My basic temperament

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Is the following paragraph grammatically correct?

My basic temperament

I am a down to earth person with full of cheerful temperament. In life, little things make me happy such as a long walk on a sunny day. Whenever I learn new things in life, however small it is, it gives me great satisfaction. I always try never to create trouble for others. Whenever any conflicts arise in life, I deal with those conflicts with patience. At any point of time in life whenever I feel I am right, I stand by with my point by being assertive but If I feel that I am wrong, I don't feel shy to admit my mistake.
 
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Is the following paragraph grammatically correct?

My basic temperament

I am a down-to-earth person with a cheerful temperament. In life, little things make me happy, such as a long walk on a sunny day. Whenever I learn new things in life, however small they are, they give me great satisfaction. I never try to create trouble for others. Whenever any conflicts arise in life, I deal with those conflicts with patience. [STRIKE]At any point of time in life[/STRIKE] Any time I feel I am right, I stand by [STRIKE]with[/STRIKE] my point by being assertive, but If I feel that I am wrong, I don't feel shy about admitting my mistake.
Hi, Rajan!

Since you started the sentence with the plural "little things," you need to stick with that. If you had said "a little thing," then the singular verbs and pronouns after it would have been fine.
 

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I'd use "patiently" rather than "with patience". I'd use "stand my ground", not "stand my point". The latter isn't used in BrE.
 

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I'd use "patiently" rather than "with patience". I'd use "stand my ground", not "stand my point". The latter isn't used in BrE.

Will it be wrong to use 'stand by my ground'?
 
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Would it be wrong to use 'stand by my ground'?

As far as I know, that's not an English phrase. Neither is "stand by my point".
 

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Re: My basic temperatment

Rajan, you misspelled "temperament" in your title. Please use the Edit Post > Go Advanced function to correct it. Remember to click Save when you're done. You can edit it up to 24 hours after you posted it so, by my reckoning, you have about five hours left to do it.
 

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I have corrected the spelling. Thanks
 

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It should be mistakes. What is the purpose of this text?
 

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Re: My basic temperatment

I'd use "patiently" rather than "with patience". I'd use "stand my ground", not "stand my point". The latter isn't used in BrE.

Nor in American English.
 
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