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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Whom tag:Paragraphs' matching tags 'Whom' and 'Paragraphs'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aWhom+tag%3aParagraphs&amp;tag=Whom,Paragraphs&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Whom tag:Paragraphs' matching tags 'Whom' and 'Paragraphs'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3125.9045)</generator><item><title>Re: A unexpectantly came out</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AUnexpectantlyCameOut/ghhwh/post.htm#537683</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:38:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537683</guid><dc:creator>New2grammar</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You picked up a lot of points that I never considered. I really appreciate your detailed analysis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Did you mean to describe her scream,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&amp;nbsp;Yes. Is it not a natural thing to do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wouldn&amp;#39;t she be surprised first and embarassed second?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes! I started with saying, &amp;quot;Surprised by our presence (So,this comes first), she embarassedly screamed (This comes later) &amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;which I imagine as more like a squeal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; I thought of using &amp;#39;squeal&amp;#39; but don&amp;#39;t quite understand its meaning.&amp;nbsp;Is it a short scream? Does a little girl squel when she sees a mouse?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Small logic problem??&amp;nbsp; A&amp;amp;B&amp;nbsp; + C&amp;amp;D (we) arrived together at the room&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We arrived together. I agree that the text is ambiguous. I would be clear if I had the preceding paragraph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Did she just forget about you, or assume you had left&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; Assumed we had gone to wait outside her room. She could have forgotten about us. I have no idea what she was thinking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The unexpectedness belongs to C&amp;amp;D.&amp;nbsp; Or was it unexpected to A?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; C and D didn&amp;#39;t expect her to walk out naked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Shouldn&amp;#39;t it be, &amp;quot;straightened up facing us&amp;quot;? (You said she bent over, not that she was kneeling.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; I see&amp;nbsp; your point. So, if you are in a bent over position, you&amp;#39;re technically still standing up. So straighten up is the correct verb to use. Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whom was she facing when she bent over&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her side was to us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Avangi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At some time she must have turned around to face you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; I thought I could imply it by just saying &amp;quot;facing us&amp;quot;.</description></item><item><title>Re: New Idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NewIdea/ggbhq/post.htm#531028</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:57:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:531028</guid><dc:creator>Tanit</dc:creator><description>Hi and welcome to the forums!&lt;br /&gt;You can write a short paragraph and post it &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htm"&gt;in the general grammar forum&lt;/a&gt; or an essay and post it here,&lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslEssayWritingWorld/Forum9.htm"&gt; in the writing forum&lt;/a&gt;. There are a lot of native speakers here (some of whom are also teachers) who will have a look at it, make corrections and give suggestions. Some learners might want to offer their opinions, as well. &lt;br /&gt;You will probably be asking, &amp;quot;How much do I have to pay for that?&amp;quot; &lt;img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-38.gif" alt="Money" title="Money" /&gt; Nothing!!! &lt;img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No classrooms or given topics, though. Choose a topic and post your writing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Internet- could you please check this essay out. Thank you!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/InternetCouldCheckEssayThank/gzxzz/post.htm#529827</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:31:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:529827</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Hi Julielai,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;appreciate your comment.&lt;br /&gt;I break yp my first paragraph as you mentioned.&lt;br /&gt;There should be too much mistakes that difficult&amp;nbsp; to point out, sorry about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The widespread use of the internet has brought us advantages, and disadvantages. Easy access to the world and information is very useful, though, this reaches unwelcome information. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;People tend to get together with same interest and opinion, feels comfortable to tale talk with someone who agree with you, which make you confident you are right and sometimes the opinion goes too far from the world average. Internet can be used to express yourself like though blog. In some blog, they just complain their wife/husband in the diary but never said their feeling to whom they should talk that other than anyone else. If you are expressing themselves in blog just to stress out and write to face the problem or write to helps calm down and think it by themselves, or asking other people opinion to solve the problem, these are fine and positive. Though, if they are just running away from the reality and just complaining, the problem never to be solved. One day during the internet surfing, the blog I found is that one house wife is sick and feel disease and canât do any house works, complaining her husband asked why she do not do anything. The sentence is so long, I guess she spend more than a hour for that and updating so often, I think she can do some souse works while typing the complaints. In the comments section, I was surprised to see that all the comments are saying feel sorry for her and how bad the husband is. I did not write any comment for it, I just start seeing blogs and never comment to any blogs yet, that is why. