The initial sentence itself is not quite correct. Children is already plural which means that no -s is needed -s isn't needed in the verb as well since the subject is in the plural i.e. Children make mistakes in (an article?) dark

1. I often work overtime . (one word) 2. I've recently had problems with the finance s . (plural if one's own monetary funds are implied; better change 'good finances' and introduce perfective aspect with 'recently') 3.

The sentence is a grammatical mess, especially the part in bold. I guess it would improve marginally if there were a colon after entered into them. What follows explains the speculative element: the cattle might deteriorate or be productive. They

Make it plural. witnesses. Then add only ' if it already ends in s . witnesses' CJ

No, no apostrophe in the 1600s . The apostrophe is a possessive marker, not a plural marker. It is grudgingly approved only in a very limited number of cases which would otherwise look confusing, as in this: mind your p's and q's .

Hi, malaise s Clive

What would be the plural of the word 'malaise' ?

Many thank-yous were expressed.

Type is too tiny...I see I missed the opening "I's." However, my grammar books accept the apostrophe after numbers made plural. Without is also correct, but with is perfectly fine.

Employment - we're making progress/progressing together I like "progressing." "We're making progress" evokes "we're not making progress." That is, "we're just barely making it," or