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'A FAIRLY BRIGHT STUDENT' is this expression correct?

3 - I think that's correct. But I don't quite understand why do you have to say directly that you are...

Grammar, Usagemozzoloco - Jan 12, 2011 / machinairum - Jan 29, 2011
Is it a good Haiku example (a frantic spider)?

4 - Wow.. I really like that last line the more I look at it. You are great... Angry waves claim...

Grammar, Usagehermionegranger - Jan 24, 2011 / EF_Kevin - Jan 27, 2011
Did I put the comma's in the right place in this sentence?!

6 - "After all, a rich life and academics also includes friendships and connections to one's community. I believe that kind...

Grammar, Usageshadowfax - Jan 20, 2011 / Bukhmmas - Jan 27, 2011
"I see the man with sunglasses" - Help Paragraph Formatting + Dialogue?

3 - "Right after this is where I would do a paragraph break," said Kevin. "Paragraph breaks are often used...

Grammar, UsageDPryde - Dec 28, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Jan 12, 2011
Just a question about citing a Washington Post article.

5 - thanks guys...

Grammar, Usagemonkey52 - Dec 25, 2010 / monkey52 - Dec 26, 2010
The basic human needs etc. need to paraphrase these sentences

4 - I would revise it this way: Interact with other people Interesting new experiences Finding a sense...

Grammar, Usageomar sat - Dec 10, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Dec 20, 2010
"Korean: teaching, learning" - some questions for a video

2 - A few mistakes are corrected in red 1: "why is this guy in a weird custom?" 2: Also,...

Grammar, Usagejaypaulhwang - Dec 11, 2010 / Greg555x - Dec 12, 2010
Awkward phrase starting with 'therefore' - need help revising

6 - Yes.. it is bad to use juncture with when. Use juncture with where, because it is a place....

Grammar, Usagefirstchoiceu - Nov 25, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Dec 8, 2010
"The name of the product ..." - Revising a sentence in essay?

4 - Hm... it seems like a strange thing to do... are you trying to stick the name of the product...

Grammar, Usagefirstchoiceu - Nov 25, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Dec 7, 2010
use number or write it out? one sentence.

3 - The rules of style change depending on which set of style guidelines you use -- MLA, Chicago, APA, etc......

Grammar, Usagesmiley001 - Nov 14, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Nov 24, 2010
How to incorporate and cite a saying in APA format

2 - A saying is often considered common knowledge, so no citation is necessary. If I used a saying, I would...

Grammar, Usageblueocean - Nov 7, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Nov 15, 2010
Mental / Physical / Social health - Word or Phrase clarificiation

3 - You can't call them words, because they each consist of 2 words. That would be like calling a pair...

Grammar, Usagenofx1441 - Nov 4, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Nov 14, 2010
Expressing opinions in technical writing?

3 - You could use the word "seems," but some professors hate that word because it sounds indecisive. It...

Grammar, UsageTomB - Nov 4, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Nov 13, 2010
I wish I didn't say that. I wish I hadn't said that.

5 - This is a confusing discussion! Yesterday, I wished I had not said the things I said last week....

Grammar, UsageTaniad - Oct 26, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Nov 1, 2010
Questions in essays: should be followed by a question mark or a period?

4 - This is a run on sentence. It is a particular kind of run on sentence called a "comma...

Grammar, Usageballer27 - Oct 26, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Nov 1, 2010
poorer or more poor

8 - When it's used in a comparative sentence, 'poorer' is correct. Yet, if you want to use it as adverb,...

Grammar, UsageTaniad - Oct 23, 2010 / eastspringkim - Oct 28, 2010
The usage of "whom", "also", parallelism" - Few Grammar Sentence Corrections

5 - Teachnically, it should not end in a preposition: There was espicailly especially one woman of whom I...

Grammar, Usagedeadfire55 - Oct 20, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Oct 25, 2010
"She may have gone into.... , or [have] lost..." - sentence correction request

6 - Technically, both examples are grammatically correct. The first is a more concise rendering of the statement, while the second...

Grammar, Usagechristy199312 - Oct 12, 2010 / dooleh - Oct 23, 2010
"As opposed to" as apposed to "as apposed to"

3 - This is great. The discussion you have here makes this a useful thread. Well, useful to anyone who cares...

Grammar, UsageEF_Kevin - Sep 29, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Oct 2, 2010
Help me "flip" a sentence

4 - You could say something along the lines of: Failure is a precursor to success, and I am reminded of...

Grammar, Usagebauer267 - Aug 1, 2010 / courtney218 - Aug 30, 2010
"I did it myself" - A question on compound personal pronouns

7 - Haha...pathetic grammarians. Thanks for the link :)...

