Who is a foolish boy?

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Please correct my mistakes.


In his class, the teacher recognizes that Mark was called as a fool by his friends. One day, the teacher meet those boys to ask why they called Mark as. One of them answers: “If you give him a nickel and a dime, he will choose a nickel”. To prove this thing a boy takes two coins from his bag and gives Mark. Mark gets a dime and gives the boy back a nickel.

Next day, the teacher asks Mark why you don’t choose a nickel instead of a dime. Mark answers respectfully that if I choose a nickel, next times they will not give me coins.
 
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I think you might have got the coins mixed up. Am I right?
 

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[Strike]In his class,[/Strike] The teacher [Strike]recognizes[/Strike] realized that Mark was being called [Strike]as[/Strike] a fool by his friends. One day, the teacher [Strike]meet[/Strike] met those boys to ask why they [Strike]called[/Strike] were calling Mark that. [Strike]as.[/Strike] One of them answered: “If you give him a nickel and a dime, he will choose [Strike]a[/Strike] the nickel”. To prove this, [Strike]thing[/Strike] a boy [Strike]takes[/Strike] took two coins from his bag and [Strike]gives[/Strike] gave them to Mark. Mark [Strike]gets a dime[/Strike] took the nickel and [Strike]gives[/Strike] gave the boy back the dime. [Strike]a nickel.[/Strike]

Next day, the teacher [Strike]asks[/Strike] asked Mark why [Strike]you don’t choose a[/Strike] he had chosen the nickel instead of [Strike]a[/Strike] the dime. Mark [Strike]answers[/Strike] answered respectfully that if he had chosen the dime, [Strike]I choose a nickel, next times[/Strike] they [Strike]will[/Strike] would not give [Strike]me[/Strike] him any coins in future.
By the way, where did you find that text?
 

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Teechar, [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] do you mean I must give you the source?

Yes, you must provide the source and author of any text you quote if you didn't write it yourself.
 

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Hmm. That links to a page that's entirely in Vietnamese. Were you trying to translate that into English?
 

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Teechar, yes i am. I got some ideas from that paragraph.
 

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Teechar, yes I am. I got some ideas from that paragraph.

I see. In future, please provide the source (preferably with a link) to any external text that you use.
Always capitalize the personal pronoun "I".
 

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This is my rewrite. Thanks for correcting my paragraph.

The teacher realized that Mark was being called a fool by his friends. One day, the teacher met those boys to ask why they were calling Mark that. One of them answered: “If you give him a nickel and a dime, he will choose the nickel”. To prove this, a boy took two coins from his bag and gave them to Mark. Mark took the nickel and gave the boy back the dime.

Next day, the teacher asked Mark why he had chosen the nickel instead of the dime. Mark answered respectfully that if he had chosen the dime, they would not give him any coins in future.
 

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Please explain for me the difference is between "to recognize" and "to realize".
 
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