Question

Thank you very much, Writeacher. I need to revise these sentences, too.

1) I was last proud of myself when I helped one of my friends one week ago.
She lost her father after a tragic accident (better: in) and I'm currently supporting her emotionally.
2) I often blamed (correction blame) a schoolmate for acting in a childish way (childish).
3) I'm still dependent on my mother but just for the money because I don't have a job.
4) I felt sorry for a friend because we saw her father dying while we were travelling on the bus. The man fell off a 30m-high cliff while he was driving his car. He had a heart attack.
5) I sometimes feel ashamed but I don't care that much if it is not a serious problem and I enjoy myself.


Shall I evaluate it a mistake if someone keeps wriing "i" instead I when the personal pronoun occurs whithin a sentence?

Answer 1

1) I was last proud of myself when I helped one of my friends one week ago.
She lost her father after a tragic accident (better: in) and I'm currently supporting her emotionally.
<b>You'd use "after" if there was an accident and he died later (in the hospital or at home). You'd use "in" if he was killed during the accident itself.</b>

2) OK

3) OK

4) OK

5) I sometimes feel ashamed but I don't care that much if it is not a serious problem and I enjoy myself.
<b>Three main clauses? This sentence needs to be divided into two.</b>


Shall I evaluate it a mistake if someone keeps wriing "i" instead I when the personal pronoun occurs whithin a sentence? <b>Yes. Every time!</b>