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Tenacious Learner Posted 12 years ago
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Could you proofread this paragraph, please? (2)
Hello teachers,
Could you proofread this paragraph, please?
Do I need a common after 'so' in the last sentence?
“Remember, always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants”
This sentence means that all the ethnic groups in the US came there as immigrants -even the Native Americans obviously came there from Asia across the Bering Strait, which was a piece of land then. Especially during the last 200 years, people from many countries and continents have entered the US to make a new start there. Only the Native Americans are "special" as they were the first people to settle on the then unpopulated North-American continent. There is no reason, at least not for all those who came after the Indians, to claim any special rights or privileges with regard to those who came later than them. Americans of British or German origin shouldn't look down upon newer immigrants from other countries. Probably when their own families came to the US, they were quite poor or miserable and had a hard time to get settled. Those people didn't necessarily want to give up all their cultural or religious traditions. So how can white Americans today want Asian people or Hispanics to adapt to their way of life?
Thanks in advance.
Could you proofread this paragraph, please?
Do I need a common after 'so' in the last sentence?
“Remember, always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants”
This sentence means that all the ethnic groups in the US came there as immigrants -even the Native Americans obviously came there from Asia across the Bering Strait, which was a piece of land then. Especially during the last 200 years, people from many countries and continents have entered the US to make a new start there. Only the Native Americans are "special" as they were the first people to settle on the then unpopulated North-American continent. There is no reason, at least not for all those who came after the Indians, to claim any special rights or privileges with regard to those who came later than them. Americans of British or German origin shouldn't look down upon newer immigrants from other countries. Probably when their own families came to the US, they were quite poor or miserable and had a hard time to get settled. Those people didn't necessarily want to give up all their cultural or religious traditions. So how can white Americans today want Asian people or Hispanics to adapt to their way of life?
Thanks in advance.
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Tenacious Learner So how can white Americans today want Asian people or Hispanics to adapt to their way of life? I think the comma is optional. I myself would use it.
- Tenacious Learner So how can white Americans today want Asian people or Hispanics to adapt to their way of life?
- I think the comma is optional.
- I myself would use it.
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Tenacious LearnerSo how can white Americans today want Asian people or Hispanics to adapt to their way of life?I think the comma is optional. I myself would use it.
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Tenacious Learner“Remember, always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants”From my perspective, I think you don't need all the commas and it can be concisely shortened:
Always remember, all of us ( including you and me) are descendants of immigrants.
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