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Re: grammar help needed

Clive — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:42:40 GMT

Hi,

1) Where I think we need to carve out some territory of definition in practice is to say that proselytism is relating to people different from oneself by using means and methods with ulterior motives in order to convert. But what's happening in secular literature is that it is moving even beyond the ulterior method definition, where some secular specialists on human rights and international law use proselytism to mean "any attempt by religious believers to win converts from other religions or from your religion." And when we see proselytism move into that extensive and broad an expression, it then curtails on the invitation to witness and to make meaning for people, in terms of engaging them around the validity of Christian perspective.

Can an be deleted? No. Kindly check punctuation usage in the above passage and insert punctuation where needed. You might consider not starting sebnetenes with 'But' and 'And'. Could you perhaps say 'However' and 'Moreover'?

(2) They have a vision for what I would call “soul care,” without the same vision and commitment to social care. May I suggest to us that mature evangelists have discerning minds that believe in the whole counsel of God? May I suggest to us, as you listen to that definition, that evangelists are not restricted to religion?

May I suggest to us, as we think about engagement, can we first of all give permission and take permission. That is to say, people have the right to self-define. I also need to take the responsibility to self-define.

Is the usage " May I suggest to us" ok? Please check It seems a bit oddd to say 'us' here. Why not just say 'May I suggest'?

(3) We have surrendered to life-denying violence that simply incites more deadly and devastating violence.

Is the usage of " We have surrender to" ok? Please check.

(4) Half of them were Muslim and half of them were Christian. This is OK, because the two words are used as adjectives.

Should the above sentence have a plural usage "Half of them were Muslims and half of them were Christians." This is also OK, but the two words are nouns.

(5) We need more modeling of how to deal with diversity in positive ways.

Can of be replaced with on? Please check. Either is acceptable.

(6) One of my appeals in the Canadian context has been that, if we had been better at dealing with diversity between us as Christians in this country, we would be relating to cultural diversity in a lot more positively today than we are at this point.

Is the in insertion ok? Please check. No, you need to remove it.

Best wishes, Clive

grammar help needed

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:13:24 GMT

(1) Where I think we need to carve out some territory of definition in practice is to say that proselytism is relating to people different from oneself by using means and methods with ulterior motives in order to convert. But what's happening in secular literature is that it is moving even beyond the ulterior method definition, where some secular specialists on human rights and international law use proselytism to mean "any attempt by religious believers to win converts from other religions or from your religion." And when we see proselytism move into that extensive and broad an expression, it then curtails on the invitation to witness and to make meaning for people, in terms of engaging them around the validity of Christian perspective.

Can an be deleted? Kindly check punctuation usage in the above passage and insert punctuation where needed.

Is the usage " May I suggest to us" ok? Please check

(3) We have surrender to life-denying violence that simply incites more deadly and devastating violence.

Is the usage of " We have surrender to" ok? Please check.

(4) Half of them were Muslim and half of them were Christian.

Should the above sentence have a plural usage "Half of them were Muslims and half of them were Christians."

(5) We need more modeling of how to deal with diversity in positive ways.

Can of be replaced with on? Please check.

(6) One of my appeals in the Canadian context has been that if we had been better at dealing with diversity between us as Christians in this country, we would be relating to cultural diversity in a lot more positively today than we are at this point.

Is the in insertion ok? Please check.

Help Proof Research Paper (MLA Help Too)

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:04:21 GMT

Hello everyone, nice forum you have here. I have a research paper due tomorrow and I have always had problems with punctuation and mechanics.

I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to proofread it. Also, I have a works cited list, but I dont know where exactly to put the citations if multiple paragraphs are from the same source. Anywways, heres the paper:

Writing is known to be a very therapeutic process and many authors have utilized this quality throughout history. When writing reflects the authorsâ thoughts and experiences, the work becomes all the more meaningful and realistic. This brings about a quality that many people can relate to. Death, sadness, the desire to escape real life and, and hard times in general are recurring themes in literature. Themes such as this, although depressing, make up the basis of some of the best writing today.

