A reader submitted the following paragraph for the 300 word free editing service: In Shakespeare’s time fate has played an important role in peoples lifes. Shakespeare shows this in his play “Romeo and Juliet”, fate starts the play and is relied on till the end of the play. The element of fate starts from the [...]
Archive for May, 2010
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 [...]
What is the purpose of life?
A reader submitted 300 words for free editing. Suggested changes are below in red. The first point is that you have used the pronoun “they” for an unspecified person. I know this avoids the gender question of he or she, but to a grammatical purist it’s wrong because “they” is for a plural subject. Some people would insist [...]
Mechanics and self-abuse
Christine submitted the following paragraph for free editing services: Grammar Question: Young women today may be told to appreciate the world they live in because it is filled with possibilities and endless dreams that were not allowed to women living a century ago. Women are now able to work in a factory and not get [...]
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 [...]