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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Persuasive Essay due Tuesday! | 3/17/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I have a persuasive essay (draft) due this Tuesday and have no idea what to write. I have researched ... A: The thesis is obvious: "Children should be protected from online predators." That's it. And a lot ... | ||
| starting an essay | 3/14/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I have to write an essay but I don't know how to start/ how to approch it. It there a way or ... A: A good bit has been written about the language and nationalistic divisions in Canada between the ... | ||
| starting an essay | 3/14/2007 | Wendy Komancheck |
| Q: I have to write an essay but I don't know how to start/ how to approch it. It there a way or ... A: Well, how much do you know about the subject? If it's nothing, then I suggest that you do some ... | ||
| Business Studies (work/life balance dissertation) | 3/13/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: i hope ur fine and well,I am a final yr University Student, my question concerns a topic area of ... A: I think your big problem will be in finding too much rather than too little material. To be sure ... | ||
| why? | 3/2/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I asked a question on here and the response I received was rather short and rude, I am wandering ... A: Of course, I don't know what the original answer was, but my own answer would be that you should ... | ||
| Lord of the Flies | 2/18/2007 | Heathyr |
| Q: I am a 10th grader and have an upcoming in class essay on Lord of the Flies. My teacher ask us to ... A: Personally, I'd go from whichever angle would A) get me a better grade, B) utilize the character I ... | ||
| Lord of the Flies | 2/18/2007 | Wendy Komancheck |
| Q: I am a 10th grader and have an upcoming in class essay on Lord of the Flies. My teacher ask us to ... A: Well, I can't really answer your question--because you're the one who has to choose. If you can ... | ||
| thesis | 2/17/2007 | Wendy Komancheck |
| Q: I have a thesis to do on apparel and I want to relate it to outsourcing or offshoring, but I do not ... A: You need to do the preliminary research on both topics. When you've gathered the information, you ... | ||
| revise essay | 2/10/2007 | Wendy Komancheck |
| Q: EssayIn 500 words, tell about what makes you, you. What are you strenghts, weaknesses, and your ... A: versus strengths--change to "versus our strengths." I would like to say that I am very computer ... | ||
| memo writing | 2/8/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I fired an employee who was insubordinate. As a result , I assigned responsibilities in my ... A: Your memo should not mention the discharged employee at all. That is between you and that employee, ... | ||
| thesis | 2/4/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I already did research on the paper and I had a good thesis sentence, but I was not sure if I can ... A: That is not a thesis statement. That is a thesis question. Take a side, make it a statement, and ... | ||
| Question about biography | 2/1/2007 | Wendy Komancheck |
| Q: I want to write a biography about my grandfather and I have a couple questions. 1. He was in ... A: I would ask your grandfather these questions. Once he tells you where he was, then, you can do a ... | ||
| Can you please help me? | 1/31/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I have failed this test and i cant find the answers. Will you please help me by answering some of ... A: 3. Which one of the following sentences is written in the active voice? B. however, few people ... | ||
| thesis | 1/31/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: Sorry to bother you again, but what do you mean? can you give me some examples and possibly a thesis ... A: No. I can't write your thesis sentence for you. I haven't researched the topic in any detail at all. ... | ||
| thesis | 1/30/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I have a 25 page thesis due in a month. I was given the apparel industry by my professsor. What ... A: The thing that comes to mind for me is the way the apparel industry has become almost entirely a ... | ||
| "Critical Lens" paper | 1/17/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: My daughter is a Sophomore at a Long Island Public School. She is taking an Honors English class and ... A: Please send it to me directly as an attachment in Microsoft Word or as a text file if you do not ... | ||
| MLA paper | 1/15/2007 | Wendy Komancheck |
| Q: I was wondering if you would be able to assist me. I have to write a MLA paper on encephalitis and I ... A: 1. Make sure you understand what encephalitis is and what causes it. 2. Do some preliminary research ... | ||
| help | 1/13/2007 | Wendy Komancheck |
| Q: so i should just build my strenghts,right?and stop worrying about the stories part? the only reason ... A: Absolutely. It's great that your classmates can write stories, but that doesn't mean you have to, ... | ||
| Revise short answers for admissions | 1/12/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: Could you please take to the time and revise this for me. Thanks! A. Write about your academic ... A: A. Write about your academic interests and the personal or academic ezperiences that have led to or ... | ||
| help | 1/12/2007 | Wendy Komancheck |
| Q: i'm a class 10 student(age 15) and i've got my board exams this year. in our english lang. paper ... A: Well, there's no way to tell what types of debatable questions that they'll ask on the exam. So, I ... | ||
