Have I correctly used 'never' and 'any further' in the sentence?
Have I correctly used 'never' and 'any further' in the sentence? As our professor, Mr. Morris had to critique our short stories, but if our works were not good ones, he never discouraged us from writing any further.
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The phrase 'our works' does not fit well there. More common is 'our work'. Say
eg As our professor, Mr. Morris had to critique our short stories, but if our work was not good, he never discouraged us from writing any further. Or eg As our professor, Mr. Morris had to critique our short stories, but if they