These motifs make up the mold for the works of Tennessee Williams and Kate Chopin. Tennessee Williams is best known for two of his plays, The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire. Both plays are heavily, heavily influenced by the tragic events of his life. Kate Chopin grew up in the Creoles of Louisiana, which had a lot of influence on her writing. Her most famous work, The Awakening, was banned for a few decades due to controversial content. She is also known for her short stories, Desireeâs Baby, The Storm, and The Story of an Hour.

In order to understand the meanings behind the words, it is necessary to first understand how these authors grew up. Without background knowledge, it would be hard for one to understand the times and troubles that the authors went through. Without knowing anything about their lives, it is not possible to make even educated guesses as to the meanings.

Kate Chopin was born February 8^th, 1850 as Katherine O'Flaherty. Having grown up in Louisiana, she is considered one of the southern forerunners for feminism in the 20^th century. Much of her work was based around her life's events.

Thomas OâFlaherty, her father, was a founder of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. When Kate was five years old, Thomas was one of twenty nine people who died in a bridge collapse over the Gasconade River. That same year, she entered into the Sacred Heart Academy in St. Louis. She ended up being very close to her mother and great grand-mother. In 1962, tragedy struck. Her brother George, a confederate soldier, died as a prisoner of war, and her great grand-mother passed away of old age. Following these deaths, Kate left Sacred Heart and immersed herself in reading. In 1865, she returned to her studies at Sacred Heart.

At nineteen years of age, she married a cotton farmer, Oscar Chopin. They proceeded to have 6 kids over the course of nine years. Oscarâs cotton business wasnât working out, so they moved to a small Louisiana town, Cloutierville. There, Oscar worked and managed a few plantations as well as a general store. Meanwhile, Kate had become involved in the community, diving headfirst into the Creole culture.

Oscar died in 1882 of Malaria, leaving Kate in a lot of debt. She tried to keep up work at the plantations and general store, but it was not working. At her motherâs request, she moved her family back to St. Louis. In the depressed state she was in, her doctor told her to start writing because he thought it would be therapeutic for her. He said, âHe understood that writing could be a focus for her extraordinary energy, as well as a source of income." Kate Chopin died in 1904 of a brain hemorrhage.

Like Kate Chopin, Tennessee Williams suffered from many family problems. Tennessee Williams was born March 26, 1911 as Thomas Williams, but was dubbed Tennessee when he joined the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at the University of Missouri. When he was five years old, both of his legs became paralyzed completely. Luckily, this was only for two years. During that time, his mother pushed him to make up stories and read a lot. Even when his legs were better, he continued writing stories. His mother gave him a typewriter when he was thirteen years old.

His father, Cornelius was a traveling salesman who became quite abusive over the years. He always favored Tennesseeâs brother, Dakin. At one point during the Great Depression, Cornelius forced Tennessee to leave the University of Missouri to work in a shoe factory. He soon went back to school at Washington University in St. Louis, but finally graduated at the University of Iowa in 1938.

Rose Williams, Tennesseeâs sister, was a beautiful girl, diagnosed with Schizophrenia at a young age. Tennessee Williams loved his sister with all his heart, some even suggest in a way beyond sibling love. When Tennessee was at college in 1937, her parents gave permission to the doctors for a lobotomy, which went very wrong and incapacitated her for the rest of her life. Tennessee took this very badly and never forgave his parents.

Williams had been in a homosexual relationship with Frank Merlo for almost twenty years until 1963 when he died of cancer. Merlo had given Williams an arm to lean on for his depression and drug problems. When he died, Williams really went over the edge. Williams had alcohol and drug problems, with dependence on different Amphetamines and downers such as Barbiturates. These were prescribed by the infamous Dr. Max âFeelgoodâ Jacobson, who prescribed dangerous and addictive drugs to people such as John F. Kennedy, Truman Capote, Anthony Quinn and Eddie Fisher.

