Creative Writing for Teens

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2013-05-20 General Writing and Grammar Help - Re: documents:

James:    You can take a document that is ON your computer and upload it as an attachment for an e-mail message you are sending.    The document on your computer must exist in a format that is capable

2013-05-19 General Writing and Grammar Help - Let someone down - turn someone down:

Dear Paolo:    Is there any difference between "to LET someone down" and "to TURN someone   down"?    *** Yes.  The MAIN meaning of "letting someone down" is that you are disappointing that person.   

2013-05-18 General Writing and Grammar Help - feeling, emotion:

Dear John,   Please forgive my delay in answering. Life does not always adhere to my best-laid plans and  intentions!:(     This is so difficult to explain, but I'll sure give it a go: On one hand, "emotion"

2013-05-17 General Writing and Grammar Help - 'Shall' and 'will':

No native English speaker would say "Accidents shall happen"    They might say "Accidents will happen"    In other words "Accidents do tend to occur"    "The company will oblige ..." means "The company

2013-05-16 General Writing and Grammar Help - FICTION - THOUGHTS:

Hi Michael,     If you are consistent about the use of italics it should not be necessary every time. I would probably do it the first couple of times that it happens to let the reader know what's going