by the colors, patterns, shapes, and the way people wore their clothing.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I now feel destined to work in the glamorous color-filled, pattern-full, shape-baring world of fashion, and I am choosing the Fashion Institute of Technology &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to make that happen.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Iâm 18 now and still have that same drive for success and independence.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I have always pictured my life in New York City.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I can see myself now, a sophisticated business man with a hectic schedule and always glued to his cell phone, places to go and people to see; thatâs what I want.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;My plan is to graduate from FIT with an associateâs degree in two years and return for the following two years to complete my bachelor&amp;#39;s.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Being the creative person that I am, FIT is the ideal place and location to learn business and fashion.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It has the best of both worlds, creative people in a creative atmosphere, and at the same time academically strong, business minded people with willingness to succeed; the perfect combination.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: College addmisions essay. Proof read.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:51:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:507727</guid><dc:creator>amdact</dc:creator><description>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Heres my essay, any critiques are welcom. Basically&amp;nbsp; i need someone to edit (spelling, gremmar, ect.). Also tell me what you think about it. is this a good addmisions essay?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My whole life I never felt like I could relate to anybody.
Growing up I was always thinking about the future, what I would be, where I
would live, and what kind of friends I would have.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I was always adamant on leaving and never
coming back; that was where my head was.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I was 15 I started to look into various ways of making
money online, so that I could finally start my life. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I spent weeks researching and came up with
nothing legit. I realized that all my time spent on the research was futile,
and if I really wanted to start a business I would have to wait. I held onto those
beliefs for the following two months until one evening while watching the news,
I heard a segment on the latest mp3 player, the iPod nano.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In the segment they talked about how quickly
the nano had been selling out all across the country and how it was the number
one thing on every teenagers Christmas list.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;I knew little about iPods at the time, but I was so intrigued by the response
they were getting that I decided to ditch my previous idea of giving up on business
and give iPods a full hearted attempt.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I
placed an online ad stating that I was looking for an iPod supplier, and a week
later I got a response.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;First I bought one
iPod from the supplier.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;When it arrived,
I quickly set up an account with the famous online auction site, ebay.com, and
listed my first item.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Within a week the iPod
was sold and shipped off the customer. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I was shocked at my achievement, and I continued
to buy and sell iPods for the next two months or so, but after the Christmas
season was over, the high price that the product was selling for dramatically
went down until it was no longer possible for me to make a profit.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I was naive to think my âwinning streakâ
would continue forever, but this is when I first started to learn about business.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I didnât give up after my short lived success at reselling.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In fact I was more motivated than ever before.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I continued to research the latest âhot
sellingâ items and I moved on to buying and selling fashionable clothing and accessories.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I sold items like trendy jackets, swimwear, jeans,
tee shirts, sunglasses and other accessories.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;It was enjoyable to me, looking at clothes and deciding what would work
and what wouldnât, matching this jacket with these jeans, answering customer
questions about my opinion, &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and earning success
and knowledge &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in the process. In fact I became
more successful at my clothing venture than I was at selling iPods. It was
during this experience that I developed a passion for the fashion world.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;When I watched a moved, began to notice the
clothing, and when I went to the mall or to a store I would be distracted by
the colors, patterns, shapes, and the way people wore their clothing.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I now feel destine to work in the glamorous
color filled, pattern full, shape baring world of fashion, and I am choosing
the Fashion Institute of Technology &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to
make that happen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Iâm 18 now and still have that same drive for success and
independence.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I have always pictured my
life in New York City.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I can see myself
now, a sophisticated business man with a hectic schedule and always glued to
his cell phone, places to go and people to see; thatâs what I want.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;My
plan is to graduate from FIT with an associateâs degree in two years and return
the following two years to complete my bachelors.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Being the creative person that I am, FIT is
the ideal place and location to learn business and fashion.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It has the best of both worlds, creative
people in a creative atmosphere, and at the same time academically strong, business
minded people with willingness to succeed; the perfect combination.</description></item><item><title>Re: Help me please.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpMePlease/grzvl/post.htm#502650</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:13:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:502650</guid><dc:creator>julielai</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You need to fix the part in red. 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Anonymous&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ok... so basically I need to do a five paragraph essay (Paragraph model?) by analyzing 3 quotes from this a passage I read &amp;quot;No name woman&amp;quot; by Maxie Hong Kingston. I&amp;#39;m just having trouble with a few things... some I understand, and others I don&amp;#39;t. I tried fixing some errors that I made.. (ie: spelling, grammar). This is just the a 2nd draft. I would apprcieate some help and tips. Thanks in advance! 
