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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Shortening

We are required to write a summary of 200 words.
However, after finish writing it. there are 250 word, and then I tried by best to shorten it.But finally I can only shorten it into 236 words. Could anybody help me with that even just cut down on one word? Please! I really need it.





As the novel opened, Henchard and his wife Susan were walking to a village in Wessex with their infant daughter, Elizabeth-Jane.

After reaching there, they went into a furmity tent.

Henchard became a drunk, and then he auctioned off his wife and daughter to a sailor, Newson, for five guineas after drinking too much furmity with rum.

After awaking, Henchard found out what had happened and tried to find them using the five guineas.
But he failed, and then he went to Casterbridge .
Eighteen years later, Susan and Elizabeth-Jane went to Casterbridge to find Susan's husband after they misread that Newson had died.
Henchard had become a successful corn merchant and mayor by that time.

Meanwhile, Farfrae appeared,helping Henchard solve the problem about sprouted grain.
After Henchard had met Susan, they remarried although Henchard had met Lucetta before but finally Susan died a few months after their marriage and the revealing of the origin of Elizabeth-Jane is followed.
After a few events, Farfrae took over Henchard’s business and his position of mayor and intended to marry Lucetta.
At that time, Jopp revealed the scandal of Lucetta.

Lastly, Lucetta died of sorrow.

One day, Newson came back to find Elizabeth-Jane but Henchard cheated him that she had died already. However, Newson managed to find her finally.

Lastly, Henchard died of sorrow in the Jopp’s house and Elizabeth-Jane married to Farfrae and reunion with Newson.

Many thanks in advance



  

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We are required to write a summary of 200 words. However, after finish writing it. But finally I can only shorten it into 236 words.

  • We are required to write a summary of 200 words.
  • However, after finish writing it.
  • But finally I can only shorten it into 236 words.
  • Could anybody help me with that even just cut down on one word?
  • Please!
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We are required to write a summary of 200 words.
However, after finish writing it. there are 250 word, and then I tried by best to shorten it.But finally I can only shorten it into 236 words. Could anybody help me with that even just cut down on one word? Please! I really need it.

As the novel opened, Henchard and his wife Susan were walking to a village in Wessex with their infant d
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I have to rush to an appointmet just now, or else I would take the time to offer some suggestions and corrections. However, unless your teacher is greatly different from most teachers I have met, he or she has far better things to do with his or her time other than actually to count the words in your essay. [Besides that, it is difficult to determing what constitutes a "word" in t
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Hi Vctory

I don't know how many words I have removed. Remove the words in brackets. In a summary, you have to remove unnecessary words.
Vctory OngWe are required to write a summary of 200 words.

As the novel opened, Henchard and his wife Susan were walking to a village in Wessex with their infant daughter, Elizabeth-Jane.
After reaching there, they we

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