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;I believe main problem associated with the usage of the tendency to get together of the people of same opinion and make a very limited inner society but believes this is the whole world opinion. To avoid this situation, balance is bevy important, take balance of the real friend and blog friend, also their opinion. Don not only listen to comfortable messages to you, but severe messages, this is important.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Please proof this and possible conclusion help</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProofPossibleConclusion/gvwbd/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:14:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523110</guid><dc:creator>crazydeo</dc:creator><description>&lt;span&gt;When it comes to the topic of abortion, it seems that much debate has taken place over the years to defend both sides.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Many have debated on the issue whether morality or immorality comes into action when debating about taking an innocent human beings life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;On the pro choice side there is the argument of a motherâs right to chose what happens to her body.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;On the pro life side, there is the argument of whether or not anyone should have the right stop a life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;According to &lt;i&gt;A Defense of Abortion&lt;/i&gt; written by Judith Thomson, âMost opposition to abortion relies on the premise that the fetus is a human being, a person, from the moment of conception. â&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0070c0;"&gt;Given that, two very different topics will be discussed in this related matter.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;First, young teen parents have abortions everyday because they are not prepared to raise a baby.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Second, is it okay for parents to abort their child if they are born with a life time disability?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Below I will thoroughly discuss the pros and cons of both instances.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Foremost, many would agree that a fetus is considered a human being.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;However, some do not accept the fact that until there is an obvious entity of development there is no baby.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In my case, I truly believe that the moment the sperm enters the egg, it becomes conception; there is human life in the motherâs womb.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Don Marquis agrees in his article &lt;i&gt;Why Abortion is Immoral&lt;/i&gt; by saying, âLife is present from the moment of conception or that fetuses look like babies or that fetuses possess a characteristic such as a genetic code that is both necessary and sufficient for being humanâ (767).&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Who are we to determine whose life is worth keeping and whose is not?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In my first argument, I find it utterly upsetting when a young mother aborts her child because she is not âready.â&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Whether she is thirty-five or just fifteen she considered herself &lt;i&gt;adult&lt;/i&gt; enough to consent to sexual intercourse, thus she should be &lt;i&gt;adult&lt;/i&gt; enough to handle the consequences.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Statistics are dramatically rising in todayâs world in addition to young teen mothers.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Everywhere you look another teen girl is pregnant.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I recall my senior year in high school and how shocked I was to see how many of my fellow graduates walked across that stage pregnant.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Not to mention my classmates who did not attend because they were home changing dirty diapers.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The results are staggering.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Looking at most recent statistics of teen girl pregnancies ranges into the hundred thousand.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;To give a rough estimate according to year 2000, Nationalcampaign.org calculated 821,810 pregnant girls in the United States.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;To be more specific, ages fifteen to seventeen ranged in 281,900 and eighteen to nineteen ranged in 539,910.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;More and more young girls are taking the âeasyâ way out and getting rid of their unborn babies.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;When they discover that they are with child, they realize that the burden of a baby is such a huge responsibility that they are not ready for the commitment physically or financially.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;To raise a baby is not a cheap task.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Many different factors contribute to the upbringing of the infant and at many times is taken extremely lightly.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;While reading the article by Judith Thomson one paragraph really stood out to me.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;She was expressing how a fetus is not just a human being but a person who depends solely on the parent.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;She writes âOpponents of abortion have been so concerned to make out the independent of the fetus, in order to establish that it has a right to life just as its mother does, that they have tended to overlook the possible support they might gain from making out that the fetus is dependent on the other, in order to establish that she has a special kind of responsibility of it, a responsibility that gives its right against her which are not possessed by any independent person..