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This paragraph is part of a compare/contrast essay. I am comparing one character from Animal Farm and one from either Julius Caesar or Lord of the Flies. The two I chose are Napoleon and Jack. Some guidelines I have to follow are: Only a max of 2 "to be" verbs per paragraph and use...

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This paragraph is part of a compare/contrast essay. I am comparing one character from Animal Farm and one from either Julius Caesar or Lord of the Flies. The two I chose are Napoleon and Jack. Some guidelines I have to follow are: Only a max of 2 "to be" verbs per paragraph and use...

Dear anon: You have a problem with structuring sentences with a clear subject and verb. To fix this problem, try to write a lot of very simple sentences first. (one subject - one verb) Once you have the ideas clearly stated in simple sentences, you can combine them into more complex sentences....

how do I know when to use "will" and when to use "would"?There are many, many uses of each of these words, so the question is really too big to answer in a few paragraphs here. One thing that might help, though, is that in a context of past tense, only would can be used, not will. The...

I am not quite certain of when to use the past tense and when to use the present tense of the verb "to be": A. This cathedral was built in 1970.B. This cathedral is built in 1970. Should one decide which tense to use based on the tense of the paragraph in which this sentence is found? If the...