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Old 15-Nov-2003, 10:01
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Default Re: proof read

You need to simplify your sentences. You need to make sure each sentence has both a subject and a verb. You need to avoid using idiosyncratic language.

Quote:
Two women from different background, different accomplishments, but yet also similar in many ways.
That sentence lacks both a subject and a verb. Perhaps:
  • They were two women who were from very dissimilar backgrounds, yet they were like each other in many ways.

Quote:
Two well-known women who believed in giving love, who thought in kindness of people, who believed in what they stood for.
That also lacks both a subject and a verb and thus is not a sentence. Additionally, you don't need to continue to mention that they were women. Certainly, you don't need to do so in every sentence. Perhaps:
  • They were sincere, compassionate, and caring.

Simpler is usually better.

Quote:
Those were the qualities that made these two women stand out in history as caring, respectful, sincere, considerate, and mostly loving and understanding.
Is it their personal qualities that made them memorable or is it what they did that made them memorable? You can't use mostly loving and understanding.

Quote:
Those two well-known women are no other than Mother Teresa, and Maria Montessori. Who put all their hard work, their life in serving those who needed it.
You need to combine those two sentences into one. (The phrase is none other than.) Perhaps:
  • Those two women were Mother Teresa and Maria Montessori.

Considering the suggestions made by Tdol and me, how would you revise the second paragraph?
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