â&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I never looked at it from that perspective.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;She is absolutely correct when she voices that a baby is not an individual but rather a needy being.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Without assistance and nurture how will it survive?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;My obvious solution for teen girls who &lt;i&gt;accidentally&lt;/i&gt; get pregnant is to really think and examine the different possibilities that may arise through the consequences of having sex.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Not only should they consider it personally, but speak with their significant other and an adult in whom they trust.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Before having intercourse they should look into contraceptives whether they are condoms or the pill.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;A more harsh punishment for young teens who are considering getting an abortion should be imprisonment.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;If they go through with abortion, they are taking an innocent childâs life who did not ask to be born.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;They are destroying someoneâs life just because they had one night of fun.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Instead of being let off with a slap on the wrist they should be punished for their actions and taught the severity of the situation.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;My second contrasting position on abortion is the complete opposite compared to my first opposition.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Is it wrong to take the life of an unborn child who is mentally ill?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Don Marquis points out, âThe problem with narrow principles is that they often do not embrace enough.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Hence, the needed principles such as âIt is prima facie seriously wrong to kill only personsâ or âIt is prima facie wrong to kill only rational agentsâ do not explain why it is wrong to kill infants or young children with severely retarded or even perhaps the severely mentally ill.â&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He brings up a great point.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Thousands of children enter the world everyday with an illness that is incurable.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Using todayâs latest technology, parents are able to see beforehand if their child is suffering from an illness or not.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This is called the First Trimester Screen.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The First Trimester Screen is a new optional non evasive evaluation that combines a maternal blood screening test with an ultrasound evaluation of the fetus to identify risks for specific chromosomal abnormalities including Down Syndrome Crisomi-21 and Crisomi-18.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Another possible abnormality may be CVS.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;CVS or chorionic villus sampling is a diagnostic test for identifying chromosome abnormalities and other inherited disorders.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This test maybe recommended by your health care provided as family medical history if your partner has medical history that reveals potential risksâ (americanpregnancy.org).&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Given the option to see in advance if their unborn infant has a disability, would it be acceptable for the parents to choose to abort their baby?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This is a rather difficult choice to make when discussing in terms of acceptable or not acceptable.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Looking at the situation from the parentsâ point of view, it is a helpful tool to have such knowledge ahead of time.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;However, what if the fetus is born with a defect are they going to abort the baby?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Defect or not, the fetus is still their child.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The parents would have to make a challenging decision and live with it for the rest of their lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Being able to see the imperfections of your child ahead of time is a solution in itself.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;However, it still leads to the question of whether or not aborting your child is justifiable or not.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;With technology advancing everyday altering your fetus and their DNA ladder will soon become an option of the future and aborting for such reasons will become obsolete.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#00b0f0;"&gt;Conclusion??&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>* Can someone please help check my grammer Thanks!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCheckGrammer/gdghl/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 06:31:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:517729</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanks! to whom that correct my grammer mistake. It is bascally about my grandpa passing all i need is a grammer check. The paragraph/story struture&amp;nbsp;don&amp;#39;t matter.