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MeiQiu Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Updated - Grammar problems in writing stories

Hi, I'm going to keep this post updated. Thanks before for helping Emotion: embarrassed

"It was 17.30 pm till I heard the sound of car being stopped in front our house."(is this right?)

"Back 2 weeks before, my aunt called one afternoon offering my mom to take care of a girl baby." (this sentence sounds weird,any suggestions??)

"her father passed away while she was still a three months _______(embryo?) in her mom’s stomach" (is this right?)

"her mom couldn’t afford buying her stuff, since she still have 3 other kids that need to be take care of." (is this right?)
  

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It was 5:30 pm when I heard the sound of car stopping in front our house. Two weeks ago , my aunt called one afternoon to offer to take care of a girl baby for my mother. (' one of my mom's baby daughters'?

  • It was 5:30 pm when I heard the sound of car stopping in front our house.
  • Two weeks ago , my aunt called one afternoon to offer to take care of a girl baby for my mother.
  • (' one of my mom's baby daughters'?
  • ) Her father passed away while she was just a three-month-old fetus in her mother's womb .
  • Her mother couldn't afford to buy her anything , since she also had t hree other children to take care of.
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It was 5:30 pm when I heard the sound of car stopping in front our house.

Two weeks ago, my aunt called one afternoon to offer to take care of a girl baby for my mother. ('one of my mom's baby daughters'?)

Her father passed away while she was just a three-month-old fetus in her mother's womb.

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Mister MicawberTwo weeks ago, my aunt called one afternoon to offer to take care of a girl baby for my mother. ('one of my mom's baby daughters'?)
Dear Mr Micawber, thanks for helping.

what I mean is,
my aunt called asking my mom whether she(my mom) want to take care of this baby girl or not.
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Two weeks ago, my aunt called one afternoon to ask if I mother wanted to take care of a baby girl.

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