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Proofreading help..?

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:53:55 GMT

I was wondering if anybody could read over my essay for admissions into FIT and help me with any spelling/grammer or any thing else that needs to be changed? its not that long of a paper.. i would greatly appretiate it. let me know, thanks in advanced.

Re: proofreading#2

Castellano — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:39:22 GMT

Ever since its birth, this dog has been with Larry. Now, the dog was malodorous, old, crippled and blind, but Larry was always with it. (The adj. stinky is too colloquial to be employed in written English.) Larry's roommate, John, wanted to get rid of the dog because he was bothered by the smell. Even though the dog left the room, the smell would still remain in the room. One day, they sat opposite each other at the table, playing cards. John said that his friend's dog herded a lot of pups and that he wanted to get some of them; but Larry paid no attention about what he said.

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Couple of things:

- You need to connect your sentences. A good solid sentence will always remind the reader of something and introduce the reader TO something. Connect your sentences with commas, semicolons, hyphens, etc... Use adverbs too, like but, also, because, etc...

- Use spell check; it will pick up or flag spelling and grammatical errors.

Now, try to edit your second paragraph. If you still think you need help, write back!

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A bunk house stood somewhere in the plain. There was about eight beds in it. All labor men who worked in the barley farm lived there. The boss's daughter-in-law lived a miled away. People in the bunk house talked about her. She was a tramp who gave the eye to every one she saw.

Re: seem not/doesnt seem

davkett — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:29:14 GMT

Welcome Globetrotter,

First, I want to encourage you to proofread your typing before submitting your posts. We have enough work to do managing real errors in English, and not purposeful shortcuts, such as:

-Not capitalizing the first letter of the first word in a sentence.

-Not capitalizing 'I'.

-Shortcuts in spelling, like 'u' for 'you'.

-Various typos that could easily be caught through proofreading, such as these in your current post: knowig for knowing, surprisig for surprising, als for also, versb for verbs, behing for behind.

There are times when such errors can be very misleading, causing questions to be answered incorrectly.

As for the word 'awesome', I think it's common use is not much clearer than 'amazing'. It's also the first word to come out of a 8 year-old boy when asked what he thinks about something. Here's what my dictionary says about 'awe':

-- an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime

"neither would be..." ?

geekgirljess — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:56:18 GMT

Hello everyone! My name is Jessica and I'm an English tutor at my college. Part of my job involves proofreading students' papers for spelling and grammar. A paper I read earlier today included a sentence construction that baffled me. I hope to have it resolved here.

The sentence read:

"If the mother is not happy, neither would be the child." (The context refers to an expectant mother and her unborn child.)

I suggested the following:

"If the mother is not happy, the child will not be happy."

I still wonder, though, if a more concise construction is possible. I welcome any corrections or suggestions. Thanks!