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As many of you know, losing a love one is very painful and hard to get through it may takes many months to recover. That is what happened to me, on the day after my High School graduation my Grandpa Khun passed away just days after he attended my graduation. I was shocked when I heard the news about my grandpa passing and I said to myself this canât be true, because just three days ago my grandpa was in excellent condition he was very active he told lots of jokes at my graduation dinner party and he seem very happy. I canât believe how a person who has such a strong heart who always exercises never once smoke or drinks and always eating health food can have a heart failure. After my grandpa passed away it had been emotional three months for me throughout my summer vacation. I didnât have any fun all I think was about my grandpa. Grandpa Khun was, quite simply, a beautiful man inside and out. He was incredibly giving and made huge sacrifices for his family, his wife, his children, and his grandchildren. I often spent holidays with my Grandpa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;over at his house for Christmas and Thanksgiving he was an excellent cooker and the present that he would give me for my birthday and Christmas is well over what I would expect from him, because the amount of moneys is too much to except from him, but he always said âsave up and try not to spend too much at onceâ he is a generous person&amp;nbsp;. I feel very bad because I never got the chance to said goodbye to him and how much I loved him. Therefore, Take each day like it could be your last, you never know when it is your time to go.&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Is this a good introduction?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisAGoodIntroduction/gcnhd/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 12:36:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514831</guid><dc:creator>Pleasecorrectme</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;I&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#800000"&gt; am wondering how to write a good introduction. What is needed in order to write a good introduction? How can i leave a good first impression on the examiner?&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Is this a good introduction?&amp;nbsp; Or is it too long? How can i shorten it?&amp;nbsp; Is there any mistake? &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#800000"&gt;Oh, do i need to leave a line and start a new paragraph when one person talks? Or can i combine it into the paragraph? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;--&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;âHey, you are such an imbecile brat!â I called out to my little brother, âquiet down will you! Iâm studying!â&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;âOh, imbecile, is that a good word?â He stopped bouncing his basketball and looked at me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;âYes, it is. Now, scram!â I waved him away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;âWhat does it mean?â He raised his eyebrow suspiciously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;âIt means that you are a nice little boy. Now, stop bothering me!â I stared. My little brother nodded in agreement. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Then, he turned his body around and screamed, âMom! Sister called me an imbecile brat! I know it is a bad word!â I rolled my eyes, âMom! She needs to be severely punished!â Fortunately, Mother ignored him. I am a sixteen-year-old teenage girl with short black hair. I am not a girl whom people considered as attractive. I have this irritating eight-year-old brother, Nat, who loves to disturb me, simply because he has got nothing else to do. Later that day, I figured out why Mother had been ignoring Nat. She was having her earphones on, listening to her favorite songs sang by Lionel Richie. What a clever Mother! I have this mother whom I consider as a hero. She is a very clever woman - clever at handling Nat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;While I was studying for my major exam in the afternoon, Mother suddenly appeared out of nowhere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;âVanessa, Iâll be out for a while! Remember to look after Nat!â and Mother ran out of the house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;âOh no, not babysitting him again!â I slapped my hand against my forehead. The last time I babysat Nat, he blasted the television screen into smithereens with his green metal ball.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;â&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;Nat Ong Yi Wei! You better not try anything funny this time!â Nat turned around with three fingers up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;âCross my heart,â he smiled, showing his two little sharp rabbit teeth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;âI donât believe you,â I returned to do my revision.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;
&lt;p&gt;--&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: How to find the robber</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToFindTheRobber/gchrl/post.htm#512986</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:22:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:512986</guid><dc:creator>Avangi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Sounds good.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Commas after &amp;quot;hair,&amp;quot; first sentence, second paragraph; and after &amp;quot;blood&amp;quot; in last paragraph.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;ask the person &lt;strong&gt;who&lt;/strong&gt; they think is the robber&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; -&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sorry, my ear says &amp;quot;whom,&amp;quot; but I always get messed up about whether it&amp;#39;s really the subject of the clause.&amp;nbsp; Someone else should please comment.&amp;nbsp; thanks.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Help me please.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpMePlease/grzvl/post.htm#502650</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:13:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:502650</guid><dc:creator>julielai</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You need to fix the part in red. 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Anonymous&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ok... so basically I need to do a five paragraph essay (Paragraph model?) by analyzing 3 quotes from this a passage I read &amp;quot;No name woman&amp;quot; by Maxie Hong Kingston. I&amp;#39;m just having trouble with a few things... some I understand, and others I don&amp;#39;t. I tried fixing some errors that I made.. (ie: spelling, grammar). This is just the a 2nd draft. I would apprcieate some help and tips. Thanks in advance! 
