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English....Writeacher checkthis out!
I don't see quotation marks around quoted lines from the play. Parentheses and quotation marks are different types of punctuation with different purposes. Parentheses = ( ... ) Quotation marks = " ... " I don't see where your have given credit to anyone else ...
Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 11:11am by Writeacher
English
#s 1 and 2 are fine. In #3, use weeks' (plural possessive) since it's two of them. #4 -- cough lozenge or cough drop (not tablet) frozen food counter check-out desk, or simply "at the check-out" put the ankle in a cast (not "counter" or "...
Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 6:07pm by Writeacher
English 1/ or literature
Check out the two places where Fortunato says "It is nothing." Also check out the very last paragraph. What do you think?
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 2:40am by Writeacher
English
Is this your sentence? Please help me figure this out! The verb is "help" -- so who is expected to do the helping? Please? help? (that doesn't make sense, does it?) me? ("me" would help me out? nah!) You (implied) Which one will you choose?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 1:50pm by Writeacher
english
The only one I can suggest is the Oxford English Dictionary -- www.oed.com You may have to create an account, and I don't know if it's free or not, but it's worth checking out.
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 5:08pm by Writeacher
English
Start out with these or similar words: Have they ... ? ("rubbed out" has been used as a synonym for "erased" - it can also be used with "scrubbed" in a sentence about cleaning something difficult.)
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 7:16pm by Writeacher
English
You're welcome. Let us know how it turns out!! =)
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6:26pm by Writeacher
English
1 - OK 2 - "out of the ground" - adverb
Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 10:21pm by Writeacher
English
Did you figure out what the 2nd adverb is?
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 4:05pm by Writeacher
English 1
...who or what carries out the action of the verb
Monday, February 1, 2010 at 8:54pm by Writeacher
English
You're welcome. Did you figure out the others yet? ??
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 10:16pm by Writeacher
English
Oh, sorry! To me, "I'd leave it" means "I'd leave the word in there." (Not "I'd take it out!") I know English isn't easy, and certainly the use or omission of "the" is one of the problem areas! I think you're doing ...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:22pm by Writeacher
English
Get all forms of "you" and "me" and "us" out of there. Then re-post.
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7:45pm by Writeacher
English
... especially when you start out with "I" instead of "Willie."
Monday, August 8, 2011 at 5:53pm by Writeacher
ENGLISH(Writeacher)
is there anything that I have missed out?
Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 1:08pm by Teressa
english
How can you rephrase this and leave out all the "I will" phrasing?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 12:00pm by Writeacher
English
I'd use "a" when it's all written out, and "an" when it's abbreviated. =)
Monday, October 8, 2007 at 7:39am by Writeacher
English
Whoa! Please go through these yourself. Read them out loud to someone or to yourself so you can hear what you're writing. If you still have questions, re-post -- but out of 32 separate instances, you should be able to get it down to the 5 that you absolutely cannot get.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 12:50pm by Writeacher
English
1. Most commonly used is this sentence without any of the words in parentheses. 3. awakened 4. ... an oncoming car. 6. You didn't need to phone him. If the weather is bad, we won't go out. If the weather had been bad, we wouldn't have gone out. If the weather was ...
Monday, March 26, 2012 at 12:03pm by Writeacher
English
Yes, it's fine, as long as you leave out the words in parentheses!
Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 6:22pm by Writeacher
english
thank you Writeacher for help i will try all those sites out :)
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 5:08pm by Mohammad
English
1. With or without "with" is fine. 2. I'd remove "out." 3. I'd change "would be" to "is." 4. OK
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 3:33am by Writeacher
English
That’s very nice of you & Writeacher to help me out. I appreciated. Thank you both.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 5:17pm by Priya
English
In #3 --> like a candle which is going to go out
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 7:04am by Writeacher
English
Be sure to check out Related Questions below.
Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 12:24am by Writeacher
English
Yes, it is -- to read it out loud. (You don't need the -ly on that word.)
