Hi Cutie1 -- welcome to the forum. You might want to look around and see what kind of questions we answer here. If you would like to post your five paragraphs on The Scarlet Ibis we will be happy to check your grammar, but please don't ask us

I agree -- "Bananas are my favorite food" is fine. "My favorite food is bananas" is fine. "My favorite food are bananas" -- never in a million years.

Both are fine -- but if the person is already visibly upset, then "please don't be upset" makes more sense.

Oh, that's my Charlie. Isn't he a sweetheart? If he's awake, he usually follows me around the house and keeps me in his sight. When I'm on the computer, he likes to lie on top of the monitor.

Just to make it a little more complicated -- you would only use a preposition if "downtown" is being used as an adjective describing part of a city, as opposed to a noun. In other words, you would say I live downtown. I'm going

It means that something is available to you; you can get to it whenever you want to. "Always be sure your pets have access to clean water."

That is what we thought. That is what we had planned.

Please read the rest of the thread.

Right you are, Mr. P. We don't say "I'm going to downtown" or "I live in (or at) downtown." I'm going downtown. I live downtown. Downtown is where all the action is. Yes, it usually refers to the business

"I drank a hot coffee" means that you drank one cup of coffee. "I drank hot coffee' means that you drank some coffee -- maybe one cup, maybe three or four cups.