&lt;p&gt;This is what I need help with: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Verb Tense &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;`Unpacking language of quotes -Introducing all quotes fully&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Run on sentences?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;No Name Woman&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Maxine Hong Kingston begins to learn the story of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;her &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;aunt &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;who in the story &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;is known as âNo Name Womanâ. Kingstonâs mother begins in the first passage, warning her to not tell anyone what she is about to say, referring to the story of her aunt. She explains that the aunt &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;was&lt;/font&gt; Kingstonâs fatherâs sister, who killed herself in the family &lt;strike&gt;well&lt;/strike&gt;, but thereâs no mention of her at all, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;because it is as if she had never been born. The aunt brought shame to the family. She became a disgrace to the village, because the &lt;strike&gt;action of&lt;/strike&gt; adultery committed. As a result of that, she ended up with an unwanted pregnancy. This caused so much commotion with the villagers, who were enraged, and raided the family house. The villagers destroyed and &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;broke&lt;/font&gt; their possessions, wanting to get rid of the aunt from their community; because the villagers did not permit the coupleâs breaking tradition. As a child, Kingston did not fully understand&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;this part &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;of her Chinese culture. She starts making up her own stories. As an adult, Kingston looks back at her childhood years, to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;understand the &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;story and her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;culture&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Roughly around the age of 12, Kingston starts receiving warnings&lt;strike&gt;, &lt;/strike&gt;and semi-threats from her mother &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;about&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;any unwanted pregnancies. Kingstonâs mother sets the aunt as an example. The mother says:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Don&amp;#39;t let your father know that I told you. He denies her. Now that you have started to menstruate, what happened to her could happen to you. Don&amp;#39;t humiliate us. You wouldn&amp;#39;t like to be forgotten as if you had never been born. The villagers are watchful;&amp;quot; (325)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The mother warns young Kingston, and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;talks about &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;the aunt who brought disgrace to the family. Kingston is being guided, not to fall in the wrong path as her aunt did. The mother warns her at this moment, because it is the moment &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kingston goes into a new stage of life that she must go through carefully (be specific)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The mother wants Kingston to learn the values of her culture, traditions, and the people she represents. She describes that the villagers are &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;watching (watching whom?)&lt;/font&gt;, because they are a community who stick together as a group. &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;It is part of their culture, having private lives is a dishonor to the culture.&amp;nbsp; (doesn&amp;#39;t make sense) &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The&lt;/font&gt; aunt dishonored it, by having a baby without &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;a father&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The mother is preventing young Kingston from &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;bring&lt;/font&gt; shame to the family again. &lt;strike&gt;Kingstonâs mother told stories&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Adult Kingston remembers when her mother &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;use&lt;/font&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;tell her stories to &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;warn her about life, and the realities &lt;strike&gt;that existed&lt;/strike&gt;. &lt;strike&gt;She would tell stories, to teach Kingston morals.&lt;/strike&gt; Kingston explains:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;âWhenever she had to warn us about life, my mother told stories that ran like this one, a story to grow up on. She tested our strength to establish realities. Those in the emigrant generations who could not reassert brute survival died young and far from home. Those of us in the first American generations have had to figure out how the invisible world the emigrants built around our childhoods fit in solid America.