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 6:17pm by Writeacher
English
And check on when to spell words out and when to use symbols.
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 8:33pm by Writeacher
English
Who is = correct, when the words are spelled out. But I think your teacher wants you to figure out the word that sounds like "whos" but is correct for the sentence. Which contraction meets that requirement? Which word means the same thing as "who is"?
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 1:38pm by Writeacher
English
course coarse Yes, leave out the "or" and spell the second one right!!
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 8:43pm by Writeacher
Business english
Well, D is out -- it's a negative. Which of the others do you think is the correct answer?
Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 1:02pm by Writeacher
English
Laziness? Too lazy to write out the word "money" or "dollars"?
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 11:00pm by Writeacher
English
Start out with "This weekend" and keep the rest of it the same. Let me know how you write it.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 12:53pm by Writeacher
English
Choose 5 please. Things are getting out of hand again!!
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 5:08pm by Writeacher
English
Why are you leaving some of the phrases and words in the independent clauses out?
Monday, November 29, 2010 at 5:57pm by Writeacher
English
I left an important word out! " ... includes a noun, but they are not parallel."
Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 1:37pm by Writeacher
English
Did you check out the link that Bob Pursley posted below?
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 5:04am by Writeacher
English (typo)
Should read: ... when you write out numbers in words ... =/
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 6:44pm by Writeacher
English
Please read over what you posted and figure out why ONLY YOU can answer this.
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 6:56pm by Writeacher
English
What do you think this means: "come and go"? Once you figure that out, this is not difficult.
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 8:56pm by Writeacher
English
It sounds out of context. What is the entire sentence it's from -- or maybe two or three sentences?
Monday, March 3, 2008 at 8:41pm by Writeacher
ENGLISH(Writeacher)
2. What items are used to compare the appearance of dawn? To compare means you will be pointing out the ways in which two things are similar. I see only a reference to "dawn" here. With what are you supposed to compare dawn?
Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 1:08pm by Writeacher
English
I'd choose C. You'd screen out the stuff you don't want to hear and listen only to what you care about.
Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 6:06pm by Writeacher
English
Try starting out like this: Changing people's purchasing and usage habits ...
Friday, February 1, 2013 at 7:53pm by Writeacher
English
Possibly. Let's see how the whole paper turns out before you decide finally.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 12:32pm by Writeacher
English
#3 and #4 - delete "/completely" -- it is not interchangeable with "out" #5 -- either preposition will do; I think "to" is better. #6 -- use "at"
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 2:24am by Writeacher
English helpplz.....
It's very hard to tell out of context. What story/book is this from? Who's the author?
Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 2:01pm by Writeacher
English Grammar
As written, it seems as if by drawing the line you'll figure out who is introducing whom. But that doesn't make sense. How about this: Draw a line between the two people once you find out who is introducing whom. ??
Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 7:18am by Writeacher
English
Please choose a maximum of 5 sentences out of this post and the next. Remember ... self-confidence.
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 5:44pm by Writeacher
English
Yes. As Writeacher pointed out, the verb (simple predicate) comes after the subject.
Friday, April 8, 2011 at 7:38pm by Ms. Sue
English
Please read your sentences out loud. Then repost with the 4 or 5 or so you truly have questions about.
Monday, January 10, 2011 at 9:32am by Writeacher
English
Now it's your turn. What are the extraneous words? What can you cut out and still keep the meaning the same?
Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 3:49am by Writeacher
English
Smiley -- Please take Ms. Sue's and my screen names out of YOUR NAME's space. Thanks. =)
Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 7:21pm by Writeacher
English
1) A conservation programme is a programme helping endangered species survive. 2)It protects endangered species with the goal of preventing its extinction. To say "prevents them from dying out" or extinction implies that the outcome is assured ... that the species ...
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2:02pm by Writeacher
English
P Diddy and Gatsby are comparable because they both lived through similar child hoods. Gatsby's father, Dan Cody, and P Diddy’s father, Melvin Earl Combs, were both murdered when their sons were young children. I took the slang and less formal language out and ...
