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Editor-at-large Posted 18 years ago
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PLEASE CHECK IF I'M CORRECT!!!
Someone edited my work. I am just wondering if his corrections are correct. Please see words highlighted in yellow:
1. Three poor little rabbits sat at the kitchen table one starry night. Their clothes were all covered in chocolate and cookie dough – it was way past their bedtime. - (Before, it did not have 'their'. I don't know why he edited me.)
2. Their names are Twinkle, Astro, and , and they were having so much fun. They played with wooden spoons and measuring cups like the evening had just begun! (The original is "the evening has just begun," since this is an action that recently happened.)
3. She brought her telescope and walked excitedly to spy on all the glittering stars that shine so brightly. (This used to be spy out. I chose "spy out" to mean "to observe" because spy on means "to secretly observe".)
Hope you can shed some light.
Thank you very much.
1. Three poor little rabbits sat at the kitchen table one starry night. Their clothes were all covered in chocolate and cookie dough – it was way past their bedtime. - (Before, it did not have 'their'. I don't know why he edited me.)
2. Their names are Twinkle, Astro, and , and they were having so much fun. They played with wooden spoons and measuring cups like the evening had just begun! (The original is "the evening has just begun," since this is an action that recently happened.)
3. She brought her telescope and walked excitedly to spy on all the glittering stars that shine so brightly. (This used to be spy out. I chose "spy out" to mean "to observe" because spy on means "to secretly observe".)
Hope you can shed some light.
Thank you very much.
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Editor-at-large Someone edited my work. I am just wondering if his corrections are correct. Please see words highlighted in yellow: 1.
- Editor-at-large Someone edited my work.
- I am just wondering if his corrections are correct.
- Please see words highlighted in yellow: 1.
- Three poor little rabbits sat at the kitchen table one starry night.
- Their clothes were all covered in chocolate and cookie dough – it was way past their bedtime.
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Editor-at-largeSomeone edited my work. I am just wondering if his corrections are correct. Please see words highlighted in yellow:
1. Three poor little rabbits sat at the kitchen table one starry night. Their clothes were all covered in chocolate and cookie dough – it was way past their bedtime. - (Before, it did not have 'their'. I don't know why he edited m
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hi hoa thai!
i appreciate your insight. i'm kind of confused as to when to use have, had, or has (in present perfect and past perfect tenses). can you provide some guidelines as to how these are being used? i've searched the forum and i can't seem to find guidelines that are clear enough.
i would be glad to hear from you.
i appreciate your insight. i'm kind of confused as to when to use have, had, or has (in present perfect and past perfect tenses). can you provide some guidelines as to how these are being used? i've searched the forum and i can't seem to find guidelines that are clear enough.
i would be glad to hear from you.
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Editor-at-largehi hoa thai!
i appreciate your insight. i'm kind of confused as to when to use have, had, or has (in present perfect and past perfect tenses). can you provide some guidelines as to how these are being used? i've searched the forum and i can't seem to find guidelines that are clear enough.
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ah, don't mind the small i's. haha. it's just what i usually use when posting messages. 
anyhow, thanks for the quick response. oh,
anyhow, thanks for the quick response. oh,00
muchas gracias, hoa thai! you've made my initial contact with english forums remarkable. you rock! 'til then!
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