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Ted Nesbitt

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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.

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User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
Soniq	11/08/09	10	10	10	10	Thank you, Ted.
walden	11/07/09	10	10	10	10	Also thank you very much for your .....
Soniq	11/07/09	10	10	10	10	Thank you very much for the response .....
oppo	11/06/09	10	10	10	10
Soniq	11/06/09	10	10	10	10	Thank you very much for the correction .....

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2009-11-06 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.

2009-11-04 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 "Is" or "are":

Dear Dinkar: The subject of the sentence is the singular pronoun "none." "None" means "not one," which is singular, not plural. The prepositional phrase "of us" modifies the subject "none," but the

2009-10-30 conversations:

Oppo: conversations Question: 1. Do all the conversations below make sense? A: I am sorry. You had (have?) the wrong number. B: Is this Mr. Lewis’s number? *** CORRECT - You should use "have

2009-10-26 follow-up questions:

Question: 1.Follow-up question: Ex: The new software we installed (will/would) make our department more productive. My previous question: Can I say, “The new software we installed made

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