Help with essay

[matik5512]

I am writing an essay as my English homework and I need someone to check the following sentences:


School is a place where all the people are obliged to attend at some stage of their life.

Life or lives?


But does it work properly and fulfil it's principle mission - preparing us to live in the real world?

I'm not sure if there should be 'fulfil' or 'fulfils'

Moreover at school there aren't almont any practical classes - students can only rely on the knowledge from the books.

Is 'rely on' used appropriately in this sentence?

Thanks in advance 4 your help ;)

[Marius Hancu]

>Life or lives?

Both work. Life is more abstract/general, lives more individualized.

>it's principle mission

its

> But does it work properly and fulfil(s) it's principle mission?

But does it work properly and does it fulfil it's principle mission? [better be long, but correct and clear, esp in writing

However, without properly, you can more readily say:

But does it work and fulfil its principle mission? [as "properly" contributes to some "separation" between the verbs

>almont

almost

Use italics for your example sentences. Better than your solution.

[Pete]

I am writing an essay as my English homework and I need someone to check the following sentences:


School is a place where all the people are obliged to attend at some stage of their life.

Life or lives?

Marius gave a more complete answer; I personally would choose "lives". I'd also say, "School is a place (or maybe: an institution) that all people are …"

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Moreover at school there aren't almont any practical classes - students can only rely on the knowledge from the books.

Is 'rely on' used appropriately in this sentence?[/quote]
I'd much prefer:
- Moreover at school there aren't almont any are almost no practical classes - students can only rely on expect to receive the knowledge from the books. (Or you might use the common but more colloquial expression, "book-learning"; the phrase seems to occur both with and without the hyphen.)

Thanks in advance 4 your help ;)You're welcome; but I'd be happier with "for" instead of "4" in any context other than an instant message.

And as Marius suggested, your use of the QUOTE control makes it very difficult for us to show those parts of your question in our replies.