Grammar, Usageershad193 - Aug 19, 2010 / ershad193 - Aug 21, 2010
Tips on writing more effectively (visit the link)

8 - Well, the audience at Hubpages is not big on scholarly articles. It is enough that I wrote on a...

Grammar, UsageMustafa1991 - Jul 25, 2010 / Mustafa1991 - Jul 28, 2010
Quick Comma Question - is it needed after "small amenities"?

5 - Nah, really it does not matter. I saw a book by Leslie Marmon Silko and noticed that she does...

Grammar, UsageNotoman - Jul 23, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Jul 27, 2010
Can this sentence be improved by punctuation?

7 - Another vote for the semicolon. The two parts of the sentence could stand alone as sentences so it calls...

Grammar, UsageNicolaP - Jul 12, 2010 / Notoman - Jul 24, 2010
An interview on writing, sentence structure, and grammar - where to start?

2 - Hi Cindy, I'm not sure what you mean. What does the interview have to do with the writing task?...

Grammar, Usagerainnrain - Jul 13, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Jul 14, 2010
General writing advice: Addressing the audience

7 - Thanks Arshad, It's a vey useful advice to someone like me, with very hot-tempered manner in communicating. I...

Grammar, Usageershad193 - Jul 5, 2010 / Lynn Truong - Jul 13, 2010
What is "Memorandum of Advice"?

3 - You'll have good luck googling this How to write a legal memorandum and this: how to write memorandum of...

Grammar, Usagecarollinav - Jun 19, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Jun 20, 2010
I need help to write a report to justify a fabrication department

3 - Hi Kevin, Thank you very much for replying so quickly and apologies for my very long delay !!...

Grammar, UsageFrankie7010 - Apr 28, 2010 / Frankie7010 - Jun 14, 2010
Basics of research paper writing

8 - 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...

Grammar, Usagepushpraj3123 - May 19, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Jun 10, 2010
Get in The Right Frame of Mind for Essay Writing

3 - Hi Azeri, nice to see you again! Stainlus, this is a good question... Azeri seems to be answering from...

Grammar, Usagestainluss - Jun 6, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Jun 7, 2010
Hackers, the great miss-conception

4 - No need to capitalize "hacker." Use " " marks when referring to a word: The title "hacker" is a...

Grammar, UsageCSiD - May 31, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Jun 1, 2010
"Win in the fierce competition..." - Is this a correct statement grammatically?

6 - Oh, no problem, Wilde, anytime :P From: Smira, xox...

Grammar, Usagewilde - May 21, 2010 / Smira Roberts - May 24, 2010
How do I show that someone is speaking the quotation I have in my essay?

4 - yes, that thing about putting the period outside the quotation marks is important. Did you catch what Noto meant...

Grammar, Usagetheboss - May 16, 2010 / EF_Kevin - May 17, 2010
"to+VERB-ing" confusion. Few doubts in grammar.

7 - Prepositions are one of the hardest parts of learning a language for three reasons: 1, They often make no...

Grammar, Usagewilde - Mar 25, 2010 / TimMill - Apr 30, 2010
"what do we have to know about paraphrasing?" - HOW TO START AN INTRODUCTION

6 - Great advice, Kate! That's also why I don't really like it when kids have to start with an...

Grammar, Usagerina - Feb 19, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Mar 24, 2010
Do you need to cite a mere summary of a novel's scene?

4 - Ok, thanks. Since that one wasn't a direct quotation, but a mere summary statement (you can't write something about...

Grammar, Usageqomoco - Mar 3, 2010 / qomoco - Mar 6, 2010
Sentence Problem - it's a fragment, how to reword it?

9 - violence increases in our country every day. just a second opinion to support the first :]...

Grammar, UsageAl44ex - Oct 6, 2008 / JennieHeartsYou - Mar 3, 2010
Capitalization of the word "Nature"

2 - Alright, good point. I didn't mean to be irreverent to Nature. But my religion is based on Meditation, so...

Grammar, Usagedavidlaing - Feb 18, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Feb 18, 2010
Kevin has a question... What is an essay?

22 - Yes, I see what you are saying. That's why I called the critic an objective observer. Some of...

Grammar, UsageEF_Kevin - Jan 4, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Feb 14, 2010
Active Verb Sentence

5 - Most seldom is very awkward. "Seldom" implies something that, "most of the time does not happen." So you can...

Grammar, UsageHulk694 - Feb 6, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Feb 7, 2010
General Grammar Questions. Let's perfect (if possible) Grammars!

