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0Hello, I have made this translation from danish to english, and I would like you to run it through and see if you can find any errors, if you find any then please write a post in which you explain where the error is and why it is an error.02br02br00My translation:02br02br00The battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and what happened at Culloden in 1746, are two of the bloodiest battles ever fought between Scotland and England. The first one ended up with a glorious victory for Robert Bruce and his Scottish partisans, while the last one was a crushing defeat for ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ and his right to the Scottish throne. Robert Bruce was crowned as king of Scotland in 1306. On this time it was custom, that the Scottish Kings were crowned in Scone and for 500 years they had during this ceremony sat on ‘the stone of scone’. The English king Edward I had in the meantime removed the stone during one of his campaigns, and placed it in Westminster Abbey, where it has remained the last 700 years. The present English queen got crowned on exactly this old ‘the stone of destiny’.02br02br00Bruce’s crowning was dramatic: he murdered his rival, ‘the Red Comyn’, in the church in Dumfries and rode after that in a hurry to Scone to take over the crown. Comyn was one of the vassals whom King Edward had installed in his attempt to make Scotland English territory and the kill formed part of the Scottish freedom fight which was started during Sir William Wallace.02br02br00Wallace beat the well trained English forces at Stirling Bridge, and the same did Bruce 17 years later at Bannockburn. The English army was in both cases far bigger than the one the Scots could muster, but even the feared archers, who should be England’s trump card in the 100 years war against France, had to yeild for Bruce’s spearmen , who fought with desperate courage.02br02br00Wallace was unfortunately betrayed by his own men and did not survive the freedom fight, but Bruce and James Douglas did. These 2 national heroes continued stubbornly the resistance until Edward III only 14 years after Bannockburn gave up all claims to Scottish territory and Bruce got recognised as the lawful king of Scotland. 02br02br00Thanks.0-

Diddy · Accepted Answer

0 Come on please help as I have to send it tomorrow. 0-

Nick147 · Answer

0Hi Diddy,02br
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00Here is the piece with errors corrected, and a couple of amendments made to make the style better. All in all it looked very good, there are a couple of expressions in which the correct preposition is not obvious, you just have to know these I'm afraid! One point is that King or Queen should always be spelled with a capital letter. There are a few places where the word order or verb tense needed changing, it would be best if you talk about these with your teacher if you don't understand any of the changes I have suggested. 02br
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00Happy studying!02br
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00The battle of 00 in 1314 and what happened at Culloden in 1746, are two of the bloodiest battles ever fought between 0100Scotland0200 and 010200. The first one ended [01b00up02b00 is not necessary] with a glorious victory for Robert Bruce and his Scottish partisans, while the 01b00second02b00 one was a crushing defeat for ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ and his 01b00claim02b00 to the Scottish throne. Robert Bruce was crowned [01b00as 02b00is not necessary] 01b00K02b00ing of Scotland in 1306. 01b00At02b00 this time it was custom[delete,] that the Scottish Kings were crowned in 00 and for 500 years they had 01b00sat on ‘the stone of scone’ 02b00during the 01b00coronation02b00 ceremony. The English 01b00King02b00 Edward I had in the meantime removed the stone during one of his campaigns, and placed it in Westminster Abbey, where it has remained 01b00for02b00 the last 700 years. The present English 01b00Q02b00ueen 01b00was02b00 crowned on exactly this old ‘[delete 01b00the]02b00 stone of destiny’.02br
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00Bruce’s crowning was dramatic: he murdered his rival, ‘the Red Comyn’, in the church in Dumfries and 01b00afterwards02b00 01b00rode in02b00 a hurry to 00 to take over the crown. Comyn was one of the vassals whom King Edward had installed in his attempt to make Scotland English territory and the 01b00killing 02b00formed part of the Scottish 01b00fight for freedom02b00 which 01b00had02b00 started 01b00under02b00 Sir William Wallace.02br
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00Wallace beat the well trained English forces at 00 00, 01b00though02b00 the same 01b00English forces 02b00did 01b00for02b00 Bruce 17 years later at 00. The English army was in both cases far bigger than the one the Scots could muster, but even the feared archers, who 01b00had been02b00 England’s trump card in the 100 years war against France, had to 01b00yield02b00 01b00before02b00 Bruce’s spearmen, who fought with desperate courage.02br
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00Wallace was unfortunately betrayed by his own men and 01b00he02b00 did not survive the fight 01b00for freedom02b00, but Bruce and James Douglas did. These 2 national heroes continued the resistance 01b00stubbornly 02b00until only 14 years after 00, 01b00Edward III 02b00gave up all claims to Scottish territory and Bruce 01b00was02b00 00recognised00 as the lawful 01b00K02b00ing of Scotland. 0-

Nightstalker · Answer

0 I am a learner of the English language. I have a few questions about the last reply:02br
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001. What is the difference between "the first....the 01font00last02font00...." and "the first.... the 01font00second02font00" ? 02br
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002.What is the difference between "the fight had started under sb." and "the fight was started by 02br
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003. Shouldn't the preposition "to" comes after yield ?0-

Nick147 · Answer

01. 01font00the last02font00...." implies the final thing in a list or series. When only two items are mentioned it is usual to say "the first.... the second". It would be correct to use 01font00last02font00 if the writer wanted to stress that Cullodden was the final battle of many. For example:02br
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01font00Between Bannockburn in 1314, and the last battle between England and Scotland at Culloden in 1746, there were many violent encounters between the two nations..02font02br
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002. 01font00Under02font00 in this sense means under the control of, or under the authority of,02br
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00For example:02br
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01font00Under the present Government, employment has risen 10%.02font02br
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00A fight started 01font00by02font00 somebody would be used if the “somebody” actually physically started the fight, or personally took action intended to start a fight.02br
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003. This is a very subtle question! It is possible to say 01font00yield to, yield under, yield before02font00. 02br
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00In the sentence in the essay, 01font00yield before Bruce’s spearmen02font00 sounds more elegant than 01font00yield to02font00 and the expression “yield before” implies that the person or persons yielding (or giving way), are actually facing direct force or 00pressure00. “Yield to” is often used when the pressure is indirect or is not particularly forceful: 02br
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01font00The Prime Minister yielded to pressure from his party to change his policy02font02br
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00I hope that is helpful,02br
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Nightstalker · Answer

0    Thank you for your helpful explanation. In Taiwan, students are taught by local English teachers, whose English comprehension isn't good as native English speakers. That's one of the reasons why Taiwanese people's English is poor in Asia.  0-

Nick147 · Answer

0You're welcome Nightstalker,02br
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00The same situation with local teachers happens in most countries. After all, you can't expect there to be enough native speakers to fill the teaching posts in every school and college in every country! It is the same here in Britain with the teaching of French or Spanish etc.02br
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00By the way, I should have clarified in my last answer that "before" means "in front of". For example, you can say "I stand before you"02br
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00Happy studying!02br
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Nightstalker · Answer

0      Autually Taiwanese Ministry of Education planned to introduce qualified English-speaking teachers(from USA, Canada, Britan such English-speaking countries) to teach in Taiwanese public schools a couple of years ago, but not even one single teachers has come. The reason is rediculous that local teachers and many normal shcool professors protested against the policy. That is, letting native English speaking teachers teach in Taiwanese public schools will difinitely reduce their job opportunities. 0-

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