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Mistakes in the tenses, could you check these sentences and their verbs? ... had already gotten ... Spent is correct. were wearing and had are correct. All verbs in...	3	Tetanya Aug 30, 10, 06:21am	EF_Kevin Aug 31, 10, 02:53pm
Help me "flip" a sentence You could say something along the lines of: Failure is a precursor to success, and I am reminded of...	3	bauer267 Aug 1, 10, 03:58pm	courtney218 Aug 30, 10, 04:50pm
"I did it myself" - A question on compound personal pronouns EF_Kevin: "Empathetic pronoun" ... grammarians are silly. Haha...pathetic grammarians. Thanks for the link :)	6	ershad193 Aug 19, 10, 10:13am	ershad193 Aug 21, 10, 08:43am
Tips on writing more effectively (visit the link) Well, the audience at Hubpages is not big on scholarly articles. It is enough that I wrote on a topic...	7	Mustafa1991 Jul 25, 10, 08:17pm	Mustafa1991 Jul 28, 10, 11:52pm
Quick Comma Question - is it needed after "small amenities"? Nah, really it does not matter. I saw a book by Leslie Marmon Silko and noticed that she does...	5	Notoman Jul 23, 10, 11:48pm	EF_Kevin Jul 27, 10, 05:15pm
Can this sentence be improved by punctuation? Another vote for the semicolon. The two parts of the sentence could stand alone as sentences so it calls for...	6	NicolaP Jul 12, 10, 01:08pm	Notoman Jul 24, 10, 12:56am
An interview on writing, sentence structure, and grammar - where to start? Hi Cindy, I'm not sure what you mean. What does the interview have to do with the writing task?...	1	rainnrain Jul 13, 10, 10:11am	EF_Kevin Jul 14, 10, 01:41pm
General writing advice: Addressing the audience Thanks Arshad, It's a vey useful advice to someone like me, with very hot-tempered manner in communicating. I always...	8	ershad193 Jul 5, 10, 07:49am	Lynn Truong Jul 13, 10, 11:46pm
What is "Memorandum of Advice"? You'll have good luck googling this How to write a legal memorandum and this: how to write memorandum of advice...	2	carollinav Jun 19, 10, 06:56am	EF_Kevin Jun 20, 10, 01:06pm
I need help to write a report to justify a fabrication department Hi Kevin, Thank you very much for replying so quickly and apologies for my very long delay !!...	2	Frankie7010 Apr 28, 10, 05:17am	Frankie7010 Jun 14, 10, 09:42am
Basics of research paper writing Well you probably already have seen adamssixsigma.com/Newsletters/TQM_six_sigma_differences_sim ilarities.htm Hey, I use questia and I found a lot of articles...	7	pushpraj3123 May 19, 10, 12:42am	EF_Kevin Jun 10, 10, 08:06pm
Get in The Right Frame of Mind for Essay Writing Hi Azeri, nice to see you again! Stainlus, this is a good question... Azeri seems to be answering from experience....	2	stainluss Jun 6, 10, 07:23am	EF_Kevin Jun 7, 10, 10:42am
"Please excuse my affinity of using such risque language towards you." Make Sense? Affinity usually refers to a kind of relationship. It means to like something, but it usually means to feel...	1	helpwanted10 Jun 4, 10, 02:36pm	EF_Kevin Jun 5, 10, 12:49pm
How do you start a personal Statement essay? and advice? Dragoon285: I got to try but i give it a shot. Well, let's see it! I encourage you to...	6	Dragoon285 Jun 1, 10, 10:23am	EF_Kevin Jun 3, 10, 05:15pm
Hackers, the great miss-conception No need to capitalize "hacker." Use " " marks when referring to a word: The title "hacker" is a...	3	CSiD May 31, 10, 10:00am	EF_Kevin Jun 1, 10, 06:15pm
How to cite your research paper? If you cite your own paper, you can just refer to it the way you would refer to any paper....	3	bioness May 27, 10, 10:00am	EF_Kevin May 29, 10, 11:57am
How to improve my remotioning essay in American Study Hi James, Post your essay here in this thread, and we can correct your errors. All you have...	1	james lamin May 27, 10, 03:29pm	EF_Kevin May 28, 10, 02:16pm
"Win in the fierce competition..." - Is this a correct statement grammatically? Oh, no problem, Wilde, anytime :P From: Smira, xox	5	wilde May 21, 10, 02:50am	Smira Roberts May 24, 10, 12:09am
sentence structure....is the following sentence grammatically correct? Yes, grammatically acceptable. Sorry that I have done some mistakes. But every one do. And no. As an author,...	6	lesley911medic May 16, 10, 01:12pm	triplesmickey May 18, 10, 05:21am
