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Hi, I would really appreciate anyone who could check over these sentences to ensure all the punctuation is correct. This is an assignment for a correspondence course I'm taking, and I think I have them mostly right but I'd like to be sure. (This lesson focuses mainly on the period,...

Hi, I would really appreciate anyone who could check over these sentences to ensure all the punctuation is correct. This is an assignment for a correspondence course I'm taking, and I think I have them mostly right but I'd like to be sure. (This lesson focuses mainly on the period,...

Basically, I have been set a piece of coursework: to compare the aforementioned poems. I am going for an A* piece at GCSE level, there is no particular question, just to compare the four poems. I have almost completed My Last Duchess, mentioning all the themes I can think of and reading the...

You did a good job on this. I would make only a couple changes, and a few are open to interpretation. 1) If he said it kindly, and didn't shout, then use a comma, not an exclamation mark, which would indicate that he's shouting. 2) Don't make "That's the same as...

Mister Micawber wrote: 1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops? 2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me , " I want to go out . " or She told me , "...

1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops? 2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me , " I want to go out . " or She told me , " I want to go out ". ) --...

Stevenukd wrote: Dear Teachers, 1. - Why don't you call Clive? He has Mary's number. - I've tried. But no one answered. - You are so dead. You are totally out of luck. There's no hope for you. (This is not literal! You're not dying - you would use this, for example, if you were...

Hi, You opening is weak because you repeat yourself or state the obvious. Look at your first two sentences. The rest of your essay is reasonably well written from an English point of view. From a logical point of view, it could use more work. For example, filtering effluent from factories...

Hi Matthewg, Actually, I agree with Garbl. I think he is advocating not to capitalize the first letter for aesthetic reasons. If parenthetic sentences are capitalized, then the eye is confused when reading. Remember, people usually read at a fast pace (especially in today's business...