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Friday, January 18, 2013
GRAMMAR QUESTION, Jan 18th, 2013
My sons teacher
talked to my husband and I about the difficulty he was having with reading,
writing and he couldn’t complete the math homework. He said some testing is
required.
16 comments:
Helen189
said...
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing and math homework and that some testing would be required.
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing,and completing the math homework,and that some testing would be required.
The teacher spoke with my husband and me about our son's difficulty in reading, writing and completing his math homework, and mentioned that some testing is required.
My son's teacher talked to my husband and I about the difficulty our son was having with his reading, writing and completion of his math homework, and mentioned that some testing is required.
HELEN:yes, but there is some ambiguity in your sentence--is it only homework that's a problem? YADIRINY:You're on the right track, but there are a few things to check: pronoun usage, ambiguity, and your use of the passive voice;-) AYGUL:Almost--you're missing a verb here that would clarify the situation;-) JILLIAN:Excellent solution:-) JEFFREY:You've made some good changes--now think about pronoun usage;-)
Ignore all my previous posts above! I finally read about the rules of pronoun usage!
My son's teacher talked to my husband and me about the difficulty our son was having with his reading, writing and completion of his math homework, and mentioned that some testing is required.
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing and math homework, and said that some testing would be required.
My son's teacher talked to my husband and me about the difficulty our son was having with his reading, writing and completion of his math homework, and said that some testing is required.
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing,and completing the math homework,and said that some testing would be required.
My son's teacher talked to my husband and me about his difficulty with reading, writing, and completing his math homework, and that some testing will be required.
My son's teacher spoke with my husband and I about our son's difficulty in reading, writing and completing his math homework, and mentioned that some testing is required.
JEFFREY:Thanks--it always helps to read up on the grammar:-) HELEN:Think about whether the difficulties are all with homework or not;-) YADIRINY:Much better:-) AYGUL:That's it! PATRICK:Almost--you are missing a verb;-) LISA: Nearly there--check pronoun usage;-)
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing and completing his math homework, and said that some testing would be required.
The teacher talked to my husband and me about the difficulty our son was experiencing with reading, writing and mathematics, and mentioned some testing is required.
HELEN:thank you:-) CHRISTINA: Close--there is a punctuation error, and you need to differentiate between the in-class problems and the homework difficulties;-)
16 comments:
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing and math homework and that some testing would be required.
My son’s teacher talked to my husband and me about his difficulty with reading, writing and math homework, and that some testing is being required.
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing,and completing the math homework,and that some testing would be required.
The teacher spoke with my husband and me about our son's difficulty in reading, writing and completing his math homework, and mentioned that some testing is required.
My son's teacher talked to my husband and I about the difficulty our son was having with his reading, writing and completion of his math homework, and mentioned that some testing is required.
HELEN:yes, but there is some ambiguity in your sentence--is it only homework that's a problem?
YADIRINY:You're on the right track, but there are a few things to check: pronoun usage, ambiguity, and your use of the passive voice;-)
AYGUL:Almost--you're missing a verb here that would clarify the situation;-)
JILLIAN:Excellent solution:-)
JEFFREY:You've made some good changes--now think about pronoun usage;-)
Ignore all my previous posts above! I finally read about the rules of pronoun usage!
My son's teacher talked to my husband and me about the difficulty our son was having with his reading, writing and completion of his math homework, and mentioned that some testing is required.
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing and math homework, and said that some testing would be required.
My son's teacher talked to my husband and me about the difficulty our son was having with his reading, writing and completion of his math homework, and said that some testing is required.
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing,and completing the math homework,and said that some testing would be required.
My son's teacher talked to my husband and me about his difficulty with reading, writing, and completing his math homework, and that some testing will be required.
My son's teacher spoke with my husband and I about our son's difficulty in reading, writing and completing his math homework, and mentioned that some testing is required.
JEFFREY:Thanks--it always helps to read up on the grammar:-)
HELEN:Think about whether the difficulties are all with homework or not;-)
YADIRINY:Much better:-)
AYGUL:That's it!
PATRICK:Almost--you are missing a verb;-)
LISA: Nearly there--check pronoun usage;-)
The teacher talked to my husband and me about our son's difficulty with reading, writing and completing his math homework, and said that some testing would be required.
The teacher talked to my husband and me about the difficulty our son was experiencing with reading, writing and mathematics, and mentioned some testing is required.
HELEN:thank you:-)
CHRISTINA: Close--there is a punctuation error, and you need to differentiate between the in-class problems and the homework difficulties;-)
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