How do I show that someone is speaking the quotation I have in my essay? yes, that thing about putting the period outside the quotation marks is important. Did you catch what Noto meant about...	3	theboss May 16, 10, 07:49pm	EF_Kevin May 17, 10, 03:22pm
Two sentences; very short grammar question. 1.The new model cost double as compared with last years model. 2.He strongly felt that its...	6	brianna72 Apr 28, 10, 04:54am	shalini singh Apr 30, 10, 01:16pm
"to+VERB-ing" confusion. Few doubts in grammar. Prepositions are one of the hardest parts of learning a language for three reasons: 1, They often make no sense...	6	wilde Mar 25, 10, 01:29am	TimMill Apr 30, 10, 10:09am
what is ielts writing ? Most important thing is practicing writing tasks within the given time limits. Even though you feel under pressure for time,...	16	shery Dec 30, 09, 03:59am	Tikky Apr 11, 10, 05:26pm
English sentence, does this make sense? I hope this is not about a feud between essayforum members! comet2000: is that one word? why is that...	2	sammiegirl12338 Mar 24, 10, 05:58pm	EF_Kevin Mar 25, 10, 10:10pm
"what do we have to know about paraphrasing?" - HOW TO START AN INTRODUCTION Martini: write the introduction LAST. Great advice, Kate! That's also why I don't really like it when kids have to...	5	rina Feb 19, 10, 04:51am	EF_Kevin Mar 24, 10, 04:06pm
MLA - preventing plagiarism Ok, thanks. Since that one wasn't a direct quotation, but a mere summary statement (you can't write something about a...	3	qomoco Mar 3, 10, 07:31pm	qomoco Mar 6, 10, 03:34pm
Capitalization of the word "Nature" Alright, good point. I didn't mean to be irreverent to Nature. But my religion is based on Meditation, so...	1	davidlaing Feb 18, 10, 10:14am	EF_Kevin Feb 18, 10, 09:33pm
Kevin has a question... What is an essay? I think an essay is a deeply personal approach to show an organization or school about oneself.	23	EF_Kevin Jan 4, 10, 01:34pm	Randyhl Feb 17, 10, 12:44pm
bad news memo Interesting assignment! Do you have class readings about this? What does the prof say? I think this...	2	katheriner Feb 8, 10, 06:59pm	EF_Kevin Feb 10, 10, 01:02am
Active Verb Sentence Most seldom is very awkward. "Seldom" implies something that, "most of the time does not happen." So you...	4	Hulk694 Feb 6, 10, 08:22am	EF_Kevin Feb 7, 10, 05:01pm
General Grammar Questions. Let's perfect (if possible) Grammars! Yes, unfortunately, the right way to write it is whomever. I hate that, because it sounds like such a...	3	qomoco Feb 1, 10, 08:10pm	EF_Kevin Feb 3, 10, 12:24pm
study abroad (personal statement) think about your goals, what you wanna do for them? what you want to learn at their university? about your...	5	altagracia1 Jan 14, 10, 09:37pm	niloo Feb 1, 10, 05:35am
Whats a word that means "Big or small"? "big or small" or "big" or "small" Big: Enormous, Gigantic, Large, Small: Miniscule, Minutiae, Microscopic	6	Xuester Dec 29, 09, 09:49pm	icemaster2340 Jan 24, 10, 03:54pm
how to express multiplication of n numbers One usually says "the product of a_i s"	3	doty Jan 13, 10, 08:13pm	soarer Jan 24, 10, 12:28pm
The more "criminal" of the two writing style: Cliched and Cheesy vs Boring? Boring essays are hands down, are the most criminal. You lose personality and the individual with a straight-laced paper. I...	4	Envie Jan 18, 10, 03:48pm	JulieB Jan 23, 10, 09:10pm
First vs Third person answers MTurner: academic work is to be done in the third person. In qualitative studies, the first person perspective is sometimes...	2	MTurner Jan 20, 10, 10:49am	EF_Kevin Jan 23, 10, 01:59pm
Quick question about commas in titles The general rule of "comma before quote"!	5	QuizBowler Jan 1, 10, 07:05pm	Envie Jan 17, 10, 05:22pm
Toelf essay whether borrowing money from your friend is good or not. TOEFL! I remember that test :) I took it in seventh grade for a summer program. As a test...	7	Keng Dec 2, 09, 10:28pm	Envie Jan 17, 10, 05:21pm
Two Funky/Awkward sentences... help fixing please? The 2500 of us in the program may be mere teenagers, but we were able to come together to form...	7	shannon92 Dec 30, 09, 07:10pm	badromance Jan 7, 10, 02:30pm
improve the phrase about perplexity please hey thanks i was actually writing on how the interest in jigsaw puzzles has grown with age but...	4	umulbaneen Dec 29, 09, 12:34pm	umulbaneen Jan 6, 10, 02:57pm