&lt;p&gt;This is what I need help with: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Verb Tense &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;`Unpacking language of quotes -Introducing all quotes fully&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Run on sentences?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;No Name Woman&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Maxine Hong Kingston begins to learn the story of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;her &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;aunt &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;who in the story &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;is known as âNo Name Womanâ. Kingstonâs mother begins in the first passage, warning her to not tell anyone what she is about to say, referring to the story of her aunt. She explains that the aunt &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;was&lt;/font&gt; Kingstonâs fatherâs sister, who killed herself in the family &lt;strike&gt;well&lt;/strike&gt;, but thereâs no mention of her at all, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;because it is as if she had never been born. The aunt brought shame to the family. She became a disgrace to the village, because the &lt;strike&gt;action of&lt;/strike&gt; adultery committed. As a result of that, she ended up with an unwanted pregnancy. This caused so much commotion with the villagers, who were enraged, and raided the family house. The villagers destroyed and &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;broke&lt;/font&gt; their possessions, wanting to get rid of the aunt from their community; because the villagers did not permit the coupleâs breaking tradition. As a child, Kingston did not fully understand&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;this part &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;of her Chinese culture. She starts making up her own stories. As an adult, Kingston looks back at her childhood years, to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;understand the &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;story and her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;culture&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Roughly around the age of 12, Kingston starts receiving warnings&lt;strike&gt;, &lt;/strike&gt;and semi-threats from her mother &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;about&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;any unwanted pregnancies. Kingstonâs mother sets the aunt as an example. The mother says:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Don&amp;#39;t let your father know that I told you. He denies her. Now that you have started to menstruate, what happened to her could happen to you. Don&amp;#39;t humiliate us. You wouldn&amp;#39;t like to be forgotten as if you had never been born. The villagers are watchful;&amp;quot; (325)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The mother warns young Kingston, and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;talks about &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;the aunt who brought disgrace to the family. Kingston is being guided, not to fall in the wrong path as her aunt did. The mother warns her at this moment, because it is the moment &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kingston goes into a new stage of life that she must go through carefully (be specific)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The mother wants Kingston to learn the values of her culture, traditions, and the people she represents. She describes that the villagers are &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;watching (watching whom?)&lt;/font&gt;, because they are a community who stick together as a group. &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;It is part of their culture, having private lives is a dishonor to the culture.&amp;nbsp; (doesn&amp;#39;t make sense) &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The&lt;/font&gt; aunt dishonored it, by having a baby without &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;a father&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The mother is preventing young Kingston from &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;bring&lt;/font&gt; shame to the family again. &lt;strike&gt;Kingstonâs mother told stories&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Adult Kingston remembers when her mother &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;use&lt;/font&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;tell her stories to &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;warn her about life, and the realities &lt;strike&gt;that existed&lt;/strike&gt;. &lt;strike&gt;She would tell stories, to teach Kingston morals.&lt;/strike&gt; Kingston explains:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;âWhenever she had to warn us about life, my mother told stories that ran like this one, a story to grow up on. She tested our strength to establish realities. Those in the emigrant generations who could not reassert brute survival died young and far from home. Those of us in the first American generations have had to figure out how the invisible world the emigrants built around our childhoods fit in solid America.â (325) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Adult Kingston discusses &lt;strike&gt;about&lt;/strike&gt; the emigrants who were struggling with poverty, and moved to America. This was the old generation, who struggled with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;survival&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The emigrants re-&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;assert&lt;/font&gt; themselves with the new life; some &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;endure&lt;/font&gt; (tense) brute survival. Poverty was an issue in old China. The new generation is growing in America. China was the âinvisible worldâ for &lt;strike&gt;most that was part of&lt;/strike&gt; the new generation. Kingston &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;they&lt;/font&gt; never been there, but only hear stories about it. &lt;strike&gt;America was solid, because&lt;/strike&gt; the new generation &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;was&lt;/font&gt; adapting to new changes. Kingston &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;wanted&lt;/font&gt; to uncover more of this Chinese cultural history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As an adult, Kingston starts to question if her aunt is really guilty&lt;strike&gt;, to commit such an act,&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;which would lead to her own demise&lt;/strike&gt;. Kingston searches for answers, because the stories only seem to confuse her. She &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;did&lt;/font&gt; not fully understand the Chinese &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;cultural&lt;/font&gt; as a child, because she &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;is part of &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;the new generation. This leads Kingston &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;to form &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;her own perspective of the story that her mother had told. She starts &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;rewriting &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;the story in her own words, and her own point of view. Kingston thinks:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;âAdultery is extravagance. Could people who hatch their own chicks and eat the embryos and the heads for delicacies and boil the feet in vinegar for party food, leaving only the gravel, eating even the gizzard lining--could such people engender a prodigal aunt? To be a woman, to have a daughter in starvation time was a waste enough. My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex. Women in the old China did not choose. Some man had commanded her to lie with him and be his secret evil. I wonder whether he masked himself when he joined the raid on the family.