Creative Writing for Teens

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2009-11-06 General Writing and Grammar Help - Sentences:

Question: 1.Do both sentences of each set below have identical meanings? It was said that John was a child prodigy when he was young. John was said to be a child prodigy when he was young.

2009-11-05 General Writing and Grammar Help - Use of He/Him:

I am glad you asked this so I can get on one of my favorite soapboxes! ~~ =he= and =him= are misused today with shocking regularity. ~~ =he= is always the subject of a sentence (the thing the

2009-11-04 General Writing and Grammar Help - Punctuation and is it plural?:

Maggie: The implication is that all the mail sent by the VA is for veterans -- plural. The Veterans Administration DOES send a great deal of mail TO veterans. So the correct punctuation is the plural

2009-11-04 General Writing and Grammar Help - Use of the word "affirmed":

Technically, one could stretch the interpretation and say =affirmed= was correct, but as it doesn't make good sense AND is not used by peers, he shouldn't use it. It's always best to use normally-accepted

2009-11-04 General Writing and Grammar Help - Punctuating "Hello Martha":

You need a comma before =Martha=. Hello, [add comma] Martha ~~ =hello= isn't a verb so it can't be a sentence by itself, but several words are assumed to join it, and these make a sentence. For