| help | 1/12/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: i'm a class 10 student(age 15) and i've got my board exams this year. in our english lang. paper ... A: Since you read a great deal, I doubt you will have any difficulty with the essays. Your question to ... | ||
| Evaluation test | 1/9/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: Sorry if this question is not in the correct category, but I need help. I recently moved to Toronto ... A: I'm sorry. I am in the United States and am not at all familiar with these tests. I would take them ... | ||
| 492 word college application essay, can you please proofread | 1/7/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I don't have a long essay or anything but I would greatly appreciate if you can give me a quick ... A: The "not only" construction is generally a weak one. Use it very sparingly, and almost never to ... | ||
| integral calculus | 1/5/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: why is integral calculus important to the math world and how does it apply outside of math? how is ... A: This sounds like a homework question. But in general, integral calculus is used to describe in ... | ||
| Citing movies | 1/3/2007 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I am writing a essay and I have to have a works cited page. What is the structure for citing movies? A: It depends on the style manual you are using. If movies are involved, I would assume you have been ... | ||
| Thesis Concerns (sorry forgot to attach) | 12/19/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: Smith, I'm writing an English 111 paper and I have a few concerns about my introduction paragraph. ... A: In William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily,” we are presented with a barrage of ... | ||
| Learning to write | 12/18/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I am on my winter break and despite being a couple years into college I feel like I am severely ... A: Actually, my recommendation is that you NOT get any book on writing. Instead, over the holidays, ... | ||
| English homework | 12/16/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: Hey Dan, I am in grade 9 and I have english this semester. How can I improve my English mark? A: Two ways: Read. Read a lot, and read good stuff. For short pieces that are usually well written, ... | ||
| short essay | 12/14/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: My name is Liza and I am a student at Carleton College. I am applying for internships this summer. ... A: I’ve known my whole life that I wanted to go to college. My mom was first generation, finishing her ... | ||
| Challenging Thesis | 12/2/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I have to list five sub-claims that will support my thesis. My thesis is "Family history of Breast ... A: If you don't have five sub-claims to support your thesis, you will have to do some research and find ... | ||
| Mediation essay | 12/1/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: My assignment is to write a mediation essay that mediates between an argumentative essay and its ... A: Gee. Teachers are coming up with so many different variations on the essay theme that it is almost ... | ||
| eng comp II | 11/29/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I wanted to know if Tiresia(antigone by Sophocles) is a hubris and if so in modern or Greek sense. I ... A: Well, "hubris" is "excessive pride or arrogance." Thus, it is a quality of character. A person or ... | ||
| Essays | 11/20/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I am an 8th grade student, Average, and my teacher has been talking about using mla format with like ... A: My goodness! She's getting you off to an early start. Good for her! MLA refers to the Modern ... | ||
| book report | 11/17/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: i am writing a book report and I was wondering if you could edit what I wrote so far. As you can ... A: Adesso! An Introduction to Italian provides students with a clear, simple and successful way of ... | ||
| historiography | 11/17/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I'm a junior in college. I am in the process of writing a historiography paper on Southern ... A: Well, I grew up in the middle of it, but it's not really an area of expertise. But organizing papers ... | ||
| agricultural productivity | 11/17/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: hello dan smith how can agricultural productivity be enhanced in nigeria A: Almost any productivity can be enhanced in Nigeria if the delusional fools will stop fighting over ... | ||
| scientific analysis | 11/16/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I was just wondering if you could give me a hand with an essay i have to write for a university ... A: Well, the first thing I would have to do is read u on the Dunham Technique and find out what it is. ... | ||
| MLA ESSAY ????? | 11/10/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: This is my first year in high school and I've never had to right an essay. This is my first time ... A: You WRITE essays. You do not "right" them. Be careful about that sort of thing. MLA stands for ... | ||
| Contemporary Art Theory since 1985 | 11/9/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: My assignment is to write an essay as though I had entered into a discussion regarding one subtopic ... A: If I understand corrected, you are to read five different essays on a topic, each expressing a ... | ||
| Vietnam War Help | 11/6/2006 | Dan Smith |
| Q: I have this HUGE Vietnam War research paper due, and I don't really know what to begin on ... A: Why not research the early history of the war? How the United States got involved to begin with. An ... | ||
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