â (326)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Adult Kingston does not believe that her aunt gave up everything for adultery. She questions, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;and thinks &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;how cruel the villagers &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;are&lt;/font&gt; towards the aunt. Kingston describes her aunt as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;a &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;âprodigal auntâ &lt;strike&gt;meaning she is yielding profusely&lt;/strike&gt;. She questions&lt;strike&gt;,&lt;/strike&gt; if a human being is capable of bringing a newborn &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;to this world&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and then getting rid of it without any remorse. She realizes that &lt;strike&gt;in Chinese culture, woman &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;had&lt;/font&gt; no right to rule, because they &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;had&lt;/font&gt; to obey the rules set by the husband. We&lt;/strike&gt;women in that time &lt;strike&gt;of Chinese culture&lt;/strike&gt; did not have a choice &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;because they had to obey their husbands&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Kingston wonders if the man responsible for impregnating her aunt wasnât man enough to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;try to be responsible&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. She also believes the man might have been responsible for organizing the raid in the first place. Kingston&lt;strike&gt;, &lt;/strike&gt;somehow wanted to defend her aunt. She tries to analyze the possible reasons behind her aunt&amp;#39;s unwanted pregnancy&lt;strike&gt;, in&lt;/strike&gt; which dishonored her entire &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;family&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Kingston as an adult&lt;strike&gt;, &lt;/strike&gt;finally realized her aunt was not fully guilty. The aunt &lt;strike&gt;went through injustice, and&lt;/strike&gt; was the victim of rape. While the entire society rejected her aunt, Kingston honored her aunt instead. The motherâs aim was to warn young Kingston, not to humiliate the family by making the same mistake as her aunt did. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The motherâs aim also had another purpose, in which she wanted to show the values of her culture, traditions, and making Kingston a better person in life&lt;strike&gt;, without any disruptions&lt;/strike&gt;. Kingston as an adult reflects back on what she has learned from her mother, and her unnamed aunt. She &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;has &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;also discovered the world that was once invisible to her. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;</description></item><item><title>Help me please.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpMePlease/zqxdh/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:44:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:500317</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&amp;nbsp;Ok... so basically I need to do a five paragraph essay (Paragraph model?) by analyzing 3 quotes from this a passage I read &amp;quot;No name woman&amp;quot; by Maxie Hong Kingston. I&amp;#39;m just having trouble with a few things... some I understand, and others I don&amp;#39;t. I tried fixing some errors that I made.. (ie: spelling, grammar). This is just the a 2nd draft. I would apprcieate some help and tips. Thanks in advance!

 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is what I need help with:

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Verb Tense

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;`Unpacking language of quotes

-Introducing all quotes fully&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;

-Run on sentences?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;No Name Woman&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Maxine Hong Kingston begins to learn the story
of an aunt, in which she is known as âNo Name Womanâ. Kingstonâs mother begins
in the first passage, warning her to not tell anyone what she is about to say,
referring to the story of her aunt. She explains that the aunt was Kingstonâs
fatherâs sister, who killed herself in the family well, but thereâs no mention
of her at all, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;because it is as if she had never been
born. The aunt brought shame to the family. She became a disgrace to the
village, because the action of adultery committed. As a result of that, she
ended up with an unwanted pregnancy. This caused so much commotion with the
villagers, who were enraged, and raided the family house. The villagers destroyed
and broke their possessions, wanting to get rid of the aunt from their community;
because the villagers did not permit the coupleâs breaking tradition. As a
child, Kingston did not fully understand the way of her Chinese culture. She
starts making up her own stories. As an adult, Kingston looks back at her
childhood years, to learn the identity of the story, and go deeper with her
cultural history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Roughly
around the age of 12, Kingston starts receiving warnings, and semi-threats from
her mother, to avoid any unwanted pregnancies. Kingstonâs mother sets the aunt
as an example. The mother says:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&amp;quot;Don&amp;#39;t let your father know that I told you. He
denies her. Now that you have started to menstruate, what happened to her could
happen to you. Don&amp;#39;t humiliate us. You wouldn&amp;#39;t like to be forgotten as if you
had never been born. The villagers are watchful;&amp;quot; (325)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The mother warns young Kingston, and sets an
example from the aunt who brought disgrace to the family. Kingston is being
guided, not to fall in the wrong path as her aunt did. The mother warns her at
this moment, because it is the moment Kingston goes into a new stage of life
that she must go through carefully. The mother wants Kingston to learn the
values of her culture, traditions, and the people she represents. She describes
that the villagers are watching, because they are a community who stick
together as a group. It is part of their culture, having private lives is a
dishonor to the culture. The aunt dishonored it, by having a baby without any
father present. The mother is preventing young Kingston from bring shame to the
family again. Kingstonâs mother told stories&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Adult
Kingston remembers when her mother use to warn her about life, and the
realities that existed. She would tell stories, to teach Kingston morals.