In regards to autobiographical elements in plays, it does not get more pronounced than in Williamsâ The Glass Menagerie. The entire play is basically an autobiography of Williamsâ problems. In the play, Laura Wingfield is a pretty, hermetic girl, with an undisclosed mental problem. She is a mirror image of Rose Williams, and her problem with Schizophrenia. Amanda Wingfield plays the part of Tomâs mother and fits the description of Williamsâ mother. Mr. Wingfield, although absent in the play, has a great presence. In The Glass Menagerie, Mr. Wingfield was a telephone salesman who âfell in love with long distances.â Cornelius Williams, in reality as well, was hardly around as he was a traveling salesman. When he was around, he was typically abusive. The narrator and character Tom Wingfield is almost a mirror image of Williams in terms of personal strife. In the play, Mr. Wingfield has forced Tom to work in a shoe factory, where he secretly writes poetry. In real life, Cornelius Williams took Tennessee out of college to work at a shoe factory.

Chopin wrote with similar themes, using much of her lifeâs experiences. In her short story, The Storm, Calixta is somewhat of a worrier. But when an old lover comes on horseback, she almost immediately give off a youthful persona. When Chopinâs husband died in real life, she was left to run the store, where she flirted nonstop and even had an adulterous affair with a married farmer.

Unlike Williams, much of Chopinâs writing had a lot of Creole influence. She was also a very big fan of Guy de Maupassant. Scholars say that her short story, Desireeâs Baby, was based completely around De Maupassantâs The Story of a Farm Girl. One aspect of De Maupassantâs writing that one can easily find in Chopinâs writing are the ironic conclusions. Desireeâs Baby has heavy Creole, shown by Armandâs anger and shame towards the skin color of the baby. Although Armand was the one who was part black, he wouldnât bring himself to believing it, and made Desiree leave. Desiree proceeds to kill herself and her baby by walking into a bayou and never returning.

In conclusion, Kate Chopin and Tennessee Williams write using the same process for ideas. They both turn to reality for inspiration. Yet, their writings styles and influences are quite different.

Thanks for any help in advance.

Re: Please help me proof it. Thanks

Cheese1987 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:39:46 GMT

Julielai wrote:

Some parts in red for you to fix

Cheese1987 wrote:

Thank you!

Account of the recent language learning experience and insights gained through the course both inside and outside of class

      I have learnt some useful skills in the course in these months.(incomplete sentence) The most impressing (missing three letters) lesson teach me how to write a composition in an (article) appropriate (sp.) style. I do know it is important to choose the appropriate style and tone when writing. I also understand that language style can be classified as formal, neutral and informal before. However, I do not know how I can write in an appropriate style correctly. The skills are not taught when I am in secondary school. After the lesson, I understand choice of vocabulary, sentence structure and grammar, use of transitional words and phrases, use of punctuation and use of abbreaviations and short forms affect the language style. I feel happy that I know how I can write in an appropriate style now. I believe that I can match the type of writing more correctly and therefore, my writing will _not__ _be__ (Insert words here) awkward or unnatural.

      Reading English newspapers also helps me to improve my English. I am not used to reading English newspaper before. But I am required to buy South China Morning Post from the courses. From then on I try to make reading South China Morning Post to be my daily routine. I find that it is an effective way to learn more vocabularies. It also helps me to broaden my horizon(Review your use of not only but also) Now I read South China Morning Post form Yahoo. So I can read South China Morning Post everyday. I deeply believe that South China Morning Post is worth reading.

Personal changed feelings/opinions/attitude towards English language learning

    I am convinced that English language learning are stressful and frustrating before. I feel nervous when everyone is focus on me and when teacher is listening carefully. I believe this feeling comes from my self- doubt. I think classmates are step ahead of me. I also cannot correctly pronounce some sounds and sets of sound. To be frank, I have thought that English is no more important because I am in Chinese Language and Literature Programme. I no need to improve my English anymore.