â (325) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Adult Kingston discusses &lt;strike&gt;about&lt;/strike&gt; the emigrants who were struggling with poverty, and moved to America. This was the old generation, who struggled with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;survival&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The emigrants re-&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;assert&lt;/font&gt; themselves with the new life; some &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;endure&lt;/font&gt; (tense) brute survival. Poverty was an issue in old China. The new generation is growing in America. China was the âinvisible worldâ for &lt;strike&gt;most that was part of&lt;/strike&gt; the new generation. Kingston &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;they&lt;/font&gt; never been there, but only hear stories about it. &lt;strike&gt;America was solid, because&lt;/strike&gt; the new generation &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;was&lt;/font&gt; adapting to new changes. Kingston &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;wanted&lt;/font&gt; to uncover more of this Chinese cultural history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As an adult, Kingston starts to question if her aunt is really guilty&lt;strike&gt;, to commit such an act,&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;which would lead to her own demise&lt;/strike&gt;. Kingston searches for answers, because the stories only seem to confuse her. She &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;did&lt;/font&gt; not fully understand the Chinese &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;cultural&lt;/font&gt; as a child, because she &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;is part of &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;the new generation. This leads Kingston &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;to form &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;her own perspective of the story that her mother had told. She starts &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;rewriting &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;the story in her own words, and her own point of view. Kingston thinks:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;âAdultery is extravagance. Could people who hatch their own chicks and eat the embryos and the heads for delicacies and boil the feet in vinegar for party food, leaving only the gravel, eating even the gizzard lining--could such people engender a prodigal aunt? To be a woman, to have a daughter in starvation time was a waste enough. My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex. Women in the old China did not choose. Some man had commanded her to lie with him and be his secret evil. I wonder whether he masked himself when he joined the raid on the family.â (326)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Adult Kingston does not believe that her aunt gave up everything for adultery. She questions, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;and thinks &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;how cruel the villagers &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;are&lt;/font&gt; towards the aunt. Kingston describes her aunt as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;a &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;âprodigal auntâ &lt;strike&gt;meaning she is yielding profusely&lt;/strike&gt;. She questions&lt;strike&gt;,&lt;/strike&gt; if a human being is capable of bringing a newborn &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;to this world&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and then getting rid of it without any remorse. She realizes that &lt;strike&gt;in Chinese culture, woman &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;had&lt;/font&gt; no right to rule, because they &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;had&lt;/font&gt; to obey the rules set by the husband. We&lt;/strike&gt;women in that time &lt;strike&gt;of Chinese culture&lt;/strike&gt; did not have a choice &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;because they had to obey their husbands&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Kingston wonders if the man responsible for impregnating her aunt wasnât man enough to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;try to be responsible&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. She also believes the man might have been responsible for organizing the raid in the first place. Kingston&lt;strike&gt;, &lt;/strike&gt;somehow wanted to defend her aunt. She tries to analyze the possible reasons behind her aunt&amp;#39;s unwanted pregnancy&lt;strike&gt;, in&lt;/strike&gt; which dishonored her entire &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;family&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Kingston as an adult&lt;strike&gt;, &lt;/strike&gt;finally realized her aunt was not fully guilty. The aunt &lt;strike&gt;went through injustice, and&lt;/strike&gt; was the victim of rape. While the entire society rejected her aunt, Kingston honored her aunt instead. The motherâs aim was to warn young Kingston, not to humiliate the family by making the same mistake as her aunt did. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The motherâs aim also had another purpose, in which she wanted to show the values of her culture, traditions, and making Kingston a better person in life&lt;strike&gt;, without any disruptions&lt;/strike&gt;. Kingston as an adult reflects back on what she has learned from her mother, and her unnamed aunt. She &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;has &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;also discovered the world that was once invisible to her. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: and one more... a bit longer</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AndOneMoreABitLonger/zpddq/post.htm#492234</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:47:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492234</guid><dc:creator>RayH</dc:creator><description>&lt;em&gt;Your English is &lt;em&gt;excellent, very clear and understandable. I believe the term the eggheads use is &amp;quot;idiomatic&amp;quot;. &lt;/em&gt;There are just a few corrections I will suggest. By the way how does one turn off the italic font in this thing? Anyway to your paragraph:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a couple of situations that happened when I was in Holland, and in the Czech Republic. When I was on a trip in Amsterdam, most of the boys wanted to see the famous Arena stadium. But as the map showed, the stadium was about 3 hoursâ walk from the city center. So I came u with &lt;span style="color:#ff409f;"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strike&gt;an&lt;/strike&gt; idea of catching a bus, or any other kind of public transport. The group divided into two competing teams. The smaller group came along with me, the bigger one decided to âfind