Kingston explains:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;âWhenever she
had to warn us about life, my mother told stories that ran like this one, a
story to grow up on. She tested our strength to establish realities. Those in
the emigrant generations who could not reassert brute survival died young and
far from home. Those of us in the first American generations have had to figure
out how the invisible world the emigrants built around our childhoods fit in
solid America.â (325) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Adult Kingston discusses about the emigrants who
were struggling with poverty, and moved to America. This was the old
generation, who struggled with surviving life. The emigrants re-assert
themselves with the new life; some endure brute survival. Poverty was an issue in
old China. The new generation is growing in America. China was the âinvisible
worldâ for most that was part of the new generation. Kingston they never been
there, but only hear stories about it. America was solid, because the new
generation was adapting to new changes. Kingston wanted to uncover more of this
Chinese cultural history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As
an adult, Kingston starts to question if her aunt is really guilty, to commit
such an act, which would lead to her own demise. Kingston searches for answers,
because the stories only seem to confuse her. She did not fully understand the
Chinese cultural as a child, because she grew up in the new generation. This
leads Kingston making up her own perspective of the story that her mother had
told. She starts remaking the story in her own words, and her own point of
view. Kingston thinks:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;âAdultery is extravagance. Could people who hatch their own chicks and
eat the embryos and the heads for delicacies and boil the feet in vinegar for
party food, leaving only the gravel, eating even the gizzard lining--could such
people engender a prodigal aunt? To be a woman, to have a daughter in
starvation time was a waste enough. My aunt could not have been the lone
romantic who gave up everything for sex. Women in the old China did not choose.
Some man had commanded her to lie with him and be his secret evil. I wonder
whether he masked himself when he joined the raid on the family.â (326)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Adult Kingston does not believe that her aunt gave
up everything for adultery. She questions, how cruel the villagers are towards
the aunt. Kingston describes her aunt as âprodigal auntâ meaning she is
yielding profusely. She questions, if a human being is capable of bringing a
newborn, and then getting rid of it without any remorse. She realizes that in
Chinese culture, woman had no right to rule, because they had to obey the rules
set by the husband. Women in that time of Chinese culture did not have a
choice. Kingston wonders if the man responsible for impregnating her aunt
wasnât man enough to take hold of his responsibilities. She also believes the
man might have been responsible for organizing the raid in the first place. Kingston,
somehow wanted to defend her aunt. She tries to analyze the possible reasons
behind her aunt&amp;#39;s unwanted pregnancy, in which dishonored her entire culture. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Kingston
as an adult, finally realized her aunt was not fully guilty. The aunt went
through injustice, and was the victim of rape. While the entire society
rejected her aunt, Kingston honored her aunt instead. The motherâs aim was to
warn young Kingston, not to humiliate the family by making the same mistake as
her aunt did. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The motherâs aim also had
another purpose, in which she wanted to show the values of her culture,
traditions, and making Kingston a better person in life, without any
disruptions. Kingston as an adult reflects back on what she has learned from
her mother, and her unnamed aunt. She also discovered the world that was once