However, my friends told me that mastery of the English language is important. Hong Kong being a service - oriented economy, the advantage of having a competent English-speaking work force has become all the more improtant. I know that being a Chinese Language and Literature student is only an excuse to avoid learning English (You shouldn't think like that! Nothing wrong with being a Chinese major.). This thought only badly affects my interest and progress of learning English. I do know that if I lose the interest of learning English, my English cannot improve anymore. I need to find some ways to prevent feeling so embarrassed.

     There are ways for me to prevent feeling so embarrassed. I think the most practical way is to improve English. I should study English continuously. When I find some words that I cannot pronouce, I will check the electronic dictionary immediately. I will also try to speak English with my friends. I believe I can speak English fluently if I often do that. My friends can also kindly point out my grammatical mistakes. They will not laugh at my absurd mistakes. Therefore, I will not feel embarrassed anymore.

Personal Learning Plan

Long term goals:

a)         To get a C grade in Use of English in Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination

b)        To get a band score of 7 in IELTS

Short term goals:

a)         To finish all the exercises in Advanced Grammar in Use.

b)        To keep reading South China Moring Post and Hong Kong Standard

c)        To write compositions

Materials to use:

a)         Advanced Grammar in Use Exercise book

b)        South China Morning Post

c)        Hong Kong Standard

Activities to engage in:

a)         To join some workshops held by ITC

b)        To exchange oversea in Summer

How often:

a)         Doing 3 exercises everyday

b)        Reading Newspapers everyday (Look up the difference between "every day" and everyday)

c)        Writing a composition every 2 weeks

Mode of learning:

a)         Keep doing exercise and composition

b)        Keep reading newspapers

Mode of assessment:

a)         To sit for Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination.

b)        To sit for IELTS.

Re: Please help me proof it. Thanks

julielai — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:06:53 GMT

Some parts in red for you to fix

Cheese1987 wrote:

Account of the recent language learning experience and insights gained through the course both inside and outside of class

     Some useful skill I have learnt in the course in these months.(incomplete sentence) The most impress_ _ _ (missing three letters) ~~me is the~~ lesson teaching me how to write a composition in a (article) approicate (sp.) style. I do know it is important to choose the appropriate ~~and~~ tone when writing. I also understand that language style can be classified as formal, Neutral and Informal before. However, I do not know how I can write in an approriate style correctly. The skills are not taught when I am in secondary school. After the lesson, I understand choice of vocabulary, sentence structure and grammar, use of transitional words and phrases, use of punctuation and use of abbreaviations and short forms ~~are a critical issue~~ affect~~ing~~ the language style. I feel happy that I know how I can write in an approiate style now. I believe that I can match the type of writing more correctly and therefore, my writing will ~~be avoided to regard as~~ ___ ___ (Insert words here) awkward or unnatural.

      Reading English newspapers also helps me to improve my English. I am not used to reading English newspaper before. But I am required to buy South China Morning Post throught the courses. From then on I try to make reading South China Morning Post to be my daily routine. ~~I find that not only vocabularies I can learnt more , but also the horizon I can borden.~~ (Review your use of not only but also) Now ~~when the days I cannot received Newspaper from the lesson,~~ I read South China Morning Post form Yahoo. So I can read South China Morning Post everyday. I deeply believe that South China Morning Post is worth reading.

Personal changed feelings/opinions/attitude towards English language learning

    I am convinced that English language learning are stressful and frustrating before. I feel nervous when everyone is focus on me and when teacher is listening carefully. I believe this feeling comes from my self- doubt. I think classmates are step ahead of me. I also cannot correctly pronounce some sounds and sets of sound. To be frank, I have thought that English is no more important because I am in Chinese Language and Literature Programme. I no need to improve my English anymore.

