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Grammer Help Original Text:

Mark will not be able to attend Saturday's game. Mark really wants to be at the game however we have to leave to Yuma on a family ...

Polysyndetons & Asyndetons in Taming of The Shrew Polysyndetons & Asyndetons in Taming of The Shrew

I need help telling the difference between a polysyndeton and an asyndeton....

the passage is from ...

Commas i need help to study for a writting test i have to take for college, i have most trouble with commas and writing style. Can you help?

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I have an english homeowork. i have to add more conversation in this story but i dont have any idea. could you help me to add more conversation in this story please ? Original Text: I have an english homeowork. i have to add more conversation in this story but i dont have any idea. could you help me to add more conversation ...

Grammar Question Can this sentence be changed from;

"I have lived here for ten years." into

"I have lived here since the tenth year."

If yes, why & if not, why ...

Editing Original Text: Editing

as they complete there tour of washington d.c. warrens family pause on the steps of the lincoln memorial for won last picture ...

Grammar - Beginning a Sentence with a number Can you begin a sentence with numbers? For example, 68 percent of children...

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Grammar authorities are pretty consistent on this. If you ...

Correct My Sentence Thank you for helping.

Would you please check my question.

We were dared to ready face the challenge.

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Once again, I'm not really ...

The closer adventure is my travel to old darkness close to Hope city I want to check this sentence for me thanks.

The closer adventure is my travel to old darkness tunnels close to Hope city.

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Punctuation I see this a lot now but cannot find out what it means it is usually before and after a word. please define â€

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topic sentance I need to develop a topic sentance for
a. Thomas Jefferson read Latin, Greek, French,Italion and other foreign languages.
b. His library contained more ...

Definition essay Definition essay question:

I need help writing a definition essay. I don't know where to start.

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First, find your topic for the ...

Grammer help/identify the errors Original Text: Grammer help/identify the errors

Why are great numbers of students choosing to pursue their college degrees using their home computers....

Need help in a sentence This is a movie slide that I am making for my son's 1st birthday and I need help with a sentence for which I am not sure about.

Our God blessed him ...

Word choice Word choice

What is the structure of answering a word choice question and how do you go about doing this? thanks

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Improve for clarity Original Text: Improve for clarity

Please improve this sentence:

From my own observations as a college professor for the past 12 years, I've found ...

Find examples of wrong use of prepositions in the following sentence and correct them Original Text:

Find examples of wrong use of prepositions in the following sentence and correct them

We had a surprise to them.
We ate the food ...

Sentence Rephrasing Original Text: Sentence Rephrasing

Although biomedical research incorporates rigorous scientific rules and is often critically scrutinized by peers,...

I need help to format this sentence structure below. I need help to format this sentence structure below.

According to Brooks & Watkins (1994), Collaborative inquiry (CI) which is one of the several participatory ...

Word Choice Word Choice

Hello. Please help me to make up a natural sentence:
"The islands are a debatable (debating) point / issue // a moot point // a (the)...

Sentence Structure "At all" in sentence structure

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Is it possible to use "at all" with nouns, for example 'She is not a singer at all' or is it used only with adjectives ...

College Application Essay Trouble College Application Essay Trouble

Prompt: In the space provided, please write a concise narrative in which you describe a meaningful event, experience ...

Grammar - call on Grammar - call on

Hello. I would really appreciate it if you answered my question.

Is it possible to say "The EU called the international community ...

Proofreading Proofreading

Teacher has entered the work "Block" next to my writing, what does that mean? I was using a quotation within a quotation.

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Adjectives in this sentence Adjectives in this sentence

Did you see a small brown dog run past?

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Some samples about advice essay. Can you give me some sample how to write advice essay?

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I don't have a supply of essays to include here without violating copyrights but ...

Word Choice Word Choice

He laid there util the ambulance arrived and took him to the hospital, which was only a few blocks away.

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Grammar Grammar question on verb conjugations;

I need help with the following sentence...

You see after the Cleveland Cavaliers were ousted by the Orlando ...

Correct Sentence Editor:

Good question, you made me look it up to confirm my guess. The best choice from the samples you give below is number 3.

Use the colon ...

Quotations? Underlining? When writing a hand-written report about a famous person and you are listing the names of plays, movies and TV shows, how should each of these be written?...

Please check for punctuation. A person who is friendly usuall have many friends

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The punctuation needed is a period (full stop) at the end. When you fix the spelling ...

Word choice - should I use the work "by" or "from" in this context? This unit was created by/from the need to maximize square footage of primary, usable workspace for many standard office positions.

(I'm describing a ...

Correct verb used in sentence with "either." Either of these papers (are,is) completed.

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A verb after " either of " is normally singular.

Either of these papers is completed....

Grammar Question. I want to say to my friend that my other friend just rang me and said "come out" to me. Is it okay to say ...

"my friend just called me to come out"...

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