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 7:13pm by Writeacher
English
It means to go to a few meetings and see if I like it. I'm going to check out the English Club. I'm going to see what the English Club is like.
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 8:34pm by Writeacher
English
No one is mad at you, Ted. We just want to make sure you are doing your own learning. If someone else does it for you, then you don't get anything out of it. Find the lines you need by finding the correct act and scene. Then read first the left side and then the right side...
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 6:47pm by Writeacher
English
Please type the entire sentence. Phrases out of context usually don't make much sense.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 3:55pm by Writeacher
3 grade english
No one will do your assignment for you, but if you tell us what you think for each sentence, someone here will be able to help you out.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 6:12pm by Writeacher
English
See your other post. Choose a max of five out of these nine (in the two posts) sentences.
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 6:44am by Writeacher
English
I'd add "and is" after "passed" in #10, and I'd change "out of" to "with" in #11. All the others are fine! Nice!!
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 8:55am by Writeacher
English
Read and use the TPR things. That's how every ESL/EFL teacher I know starts out his/her classes.
Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 9:29am by Writeacher
English
There's no way to tell. Who can get into every single person's mind and find out what each one is thinking?
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 8:44pm by Writeacher
English
All are correct, except the last part of the last sentence reads strangely. You wouldn't fill out the same forms over and over, every day, would you? Try this: "Please take these forms home, fill them out, and bring them back tomorrow."
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 5:13am by Writeacher
English
Two courses will be given after regular school hours in order for project students to experience success in the program: ~ A science course, taught in English by both the science and English teachers, so that students have sufficient instruction in the science of aquatic ...
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 1:10pm by Writeacher
English
... go out of the school gate ... five kinds of street food at ... restaurant sells ... Everything else is fine.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 9:45am by Writeacher
english
You have posted this same unintelligible post umpteen times -- but no one can make any sense out of it. Sorry.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 6:39pm by Writeacher
English
All are fine. You could also say, "She was sulking about the house because her dad said she couldn't go out with friends."
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 5:44pm by Writeacher
English
Did you read my previous post? Did you figure out what the phrase is that fits the description I gave you? Switching names won't help you. It's clear who is who!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 11:01pm by Writeacher
english
At the bottom of every Wikipedia page is a collection of further references and external links. Be sure you check them out.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 11:48am by Writeacher
grade 8 LA/ English
I posted about the word "laugh" below. How would you write out the forms for "relate"?
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 8:42pm by Writeacher
English
Anonymous is correct. Your first four sentences are all fine; you should not leave "best" out; it needs to be there.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 6:09am by Writeacher
English
=) 1) The following morning, he is very polite to the old man and continues to carry out his duty, asking the man how he has spent the night. 2) OK 3) OK 4) OK 5)After they enter the old man’s chamber, the narrator points out that the old man’s possessions have not ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 3:42pm by Writeacher
English
A1: This is phrased correctly, but you could also say, "I fixed breakfast in the kitchen." (You would not use "some foods.") A2 - A5: All are perfect. A6: Do you mean either or both of these? "I went out jogging along the road." and/or "I ...
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 8:20pm by Writeacher
English
1. ... with a cookie cutter. (sometimes also referred to as biscuit cutters) 2. Cut the circles out of the dough. 3. Bake... in an oven.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 5:27pm by Writeacher
English
1. Puritan 2. OK 3. There are places where this seems very choppy -- that is, you have phrases in there that interrupt main parts of the sentence. How can you smooth it out? 4. OK 5. OK 6. OK
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 6:50pm by Writeacher
English
I have no idea what you find confusing or difficult. What guidelines are you using? I can send you some websites that will help you figure these things out.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 12:41pm by Writeacher
English
"make an impact" is today's slang for "influence" ... so do you see the repetition? What can you cut out and still keep the meaning the same?
Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 3:52am by Writeacher
Is this a correct english sentence?