invisible to her. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Re: this is my first Gre issue ,please help me to correct it</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FirstIssueCorrect/zlwlk/post.htm#474157</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:22:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474157</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hello Ipkqi, and welcome to English forums.&amp;nbsp; I have deleted unnecessary verbiage and underlined other problem areas:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to &lt;strike&gt;talk about&lt;/strike&gt; cooperation, most
people &lt;strike&gt;seem to&lt;/strike&gt; tend to choose&amp;nbsp; partners who have the same &lt;u&gt;views &lt;strike&gt;with
them&lt;/strike&gt;. Because&lt;/u&gt; they think disagreement can cause stress and inhibit
learning&lt;strike&gt; as the author said&lt;/strike&gt; [&lt;i&gt;Do not mention 'the author'; the question is not a part of the essay&lt;/i&gt;].&amp;nbsp; But in my opinion, learning or debating
with those whose views contradict ours &lt;u&gt;can not solely&lt;/u&gt; help us &lt;strike&gt;to&lt;/strike&gt; find
&lt;strike&gt;out the&lt;/strike&gt; flaws in our views but also &lt;strike&gt;to&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;u&gt;make&lt;/u&gt; us think &lt;u&gt;different&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;It is true that&lt;/strike&gt; disadvantages such as stress brought out from&lt;u&gt;
leaning&lt;/u&gt; or debating with people who have contradictive views cannot be&lt;u&gt;
ingored&lt;/u&gt; ,and they do &lt;u&gt;hold&lt;/u&gt; negative effects on individual
progress.Someone who always feels stress may easily change his &lt;strike&gt;idea&lt;/strike&gt;
though &lt;u&gt;there's&lt;/u&gt; [&lt;i&gt;Do not use contractions in essays&lt;/i&gt;] nothing wrong in his views .&lt;u&gt;Unfortunly&lt;/u&gt; ,&lt;strike&gt;there do exist&lt;/strike&gt;
many people &lt;strike&gt;who&lt;/strike&gt; are not confident &lt;strike&gt;and brave &lt;/strike&gt;enough to &lt;u&gt;insist their&lt;/u&gt;
views.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But we cannot neglect the positive effects of &lt;strike&gt;the&lt;/strike&gt; contradictive
views.&lt;strike&gt;There is no doubt that&lt;/strike&gt; nobody can &lt;u&gt;make sure&lt;/u&gt; that his views are
completely correct and &lt;strike&gt;do not need to be improved little more&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;b&gt; need no improvement&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;u&gt;In
actual,&lt;/u&gt; people who have similar views always make the same mistakes
&lt;u&gt;consciously&lt;/u&gt; [&lt;b&gt;??&lt;/b&gt;]. Admittedly, by a strict and comprehensive &lt;u&gt;look-over&lt;/u&gt; which
would take more time and energy ,the flaws might be found &lt;strike&gt;out&lt;/strike&gt;, but the
angles from which we analyze problems would not &lt;u&gt;get changed&lt;/u&gt;. In other
words ,a wider sight needs more general angles that can only be
obtained from different views, and most &lt;u&gt;of time&lt;/u&gt; &lt;b&gt;"&lt;/b&gt;different&lt;b&gt;"&lt;/b&gt; means
contradictive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, sharing views with those who disagree with us may help
to&lt;u&gt; prove&lt;/u&gt; our views.&amp;nbsp; For instance ,in 1678 ,&lt;strike&gt;Physicist&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;b&gt;Huygens&lt;/b&gt; advanced a
series of theorems on &lt;u&gt;discribing&lt;/u&gt; &lt;u&gt;behaviors&lt;/u&gt; of light, but Poisson, another&lt;b&gt; physicist&lt;/b&gt;, thought&lt;b&gt; Huygens&lt;/b&gt;' &lt;u&gt;theory were&lt;/u&gt; wrong ,and then Poisson
made some experiments in order to prove his &lt;u&gt;thought&lt;/u&gt; .But eventually
Poisson's experiments proved&lt;b&gt; Huygens&lt;/b&gt; was right &lt;u&gt;adversely&lt;/u&gt; [&lt;b&gt;??&lt;/b&gt;].&amp;nbsp; Suppose that
&lt;b&gt;Huygens&lt;/b&gt; did not publicize his theory so that Poisson &lt;u&gt;didn't know
that, maybe he would ever&lt;/u&gt; be &lt;u&gt;suspecious&lt;/u&gt; of the&lt;u&gt; theroy of his own&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;From what has been discussed above, we can come to the conclusion
that &lt;/strike&gt;there's no denying the fact that sometimes contradictive views can
be negative,but the benefits can overweigh the disadvantages.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Please check your spelling before submitting essays.&amp;nbsp; Commas and full stops have &lt;u&gt;no&lt;/u&gt; blank space before and &lt;u&gt;one&lt;/u&gt; blank space after.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>