When Bob Ewell states “I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” (p 173) in To Kill A Mockingbird, his statement throws the courtroom into an uproar due to the expressed sexuality. Judge Taylor has to hammer his gavel for a full five minutes to regain order and Reverend Sykes suggests that Jem [...]
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Healthcare Headaches
A reader submitted the following paragraph for free proofreading: The health care reform has been the source of avid discussions and controversies among all the stakeholders of the Health Care Industry. President Obama finally got a vote from the legislative branch. This action stems from President George W. Bush who introduced in 2004 an initiative [...]
How to Write an Outline
An outline is the best tool you can create for yourself for writing a good essay. An outline is like a road map: it tell you where you are going and where you have been. It’s easy to tell an essay which has been written without an outline. It tends to be unfocused and full [...]
The history of the car
A reader submitted the following long chunk of text for the free editing service which is limited to 300 words. The first paragraph only has been edited. Essay Question: The Automobile Starting from the 1700′s, creative thinkers began to wonder about ways to travel to places without using horses which would tire. All types of motors were tested by the [...]
A Frankenstein Essay – What drove Mary Shelley to it?
A reader sent in multiple paragraphs, but the free service offer is for one paragraph only. Here is the edited version of the first two paragraphs because the first paragraph was very short. Mary Shelly is a very influential author, but there a lot more to her writing, which was deeply affected by all her personal [...]
Preparing for the Iron Man (or Woman)
Stephanie sent this paragraph for free edits: The exercises and training that I would do for the “Iron Man” contest in Hawaii is really simple. I would want to start doing this plan that you are about to read months before the “Iron Man” contest. First thing in the morning, I would wake up and [...]
Introduction to an historical essay
A reader sends this paragraph for comments: Over the many thousands of years, the events of History have had similar roots; however the actions made had differences. The Progressive Era, New Deal and Great Society are comparable to a degree. These social reform movements are similar in the depth of their building blocks, or origins [...]
What is a persuasive essay?
A persuasive essay (my questioner wrote “pursuasive essay”) is an essay that tries to persuade the reader to take a position on an issue. This may be an issue that’s currently in the news such as the war in Afghanistan or health care, or it may be an issue that never seems to die, such [...]
How to write a persuasive essay part one
One of the most common questions I get asked is how to write a persuasive essay. Really it’s quite easy. I teach a lot of students, and they are always trying to persuade me about something. You already know how to be persuasive. My students can easily persuade me why they should go to the [...]
Suffering: you know it when you feel it
A reader writes: ?Can you please advise me on how to start this essay? I’m writing an essay on the Concept of Suffering I have to critically discuss main issues and critically analyse the implications for clinical practice with examples. I just don’t know what to put in my introduction. I’m reminded of the poem [...]