can you proof read for me PLEASE
Seventeen year old boy, Alex is the main character of novel. Alex comes from school and find out his father in study. He saw his father talking on phone. His father Ted Jackson,is a cameraman of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is a risk-taker with a childlike personality. When he was done with phone, he said to Alex , he has assignment in China. Then he asked to Alex to come with him. He went with his father to china. Before went to Beijing, he has interest in military history and he made many clay soldiers at his own home. He simply likes Chinese military .
1. You are mixing the use of present and past tenses. Stay with one or the other.
2. You need to keep working on the correct use of articles, "a" and "an" and "the."
A seventeen-year-old boy, Alex...
of the novel
in the study
on the phone
and others
3. Subject-verb agreement: If the subject is singular, then the verb needs to be singular; plural subject, plural verb.
Alex comes ... and find ... How will you fix the error here? Make sure this doesn't happen anywhere else in your writing.
4. Watch capitalization and spaces.
5. There's a subject missing at the beginning of the last sentence, and further rephrasing is needed so you don't end up with a run-on sentence.
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http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html
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Sure! Here's the proofread version of your text:
Seventeen-year-old boy, Alex, is the main character of the novel. After coming home from school, Alex finds his father in the study, talking on the phone. His father, Ted Jackson, is a cameraman for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and is known for being a risk-taker with a childlike personality. Once he finishes the call, he informs Alex that he has an assignment in China and invites him to come along. Excited about the opportunity, Alex agrees to accompany his father to China.
Before heading to Beijing, Alex shows a keen interest in military history and spends time making clay soldiers at home. He simply appreciates Chinese military culture.