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I am the bibliographic instruction and reference librarian at a public college. Some members of the English department recommend me to their students. I offer assistance in grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraph development. My master`s thesis concerns William Faulkner`s tragic novels. I formerly taught advanced placement English at two schools in the Philadelphia area.
| User | Date | K | C | P | Comments |
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| Soniq | 02/13/12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you very much, Ted |
| Waden | 02/13/12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks a lot for your prompt reply! |
| Soniq | 02/12/12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you very much, Ted. |
| Soniq | 02/12/12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you very much, Ted. |
| Soniq | 02/12/12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you very much, Ted. |
Dear Walden: *** I'm sending another response, because I didn't explain the use of "be." The use of the phrase "be it" is idiomatic. Most people avoid using it; it sounds obsolete, The "modern" preference
Dear Glen: Is there any real difference in meaning between the expressions "oversight" and "careless oversight"? In other words, do the following sentences have the same meaning? 1. My mistake was
Dear Rich: I am answering your question and, at the same time, praying that we don't get hung up with your subject matter. "Indicative" is recognized in the English language, but "declarative" is
Dear Dan: I don't know what you mean by "those said 'offline' versions." Also, I copied the OED's complete entries for the verbs "solve" and "resolve." They are much too long to be pasted into this
Dear Rich: Can you please verify for me that the category of English helping verbs known as "modal verbs" can be used to "ask questions". For example, in the sentence: "Can you give me a receipt
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