their own wayâ. To cut &lt;span style="color:#ff409f;"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strike&gt;the&lt;/strike&gt; long story short â I, and five other persons reached our destination, and the &lt;span style="color:#ff409f;"&gt;trip&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strike&gt;way&lt;/strike&gt; to the stadium took us only 20 minutes (we caught the subway) while the bigger group never reached the Arena, and had to leave empty-handed. Another situation happened to me about 3 years ago when I decided to visit the Czech Repubilic on my own, alone. My destination was the city of Brno, which is in the southern part&lt;strike&gt;s&lt;/strike&gt; of the country. The reason I decided to go was because a rock concert was going to be there, by a band called Ten Years After (its &lt;strike&gt;band&lt;/strike&gt; members are in their &lt;span style="color:#ff4040;"&gt;sixties&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strike&gt;around sixty-year-olds musicians&lt;/strike&gt;) which played at the first Woodstock Festival in 1969. So when I found out that they had reunited, &lt;span style="color:#ff409f;"&gt;I had to make a quick decision&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strike&gt;it was a quick decision to make&lt;/strike&gt; as I had only five days. I took care of the tickets for the concert and for the train, spoke to my parents (they were really against the idea of my going alone, especially &lt;span style="color:#ff409f;"&gt;since&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strike&gt;that&lt;/strike&gt; it was in winter) and set off. When I finally reached the city, after a long trip, I had to find the venue, and since Brno is a big city it wasnât going to be easy. However, with &lt;strike&gt;some&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff409f;"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; help of &lt;span style="color:#ff409f;"&gt;some&lt;/span&gt; Czech girls whom I met along the way, I found the venue, and got &lt;span style="color:#ff409f;"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strike&gt;into&lt;/strike&gt; the right tram. Everything went fine. The concert was great and I met some fantastic people who helped me a lot. Even though I was alone, it was an amazing adventure. I had two more quite similar events, but I think Iâve already used too much space here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry about the different colors, I&amp;#39;m not used to this editor. You might want to consider starting a new paragraph with &amp;quot;Another situation...&amp;quot; this seems to be separate but related idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description></item><item><title>Please help with my Narrative Paragraph..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NarrativeParagraph/zpbhx/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:48:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491722</guid><dc:creator>sandie_bummie</dc:creator><description>&amp;nbsp;I need to write 5 narrative paragraoh essay for my english class.could everyone help check my grammar and sentences..pls. point out any mistake that i make..i will really appreciate all the help..^^&lt;img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;A Memorable Childhood Experience&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:center;" align="center"&gt;by: Nghia Vo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Do you have a childhood experience that has
been embedded in your mind even up to this day?&lt;span&gt; Everyone has a
childhood; some had memorable year, awkward years and weird stages&lt;/span&gt;. Childhood
is the world of miracle, problems and worries seemed insignificant to me. Nothing
seemed to matter, only fun and great time. Every single one of us has a
wonderful story about our childhood. I have many great memories of my childhood
year, but one incident that I could forget for the rest of my life.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As I remember, it
was a beautiful hot and shinning summer day. Where all school are over and
people are busy traveling. Every summer my parents and our family friends
always send us to our uncleâs house for vacation. We all children always spend
our summer at our uncleâs house. Mean me, my siblings, my cousins and friends
are going with my uncle. Day before the trip, my brother, sister and me are
exciting packaging our clothes to go. Since my uncle live in the Island (one of the beautiful tourist spot island in
Philippine), we need to travel by boat to get there. The ferry boat station is
about two and half hour from our home.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;We
left the home about four hours before the boat time just because we need to
wait for my cousins and other kids to arrive.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;After a long travel and car sick, we finally arrived at the port. While
waiting for my cousins and other, I enjoy watching those children dive for
coins tossed. When cousins arrived, we are all ready to go. But we need to wait
for half an hour to get on the boat because of crowded people traveling, that
time was a busiest months of the island. The ride took about one and half hour,
I was boat sick and I feel so dizzy while others are busy screen viewing. I
remember my little cousin was trying to wake me up just to see those cute
dolphins jumping. I try myself to glance a bit and I saw those cute dolphins
jumping. Suddenly, my boat sick was gone.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;After we go to my uncleâs house, everybody was tired and we went to bed early
without took our dinner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the next day,
when I wake up in the morning at 5:30 am, I saw everyone is rushed to the
kitchen table for breakfast because we didnât took our dinner last night. After
breakfast everyone is went out to play, just only I and my other girls left for
cleaning and doing dish washing. My uncle walks all of us to the beach to see
sunrise. Actually I&amp;#39;m not really an early morning person, I just want to go
back to sleep after my breakfast. Uncle Le was force all of us to go jogging.
