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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
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Please help me by pointing out the grammatical errors.
I would like to be a committed social science teacher, for it gives me an opportunity to enlighten the young minds on topics which have the potential for bringing forth a citizenry who are of impeccable character and also who commit themselves to work for the good of the common people.
Please help me by pointing out the grammatical errors.
I would like to be a committed social science teacher, for it gives me an opportunity to enlighten the young minds on topics which have the potential for bringing forth a citizenry who are of impeccable character and also who commit themselves to work for the good of the common people.
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I would like to be a committed social science teacher, for it gives me an opportunity to enlighten the young minds on topics which have the potential for bringing forth a citizenry who are that is of impeccable character and also who commit themselves one that also commits itself to work for the good of the common people. I view citizenry as a singular collective noun, therefore, I have changed all of the subsequent verbs to match this. In the AmE we handle nouns such as family and corporation this way, but I believe that practice, or the prevelance of it, differs in the UK.
- I would like to be a committed social science teacher, for it gives me an opportunity to enlighten the young minds on topics which have the potential for bringing forth a citizenry who are that is of impeccable character and also who commit themselves one that also commits itself to work for the good of the common people.
- I view citizenry as a singular collective noun, therefore, I have changed all of the subsequent verbs to match this.
- In the AmE we handle nouns such as family and corporation this way, but I believe that practice, or the prevelance of it, differs in the UK.
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I would like to be a committed social science teacher, for it gives me an opportunity to enlightentheyoung minds on topics which have the potential for bringing forth a citizenry who are that
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You're very welcome.
By the way, I didn't explain why I deleted "common." I find "common people" to have the connotation of "commoner" or "the masses" in a lower-class sort of sense. If that is your intention you can leave it in there; but if you're refering generally to all people the sentence is fine without it.
You could also say "...to work for the common good of t
By the way, I didn't explain why I deleted "common." I find "common people" to have the connotation of "commoner" or "the masses" in a lower-class sort of sense. If that is your intention you can leave it in there; but if you're refering generally to all people the sentence is fine without it.
You could also say "...to work for the common good of t
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KJinCali79I find "common people" to have the connotation of "commoner" or "the masses" in a lower-class sort of sense.I meant this only.
Thank you for taking time and effort to tell this.
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