Saturday, June 13th, 2009 | Author: Mystical
Forest Walks
Jessica T asked:


Once upon a time… a young boy was walking through the forest, and he noticed a sign that said “Caution — Do Not Enter”, but the boy entered anyway and was eaten by a rabid grizzly bear.

CHARLOTTE
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3 Responses

  1. 1
    xcoreconquistador 
    Monday, 15. June 2009

    nope.
    lmfao,

    here let me help,

    Once upon a time, a young boy was walking through the forest. The Boy noticed a sign that said, “Caution — Do Not Enter,” notwithstanding, the boy entered anyway. As a result, he was eaten by a rabid grizzly bear.

    [x grammer is everything my friend.

  2. 2
    Mr. Knowitall 
    Thursday, 18. June 2009

    It’s not really -incorrect- but it’s clumsy. It’s all one sentence, where it could be two or even three.

    Also the ellipses after ‘Once upon a time’ is unnecessary.

    So it could go like this:

    Once upon a time a young boy was walking through the forest. He noticed a sign that said ‘Caution–Do Not Enter’. But the boy entered anyway and was eaten by a rabid grizzly bear.

    Same story, just three sentences to separate the ideas.

  3. 3
    matt_cleman 
    Sunday, 21. June 2009

    Hello!

    I have some minor suggestions regarding the punctuation in this passage. Where you have used ellipsis (the three periods), they should be separated by spaces: Once upon a time . . .

    Just before a quotation, it’s customary to place a comma: . . . he noticed a sign that said, “Caution . . .”

    Finally, punctuation such as a comma should be placed within quotation marks: “. . . Do Not Enter,” but . . .

    I’m curious what this passage is for.

    –Matt

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