However, my friends told me that mastery of the English language is indispensible. Hong Kong being a service - oriented economy, the advantage of having a competent English-speaking work force has become all the more improtant. I know that being a Chinese Language and Literature student is only an excuse to avoid learning English (You shouldn't think like that! Nothing wrong with being a Chinese major.). This thought only badly affect my interest and progress of learning English. I do know that if I lost the interest of learning English, my English cannot improve anymore. I need to find some ways to prevent feeling so fear and embarrassed.

     There are ways for me to prevent feeling so embarrassment. I think the most basical way is to improve English. I should study English continuously. When I find some words that I cannot ~~ensure to correctly~~ pronouce, I will check the electronic dictionary immediately. I will also try to speak English with my friends. I believe I can speak English fluently if I often do that. My friends can also kindly point out my grammatical mistakes. They will not laugh at my absurd mistakes. Therefore, I will not feel embarrassed anymore.

Personal Learning Plan

Long term goals:

a)         To get a C grade in Use of English in Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination

b)        To get a band score of 7 ~~marks~~ in IELTS

Short term goals:

a)         To finish all the exercises in Advanced Grammar in Use.

b)        To keep reading South China Moring Post and standard

c)        To write compositions

Materials to use:

a)         Advanced Grammar in Use Exercise book

b)        South China Morning Post

c)        Hong Kong Standard

Activities to engage in:

a)         To join some workshops held by ITC

b)        To exchange in Summer

How often:

a)         Doing 3 exercises everyday

b)        Reading Newspapers every day (Look up the difference between "every day" and everyday)

c)        Writing a composition every 2 weeks

Mode of learning:

a)         Keep doing exercise and composition

b)        Keep reading Newspapers

Mode of assessment:

a)         To sit for Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination.

b)        To sit for IELTS.

Please help me proof it. Thanks

Cheese1987 — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:41:16 GMT

Please help me proof it. Thanks!

Account of the recent language learning experience and insights gained through the course both inside and outside of class

Some useful skill I have learnt in the course in these months. The most impress me is the lesson teaching me the skills to write a composition in a approicate style. I do know it is important to choose the appropriate and tone when writing. I also understand that language style can be classified as formal, Neutral and Informal before. However, I do not know how I can write in an approriate style correctly. The skills are not taught when I am in secondary school. After the lesson, I understand choice of vocabulary, sentence structure and grammar, use of transitional words and phrases, use of punctuation and use of abbreaviations and short forms are a critical issue affecting the language style. I feel happy that I know how I can write in an approiate style now. I believe that I can match the type of writing more correctly and therefore, my writing will be avoided to regard as awkward or unnatural.

Reading English newspapers also helps me to improve my English. I am not used to reading English newspaper before. But I am required to buy South China Morning Post throught the courses. From then on I try to make reading South China Morning Post to be my daily routine. I find that not only vocabularies I can learnt more , but also the horizon I can borden. Now when the days I cannot received Newspaper from the lesson, I read South China Morning Post form Yahoo. So I can read South China Morning Post everyday. I deeply believe that South China Morning Post is worth reading.

Personal changed feelings/opinions/attitude towards English language learning

I am convinced that English language learning are stressful and frustrating before. I feel nervous when everyone is focus on me and when teacher is listening carefully. I believe this feeling comes from my self- doubt. I think classmates are step ahead of me. I also cannot correctly pronounce some sounds and sets of sound. To be frank, I have thought that English is no more important because I am in Chinese Language and Literature Programme. I no need to improve my English anymore.

However, my friends told me that mastery of the English language is indispensible. Hong Kong being a service - oriented economy, the advantage of having a competent English work force has become all the more improtant. I know that being a Chinese Language and Literature student is only an excuse to avoid learning English. This thought only badly affect my interest and progress of learning English. I do know that if I lost the interest of learning English, my English cannot improve anymore. I need to find some ways to prevent feeling so fear and embarrassed.