A Question about "Voice" - inspired by some helpful feedback from Mayada z4evafoolz: Make your essay explicitly show your mind. After all, going to the university that your mind wants to go...	25	EF_Kevin Nov 17, 09, 02:53pm	EF_Kevin Dec 30, 09, 04:11pm
An IELTS about ads targeting younger and younger children I agree with your idea! You have introduced your topic clearly. Just pay attetion to grammer mistakes like "Parents are...	2	leonardo092 Nov 27, 09, 12:00am	linhexi Dec 26, 09, 03:17am
a disgusting sentence -wording grammar question good job with the word choices	6	mmmargarita Dec 22, 09, 01:38am	ezg_14 Dec 25, 09, 08:12pm
Antisemitism or anti-Semitism? I read some articles by people who study the history of Judaism, and they write anti-Semitism... so, that is how...	7	Awesomeness Nov 21, 09, 04:48pm	EF_Kevin Dec 25, 09, 10:57am
Grammar question: More knowledgeable than "I" or "me"? timeturner36: I would actually write "you are more knowledge than I am". Oh! you are so smart. I wish I...	8	icysakura Dec 19, 09, 11:48pm	EF_Kevin Dec 24, 09, 12:03pm
Do I need to cite the Bible? You should cite the bible because it is one of the most published books and there are many editions, thus...	7	peachykeen Nov 18, 09, 06:33pm	timeturner36 Dec 21, 09, 10:26pm
I am talking about something that occurred in the past, over 5-10 years. I believe the right sentence would be "may have lost". "Might" is typically used in the subjunctive case, but here...	6	FireTiger Nov 28, 09, 07:54pm	timeturner36 Dec 20, 09, 08:41pm
Was vs. Were for some sentences timeturner36: When it's subjunctive, use "were". When it's indicative, use "was" Good info! Here is a site I found...	18	meisj0n Nov 24, 09, 11:12pm	Jeannie Dec 20, 09, 05:20pm
Quoting quotes aroooska1: I am finding most of the definitions I need are quotes and I have no idea how to quote...	5	aroooska1 Dec 13, 09, 09:06pm	EF_Kevin Dec 16, 09, 11:03am
Quick Grammar Question Dealing with Roles in Plays Yeah, I think people usually either are writing about the play, so they do not need to spoon feed the...	4	Notoman Dec 7, 09, 07:21pm	EF_Kevin Dec 11, 09, 12:42pm
whats the difference between somones and someone's ? EF_Kevin: My mom used to get so mad if any of us said "these ones" or "those ones." She would...	16	neuromancer Sep 21, 09, 03:34pm	Jeannie Dec 5, 09, 06:53am
What makes me do something is/are A and B It is a grammar which is easy to understand. Noun phrase is singular noun, so it begins with is....	2	masood_mj Nov 13, 09, 12:35pm	Keng Dec 3, 09, 05:46pm
Having problems with transition with paragraghs If your ideas are consecutive, transition words would come out naturelly.	9	janeypooh Nov 6, 09, 06:26pm	bluebonnet Dec 2, 09, 11:28pm
Ask for Thank giving day Holiday My friend, I hope I fixed this appropriately! You should check out babelfish.yahoo.com/ Good morning As we discussed...	3	Sridhar Nov 19, 09, 07:57am	EF_Kevin Nov 22, 09, 11:18am
please help me with just this sentence about the national anthem viva2010: and my grammar sucks terribly. Ha ha, well, you have a cool way with words, anyway! Hey, you...	2	viva2010 Nov 17, 09, 11:12pm	EF_Kevin Nov 20, 09, 01:41pm
How to find a comprehensive listing for american antiquity use citations? nd.edu/~sheridan/AmerAntiquitCitationStyle.pdf I wish I could help you more! Citation styles are hard to learn. I know MLA, APA Chicago,...	1	malexandra Nov 16, 09, 06:21pm	EF_Kevin Nov 18, 09, 02:56pm
i need help with writing depth. ... but he would only accept them for marks if they were quite a bit better. Adding depth means...	2	bookworm Nov 9, 09, 08:57pm	EF_Kevin Nov 11, 09, 12:15am
"peer WHO or peer THAT"? "I would rather learn among friendly peers" works too	2	icysakura Oct 29, 09, 06:56pm	danielh Nov 5, 09, 11:20pm
My struggle with English Usage and Structure and conventions The growing importance of computers in our... The trend does not grow, their importance grows. If you want...	4	chendorpg Oct 29, 09, 09:16pm	EF_Kevin Nov 3, 09, 02:10pm
Active voice or Passive voice? You got it. Can you feel how much more powerful it is? Instead of, Kevin was killed by a...	3	PencilToPaper Oct 31, 09, 03:52pm	EF_Kevin Nov 3, 09, 12:15am

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