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Memos show Clinton turmoil Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe? BY CRAIG GORDON AND TOM BRUNE | <email addresses removed by mod.> August 13, 2008 Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate...

Hi! I need a great help. I translated the summary of a monograph, which I have to hand in tomorrow - and I 'd like to know if there are any mistakes, please!!! Here it goes: This monograph tries to show the reality of a current and polemical topic in Brazil: adoption by homoaffective...

Hi, everyone! Happy New Year! But I'm trying to be happy. I'm pulled into a debate over "the very English standard" in a Chinese translation forum. A "sensible" lad who crammed in China's New Oriental Language School asserts that many usages, including those in nytimes.com, economist.com,...

Hi, Where you have put semi-colons, I'd usually use commas. I have also suggested some other changes to your punctuation. My general advice is not to get into the habit of using semi-colons and colons. They can often make tyour meaning more obscure rather than more clear. You seem to have...

Mellavere wrote: The bible says, "The love of money is the root of all evil." (Timothy 6:10). The Bible does not state money is evil, yet it says the love of money is and is a root for all kinds of evil, many kinds. Any kind of sin may take root and sprout from money and its possessions....

I am Đạo, I'm living in Vietnam. In seperate words, I can pronounce well. But in such whole sentence or paragraph, I find it difficult to speak fluently. For examples, sometimes words connecting to words (the last sound of word will connect to the next one) must have a rule. Or which words in...

Hi Sextus, I really just looked at the English, I'm sure your argument is beyond reproach! Clive 1) All OK English. 2) " I shall begin by analyzing Sextus Empiricus’ s exposition of the Skeptic’s search for, and attainment of, unperturbedness with the object of showing that he is...

So... I might use "as regards". Or perhaps with this expression I would have the same problem. If this is the case, I could just leave the paragraph as it was... In any case, I could still replace "it" by your suggestion "such skepticism". Sextus

Dear forum visitors, I have already posted this in some other forums but I think it is not so ugly to consider it my little contribution to your English writing community. Seems as though most of you are bored with reading ready essay samples accompanied with help-me-correct-this appeals....

1) “X, for her part, finds it hard to believe that the Skeptic is able to achieve happiness, since the state of unperturbedness reveals itself as deeply boring and unappealing, and she even doubts that the attainment of this mental state is psychologically possible”. I think that here I was...