There are ways for me to prevent feeling so embarrassment. I think the most basical way is to improve English. I should study English continuously. When I find some words that I cannot ensure to correctly pronouce, I will check the electronic dictionary immediately. I will also try to speak English with my friends. I believe I can speak English fluently if I often do that. My friends can also kindly point out my grammatical mistakes. They will not laugh at my absurd mistakes. Therefore, I will not feel embarrassed anymore.

Personal Learning Plan

Long term goals:

a) To get a C grade in Use of English in Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination

b) To get 7 marks in IELTS

Short term goals:

a) To finish all the exercises in Advanced Grammar in Use.

b) To keep reading South China Moring Post and standard

c) To write compositions

Materials to use:

a) Advanced Grammar in Use Exercise book

b) South China Morning Post

c) Hong Kong Standard

Activities to engage in:

a) To join some workshops held by ITC

b) To exchange in Summer

How often:

a) Doing 3 exercises everyday

b) Reading Newspapers everyday

c) Writing a composition every 2 weeks

Mode of learning:

a) Keep doing exercise and composition

b) Keep reading Newspaper

Mode of assessment:

a) To sit for Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination.

b) To sit for IELTS.

Re: Could anonimity be useful?

Pucca — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:19:19 GMT

Kooyeen wrote:
I have no idea. He (or maybe she) has a simple and clear style of writing, no strange mistakes or typos, punctuation is generally ok... It really seems a post written by me! (apart from "indeed", I really don't use that word much).

I noticed it aswell, but who know, maybe while asking, he just makes mistakes! (being conscious of it, of course!). Let's wait for his answer!

Kooyeen wrote:
If you search this forum, you can find a lot of threads where proficient or advanced learners are proved wrong, or make very noticeable mistakes, or use odd expressions. But that's ok, because in the end they are learners like the others. So, no matter how many advanced learners take part in a discussion, I always believe it's the natives who bring "the solution". To put it another way, would like your English teacher to be a native speaker of English or a non-native one? I already know the answer, Ana. If you want the native one, it means you wouldn't really trust a non-native completely. That's all, or maybe not all, but I'm tired of writing, lol

As Nona said in another thread, no one is perfect! And yes, you are right, I prefer much more my native English teacher than the other one, who assures that she has studied English Language and Literature, but I wouldn't mind to have a non-native teacher as far as he or she dominates the language! ..she also makes mistakes in Spanish, instead of saying "el ejercicio" she says "la ejercicio", I've heard that one several times..it's like, "You need to study again, study the pronouns and then, teach us..". Okay, it's obvious that I don't like her, it's obvious that I hate her (she hates me aswell), I don't understand why she always says that the "not only..but also" is wrongly written!..

And going back to the topic..an anonimous post would be helpful if you want to ask something but you don't want others to see who is asking so.

P.S: You wrote a lot, but I wrote more! Punctuation?Oh..I have a great problem with them!

Re: why do some books use so much difficult english?

Jackson6612 — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:25:43 GMT

Dear nona,

That means there have been different changes in today's English as we compare it to English of centuries ago. Not only English, almost every language changes with the passage of time. Like literature written two or three centuries ago is somewhat obscure to readers of present days. Right?

NOTE: Whenever you kind people reply to my post, please also look for grammatical, structural and punctuation mistakes. Thank you.

Re: Should be in capitals?

Tam Sadek — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:41:30 GMT

According to a Sussex University (UK) site http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/doc/punctuation/node27.html

...names of disciplines and school subjects are not capitalized unless they happen to be the names of languages:

I'm doing A-levels in history, geography and English.

Newton made important contributions to physics and mathematics.

She is studying French literature.

Hope that helps...

Re: punctuation - dash

Marius Hancu — Sat, 06 May 2006 11:37:51 GMT

I'd say you may have commas between dashes:

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13. The four greatest names in English literature are almost the
first we come to,--Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, and
Milton.--B. (Omit the comma before the dash)

H.W. Fowler, The King's English, 2nd ed. 1908.
http://www.bartleby.com/116/404.html
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