4 - Yes, unfortunately, the right way to write it is whomever. I hate that, because it sounds like such a...

Grammar, Usageqomoco - Feb 1, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Feb 3, 2010
Whats a word that means "Big or small"?

7 - "big or small" or "big" or "small" Big: Enormous, Gigantic, Large, Small: Miniscule, Minutiae, Microscopic...

Grammar, UsageXuester - Dec 29, 2009 / icemaster2340 - Jan 24, 2010
How to express multiplication of n numbers?

4 - One usually says "the product of a_i s"...

Grammar, Usagedoty - Jan 13, 2010 / soarer - Jan 24, 2010
The more "criminal" of the two writing style: Cliched and Cheesy vs Boring?

5 - Boring essays are hands down, are the most criminal. You lose personality and the individual with a straight-laced paper....

Grammar, UsageEnvie - Jan 18, 2010 / JulieB - Jan 23, 2010
Quick question about commas in titles

6 - The general rule of "comma before quote"!...

Grammar, UsageQuizBowler - Jan 1, 2010 / Envie - Jan 17, 2010
Toelf essay whether borrowing money from your friend is good or not.

5 - TOEFL! I remember that test :) I took it in seventh grade for a summer program. As a...

Grammar, UsageKeng - Dec 2, 2009 / Envie - Jan 17, 2010
"during October 2009" vs. "in October 2009"

4 - I like it with during, because during has more detail than in. Writing is also visual art, and it...

Grammar, Usagecorsican - Jan 4, 2010 / EF_Kevin - Jan 14, 2010
'we were able to come together to form a mock government' - Two Funky / Awkward sentences

7 - The 2500 of us in the program may be mere teenagers, but we were able to come together to...

Grammar, Usageshannon92 - Dec 30, 2009 / badromance - Jan 7, 2010
Improve the phrase about perplexity

5 - hey thanks i was actually writing on how the interest in jigsaw puzzles has grown with age but...

Grammar, Usageumulbaneen - Dec 29, 2009 / umulbaneen - Jan 6, 2010
metaphor for feeling out of control

7 - if you want to go with the idea that you couldnt move due to fear or what ever i...

Grammar, Usageredsox34 - Dec 29, 2009 / collegehelp - Jan 3, 2010
A Question about "Voice" - inspired by some helpful feedback from Mayada

25 - Yes, that's some very important advice. Too often, people try to emphasize all their good qualities and neglect...

Grammar, UsageEF_Kevin - Nov 17, 2009 / EF_Kevin - Dec 30, 2009
a disgusting sentence -wording grammar question

7 - good job with the word choices...

Grammar, Usagemmmargarita - Dec 22, 2009 / ezg_14 - Dec 25, 2009
Antisemitism or anti-Semitism?

8 - I read some articles by people who study the history of Judaism, and they write anti-Semitism... so, that is...

Grammar, UsageAwesomeness - Nov 21, 2009 / EF_Kevin - Dec 25, 2009
Grammar question: More knowledgeable than "I" or "me"?

9 - Oh! you are so smart. I wish I had thought to say that. I agree, this is the...

Grammar, Usageicysakura - Dec 19, 2009 / EF_Kevin - Dec 24, 2009
Do I need to cite the Bible?

8 - You should cite the bible because it is one of the most published books and there are many editions,...

Grammar, Usagepeachykeen - Nov 18, 2009 / timeturner36 - Dec 21, 2009
I am talking about something that occurred in the past, over 5-10 years.

6 - I believe the right sentence would be "may have lost". "Might" is typically used in the subjunctive case, but...

Grammar, UsageFireTiger - Nov 28, 2009 / timeturner36 - Dec 20, 2009
Was vs. Were for some sentences

19 - Good info! Here is a site I found that explains in more detail: englishplus/grammar/00000031.htm Thanks, timeturner36!...

Grammar, Usagemeisj0n - Nov 24, 2009 / Jeannie - Dec 20, 2009
Quick Grammar Question Dealing with Roles in Plays

5 - Yeah, I think people usually either are writing about the play, so they do not need to spoon feed...

Grammar, UsageNotoman - Dec 7, 2009 / EF_Kevin - Dec 11, 2009
whats the difference between somones and someone's ?

17 - ~Always have a steady supply of bing cherries on hand for those "special moments....

Grammar, Usageneuromancer - Sep 21, 2009 / Jeannie - Dec 5, 2009
What makes me do something is/are A and B

3 - It is a grammar which is easy to understand. Noun phrase is singular noun, so it begins with...

Grammar, Usagemasood_mj - Nov 13, 2009 / Keng - Dec 3, 2009

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