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sentence because it give the definition for food the Goetta, which is made from mixed pork, beef, oaks and seasonings, packaged into a roll and then fried and severed hot. I don't want it to turn up as plagiarism in my paper?

m, you went through all this yesterday with Writeteacher and Ms. Sue. Your use of the quotation from your source is a proper way to do it, in quotation marks with the in-text citation. Or you can reword it, but still give your source. You ,write, "Josen, in his book "?????" describes a Midwestern dish...." Either is proper.

Also double-check "oaks" as an ingredient. Oak trees? Leaves? Acorns? Are you sure it's not oats as in oatmeal? Oak is a genus of trees, with many sub-species and is not usually eaten except animals eat the acorns (seeds) produced by the tree.

What do you mean?

Nobody eats oak trees! It cannot be an ingredient in this food recipe.

And I hope nothing is "severed hot."

http://www.answers.com/severed

I think you mean "served hot," right?
http://www.answers.com/served

Several posts ago, I recommended that m correct the typos. Apparently s/he ignored me. :-(

Instead, m has wasted the time of two more tutors because of carelessness.

Aarrgghh!

Yes, Ms. Sue ... very frustrating, indeed. =(

m, don't rely on "spell check" because it won't catch words that are spelled correctly, like "oaks" and "severed," although they are mistyped and do not apply to the subject matter or are wrong in the context of the sentence. Spell check only catches words that are misspelled, not wrong words.

That rude of what your saying and I have not been careless. I have correct the typos.

You see, "oaks" is spelled correctly, but misused here. We're assuming it's a typographical error. People do not eat oak trees. I'm guessing you mean "oats" as in oatmeal or oat bran, both of which are edible and commonly used in food. The same with "severed." It means something much different than "served," but is spelled correctly.

No one is being rude! We're trying to help you by pointing out errors you have made. It is frustrating to us when you don't pay attention, or seem unwilling or unable to understand our criticism.

I went back and fix these parts of my paper. Thanks

If you do not want our help, don't ask for it. Soon no one will respond to your posts if you insist on ignoring our advice.

I have been following your advice.

You did not "fix" the typos we just pointed out to you, and have repeatedly advised you to do. You are not following our advice. I fully understand the frustration expressed by Writeacher and Ms. Sue. I'm frustrated, too.

I know I'm butting in where I don't belong but I think a vital point is missing here and/or not being considered. It appears to me that m has trouble with the English language. Students that don't speak/write English very well can't fix what they don't understand. If we could talk to them with a black board and an eraser some of this would be easier. That's one thing nice about chemistry; i.e., an equation like NaOH + HCl ==> NaCl + H2O means exactly the same thing in English, German, French, etc (but I don't know about those funny symbols I see in languages from China, Japan, Greece, etc.)

I really appreciate what your saying DrBob222. I can speak the English language and also know English writing.

Wrong person

Well, EXCUSE ME P/m; I learn something new every day. From the way those posts have read and the problems encountered by Writeacher, Reed, and Ms Sue over the last two or three days, I assumed we were trying to deal with someone not doing well with their ESL and I was trying to offer an excuse. Since you've cleared that up, I concur with everything they have said and more. I shouldn't have offered an excuse; there is no excuse. If you know English writing you should use it.

Okay I want start over and try this one again.