It was so cold and chilly but all of that was worthy. After I saw a beautiful sunrise
and visuals all around fill me with peace and serenity, making it all worth it
and a great way to start my day. When I saw the sunrise, I feel so peaceful and
free, because there were no homework to do and I could hear my mom nagging
about cleaning my room. Everything was perfect that time, suddenly my cousin
blast the water in my face. My day dreaming turn into nightmare, I was so mad
and I almost slap him but when I saw everyone enjoy playing in water. I donât
have second thought but jump into the water and playing with them. One of my
elder cousins was scared that my uncle will scold us, because before he went
back to his house. He told us not to play with water but we end up swimming and
having playing in the water. My little cousin and other kids are busy building
sand castles and searching for cute shell.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;After an hour playing with water, we decide to go back home. I was so
scared that my uncle will scold us because we didnât ask permission to swims.
My guy cousin suddenly shouting âI have a great ideaâ, everyone was staring at
him.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He told me to lie to my uncle that
Iâm the one who start the water fighting. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Since my uncle love me the most, he wonât get
mad. When we went home, my uncle was standing in front of the door holding
towels and smiling. He expects that we will get wet. We all rushed to the
bathroom to change. There only one bathroom in the house, so we need to share
bathroom together. I remember there were five girls in one bathroom and the
boys were having fun taking shower at the backyard. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After a changing,
we all went to kitchen table for lunch. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Everybody is seemed so hungry. When the foods
arrive, everyoneâs faces look so happy. After lunch, we went to living room and
plays. Some of my little cousins are tired. They sleep in the living, lining
like a fish in a market. They look so adorable. Now we all young adults mean my
siblings, my two cousins and me and my uncle and my two friends. We play cards
games, if someone lost we need to mark color pen on their face. Unfortunately,
I not good on cards games, I got most marked on my face. I look like a clown
and it took me an hour to remove those marked on my face. My elder sister asks
me and my cousin to go with her, to pick some sour mango at my uncleâs
neighbor. Since the neighbor is so nice they let us picked the fruit. When home
with many mangos in our arm, we run to the kitchen and clean it. We are happily
eating those sour mangos, while other are busy playing hide and seek. When went
to sleep afterward.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;When we wake up, our
uncle took us to the beautiful restaurant near to the beach for dinner. As I
walked along the sandy beach, I saw the sun slowly go down. At first, the ocean
looked orange and red. Then, it turns slowly to pink, to purple and finally it
getting dark. As I look at the sky, I saw thousand of stars and I heard the
waves hit the shores, and I felt the cold water swirl around my feet. Suddenly
I heard a loud voice calling me. It was my uncle and others calling me to go
back to the restaurant. After a wonderful dinner with my uncle and others, we
went to the open bar near to the restaurant to have some ice cream. We were
campfire and telling ghost stories under the delightful view of the sky. We
always took a walks in the beach. We got home pretty late and we didnât go to
sleep. We were playing cards game again until dawn.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a wonderful
summer time with my childhood friends and my uncle. It is totally amazing how I
wake up every morning rushing to the bathroom, so I donât need to fight over
with others whom take the bath. Iâll never forget the smell of the cold air
from beach and the sound of the waves hit the shores. That was one place that I
could stay there forever. I love staying at my uncle home instead of my home
because I have fun living there with all my childhood friends. Even though, I
arguer a lots with them but I feel so happy just auguring with them. I think
just a part of my great memories of my childhood.&lt;span&gt; Now we all
separate in different part of the world but there something bond us together. Childhood
memories are the most important part of my life. I always cherish those
memories for the rest of my life. There&amp;#39;s something about childhood friends
that you just can&amp;#39;t replace.&lt;/span&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>