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    Devotion

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    became sick of my years of lackadaisical‚ impotent‚ religious pabulum. It took me that long to realize that God is not the God of any man’s tradition or opinion; nor is He the God of hackneyed ritual. He wants a relationship with us. Today‚ I can praise His name more loudly because I have tasted and seen how beautifully He carries me through rough situations‚ causing me to cling more tightly to Him. It is a welcome relief to be able to lay everything on the table before someone who will not laugh

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    Religion Reflection

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    When I first began this class‚ I was terrified of the journey ahead. I did not know how I was going to manage working full time‚ being a full time wife and mom and being a full time student. Entering into the class and seeing all of the work that was due throughout the course also intimidated me because it seemed as if it was too much for me to handle. After meeting my professor and fellow classmates‚ my fear slowly began to subside. Knowing that my fellow classmates were also afraid let me know

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    Self-esteem has played an extreme role on my life. I decided to interview my friend Jason Gillespie to help me get a clearer understanding about self-worth. He has helped many people cope and find success. Jason teaches many classes on self-confidence. Self-confidence plays a mass role on his life and in his success. He is a Life coach in Saint Louis‚ MO. The profession addresses personal projects‚ business success‚ all-purpose conditions and transitions in the client’s personal life‚ relationships

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    the goals of a great leader is to motivate others to action‚ and traditionally leaders try to lead with power‚ but many fail to motivate with both power and humanistic traits.  Abraham Lincoln was able to keep his goals in mind while maintaining his humble spirit. He was able to listen to his Cabinet’s different point of views and not shut anyone’s opinions and ideas out simply because he was the President. Lincoln’s appeal comes “from where he came from and where he led the country. It was the most

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    essay about me

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    paragraph and well-written. The only changes I see are some minor corrections‚ but I would not change your paragraph as to its content. There is some punctuation that might make it easier to read. Your sentence structure is complex and with so many commas I had to read the sentence beginning with Boo twice. You might want to consider using colons‚semi-colons‚ dashes in such complex sentences. In your opening you need to hyphenate six-year old Scout. I think African-American should be hyphenated

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    Stradlater asks him to write his composition for him even though Holden is failing and getting kicked out “Just don’t do it too good is all” (Salinger 28). Holden just does not want to try but he is still intelligent “So I mean don’t stick all the commas and stuff in the right place” (Salinger 28). Holden automatically assumes that everyone is a phony that think highly of themselves “It was one of the worst schools I ever went to. it was full of phonies. And mean guys. You never saw so many mean guys

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    Sentence Patterns

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    of place for emphasis Modifier S.V To place additional emphasis on any modifier put it somewhere other than its normal place in the sentence. You must have a comma to keep reader from misinterpreting the sentence. Single words before‚ inside‚ or below may look like prepositions instead of singular adverb if comma is not used. Unclear: inside the child was noisy. Clear: inside‚ the child was noisy. Incorrect: Francesca liked to occasionally wade in the neighbor’s pool.

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    Homeless in Amercia

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    Many people call or write the National Coalition for the Homeless to ask about the number of homeless people in the United States. There is no easy answer to this question and‚ [Remove comma (unless it introduces a nonrestrictive phrase)] [Remove comma after "and" (the comma goes before it if this is a series or a nonrestrictive phrase)] in fact‚ the question itself is misleading. In most cases‚ homelessness is a temporary circumstance-not a permanent condition. A more appropriate

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    Module in Conjunctions

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    market to buy milk‚ eggs and bread. * Conjunctions connect two prepositional phrases Example: I went skiing down the hill and past the trees. * Conjunction can connect two sentences or clauses. * When two sentences are joined‚ a comma MUST be placed before the conjunction. Example: I played cards for awhile but then I played chess. Types of Conjuctions 1. Coordinating Conjunctions 2. Subordinating Conjunctions 3. Correlative Conjunctions 1. Coordinating Conjunctions

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    will eventually have to live life independently not through his parents. The stanza reflects Young-Lee’s childhood being introduced to loneliness and his response reflects the syntactic structure reconstructing his childhood. The syntactical usage of commas also illustrates the complexity

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