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Re: Is the sentence structure right?

From my Googling, I entered a quoted search “20% of the population”. Then I randomly selected these articles and the result was nearly 50/50 with singular and plural verb agreement. Uganda, Abstinence and the Spread of HIV : NPR Aug 14, 2006 ... In Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and...

conversation: mistakes

Dear teachers, Would you please help me correct this sentence? He has an appropriate knowledge and way of thinking that helps him have a sensible conversation. These are my views: vocabulary: a) is "appropriate" wrong here and should be replaced by "sufficiant" ? b) is...

Re: could you proofread this...?

It sounds like a good idea for a play especially the music. One idea about the grammarIn English, a ten year old boy and a kindergartner are brothers not is a brothers. The play is a story of brothers who are elementary students. Brothers is pluraltwo or more, and in this case would not have...

Re: Assignment of duty

It is almost impossible for anyone to edit this, since it is an official document. the only thing I might question is Article 2: Vice Minister's assigned duty, powers and duties. If you are talking about the duty of many Vice Ministers, it would be Vice Ministers' , to show plural...

Re: Central Park

Hi N2GNames of parks usually take no article in English, even if the name is plural, like Kensington Gardens. Many plural proper nouns do take the: the United States, the Alps, the Kennedys, the Balearic Islands.CB

Re: 'He has, on occasion, made (small mistakes)a small mistake.' ?

Hi Yoong Liat, How are you ? Ok ...Although it is correct that the word small should not be used with the word mistake...It is generally accepted in English...the majority of people learning English do not actually know this rule. But if you want to use it ..use it, because millions of...

Re: open cloze

Hi, " Thanks to a patient and sympathetic boyfriend, who helped talk me out of thinking of it, the tragedy is in the past. ...?..........are not in the......?..........are, as you so rightly point out, the numerous causes of the problem: the common myths that women love rough men; that...

Re: Correct my essay(free type essay)

Hi. There are a lot of things here that need to be corrected, and I'm not sure where to start. Try starting with this: My dream job is to work in the Information Technology field as a software programmer. Some of the reasons I've chosen this career are ... Now, before you try to...

Re: King Vs Queen (capitalised)

Hi, But if he were speaking generally, he'd also need to use the plural forms and omit the articles, right? (Kings and queens are kind ... etc.) That's certainly the most likely approack. I suppose you could say something like 'He painted a picture of a king'. Best wishes,...

Re: King Vs Queen (capitalised)

But if he were speaking generally, he'd also need to use the plural forms and omit the articles, right? (Kings and queens are kind ... etc.)PS: Please, Vincent, wait for a reply from a native speaker.