Thanks for the help, both of you! Btw, writeacher, it's taken out from a danish book, and it's in past tense, so it shall not be in present.. But thanks
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 9:49am by Martin
English grammar
You can simply leave it out, but the sentence won't make sense. What is "a UK"? And don't forget to capitalize "I" since you're referring to yourself.
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 5:49am by Writeacher
English
Sorry about not closing out one of those "bold" commands. If you have problems telling your writing from my comments, let me know.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 2:11pm by Writeacher
English
All are correct, yes. The prepositions seem to be interchangeable. In those last six sentences, though, I'd leave out "to go" -- that infinitive is redundant.
Monday, August 27, 2012 at 1:53am by Writeacher
English-
I haven't read that, but often you can figure out a theme by asking yourself this: What is the secret message the author is trying to tell me by means of this story?
Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 7:43pm by Writeacher
English
Great!! I'd use "tap water" -- the phrase means it comes out of the kitchen faucet from the city supply. Nice job! =)
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:25am by Writeacher
To Writeacher
Writeacher, you are the only Jiskha tutor I see on here right now, which can help me with my English. Can you please have a look at my previous English-Poetry post. Thank you very much in return:-)
Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 10:39pm by Sara
English-help needed
I'd leave material/material's out. It's rather redundant, isn't it?
Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 3:45pm by Writeacher
english
"sorting them out" = not a clause A clause must have a subject and a verb.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 6:18pm by Writeacher
English
It would be better to leave out "in" and "on." If you must use one of them, use "in."
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 12:55pm by Writeacher
College English
I haven't read this, but I'll ask some questions that may help you figure out what to write. 1. What were Precious' repressed memories? Be sure to give details. 2. Did these memories make her take action in some way? What did she do? Was it positive or negative (...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 7:49pm by Writeacher
english
Can you think of any person or group in our world today who is out for revenge? Personally, politically, or in any other way that is similar to what is happening in this novel?
Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 10:37am by Writeacher
English
Wow! I don't know how you managed to follow Writeacher's advice and look those words up in a dictionary -- and still miss 8 out of 10.
Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 10:31am by Ms. Sue
English
1. I'd leave out "shameless" but the rest is fine. 2. OK (watch the spelling of "should" however) 3. Yes, the variations are possible, but wordy. Your first phrasing is the best.
Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 4:16pm by Writeacher
English
1. OK 2. OK I'd say "to the beach." 3. Either phrasing is fine. 4. OK 5. OK 6. He didn't let the secret out. He didn't let on that he knew the secret. 7. All OK, yes.
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 7:40pm by Writeacher
English -- oops!
Well, THIS didn't turn out well, did it??!! ...reminding us remember ... The word "remember" should be deleted!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 2:05pm by Writeacher
English
1. OK (Did you figure out who Elizabeth I was??) 2. She = Elizabeth? or Anne? And yes -- "laid." 3. Check spelling and delete the comma.
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 6:47pm by Writeacher
English
Correct. You don't start a sentence with a numeral; the number needs to be spelled out at the beginning of a sentence.
Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 9:25pm by Writeacher
English
They ran out of oil. They ran out of food. They ran out of rice. They ran out of money. They ran out of pens. He ran out of paper. He ran out of grocery. The food is running out. The oil is running out. The rice is running out. His money is running out. (Are they all ...
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 3:28am by rfvv
English
no you cannot take out the who in any sentence. Read them out loud to your self. The second ones just do not sound correct and that is because they are not. Proper English will keep who in both sentences.
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 10:10pm by Anonymous
English
1. It's OK. I'd either omit it or use the word "just" in its place. 2. I'd start out with "At this time, ... " rather than split up the subject and verb with this adverbial phrase. 3. Yes
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 10:49am by Writeacher
English
Trish, your "question" is terribly unclear. If you ask the whole question, someone might be able to figure out what help you need.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 9:03am by Writeacher
English Grammar
They are all the same, except I'd leave out "of" in the third one. You could also say, "We are the same age."
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 3:07pm by Writeacher
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