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dubrakva

Jan. 15, 2024

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Leila

Once upon a time in a deep magical forest there lived a princess named Leila. When she was born the whole kingdom gathered to see her beauty, she was as small as a ladybug and as beautiful as a picture, but none of her family knew that something very terrible will happen to Leila when she falls asleep. The night came, her mother entered her room and kissed her for so long that she didn't notice it was already midnight on her way out. She said to her: ''Sleep well, my beauty.'' She turned off the lights and closed the door, but suddenly there was a boom! All the guards, as well as her mother and father, rushed into Leila's room, but Leila's bed was empty. They searched and searched the whole castle and every part of her room but she was nowhere to be found. Her mother cried so much that she didn't even eat, drink or sleep for days. Hundreds and hundreds of guards went looking for her but she was nowhere to be found. The King, her father, ordered that whoever finds his daughter will get one million golden coins. Days and days passed and so had a year but Leila was nowhere to be found. The Queen cried desperately: '' My dear, I miss our little beauty so much! I want to know where she is and what happened to her, that's why I wanted to ask you to find a knight.'' The king answered: '' Yes, but where do you plan to find him? The Queen replied: ''Meet knight Josip, he is going to help us find our little princess.''
According to the Queen's desperate will, the King found Josip who was willing to help and the King asked him: ''Why do you want to help us?'' Josip answered: ''My Majesty, my family is very poor and my younger sister is very sick. We don't have golden coins to buy her expensive medicine and when I heard about your reward, I knew I had to do it so you see that's why I want to do it. The King told him: ''Listen, young man, I am telling you this. If you bring my daughter alive to me, I will pay for your sister's medicine and I promise to give you two million golden coins. Josip replied: ''Thank you, my lord, when should I start?''. The King simply said: ''Tomorrow.''
The next day came and the knight went in search of the lost princess. As soon as he came into the forest, he felt a little scared but he remembered his sister and gathered the courage. Half way in the forest, he found the tree of golden apples but then he remembered that the King warned him that he would come across and see strange things in that forest because it was magical. The knight walked and walked and suddenly he saw an old house. He entered it out of pure curiosity, but when he entered, he saw a beautiful girl with long blond hair and he approached her. He asked her what she was doing there and she told him that she didn't know and that she was there alone since she was little. He wasn't quite sure if she was the beloved princess so he didn't want to say anything to her. But it was already dark and he wanted to continue with his journey. Suddenly, a small hand grabbed him. When he turned around, he saw that it was the girl from the old house who told him that he could stay and sleep in the house with her. Since it was already dark and cold, he agreed because he didn't know what could happen to him in this forest. Then they fell asleep. The next morning the knight woke up and saw that the girl was gone. He went outside and saw her picking up some berries, he knew that they were Plumberries and very poisonous. He got them out of her hands and told her that those were poisonous. After hearing that, she thanked him and offered him to stay for another night. He thanked her and they made lunch together. After lunch they went for a walk. The girl asked him what his name was. He told her Josip. She told him that it was a beautiful name. He asked her about her name but she replied she didn't know. She showed him a pendant that said Leila. She couldn't read it because she was illiterate. She didn't even know what her name was. The knight was in shock. It was a princess!!! He waited until they got back to the old house. When they came ''home'', they sat down at the table and the knight told her everything. Her state was one of a profound shock but she trusted him. He told her that the next day she could go to the kingdom with him. She agreed. The next day the knight couldn't find her anywhere. He looked everywhere, inside and outside the cabin but she was simply not there. He was afraid he wouldn't be able to find her but then, he saw a note on the table that said: ''Dear Josip, I wanted to run away, I was afraid I wouldn't be good enough for a princess. I'm so sorry''. The knight looked for her and looked for her until he found her by the river. He approached her quietly and asked her why she was afraid. She told him that she thought that King and the Queen wouldn't approve of her as their daughter. He convinced her that they had sent him to find her. She was relaxed and joined him on their way back to the kingdom. When they came back to the kindom everyone looked at her strangely. They entered the castle and the Queen and the King couldn't believe their eyes. The Queen cried: ''It's her, it's really her!''. The King said: ''I can't believe it!'' They asked her what had happened to her. She answered that she just found herself there and that she became the ultimate queen of the forest and that she liked her life. She told them she would like to go back to the forest and live there. The King and the Queen could not believe what they just heard, they didn't know what to say. They were so afraid to lose her again, they begged her to stay with them for at least five days and then they would let her go freely. She agreed and stayed for a week.
That week was great for her. She wore all kinds of dresses, ate delicious food and went to see the crowns that were being made for her. After a week, she said goodbye to the Queen and the King. She finally went to the forest to be the greatest Queen of all times there. The knight Josip got his money and his sister was cured. The King and the Queen were happy to at least see their little girl from time to time. They arranged on regular meetings in the forest or in the castle. Everyone was happy in the end and that is the only thing that matters.


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Corrections

Once upon a time, in a deeply magical forest there lived a princess named Leila.

"deep magical" sounds a little strange.

When she was born the whole kingdom gathered to see her beauty, she was as small as a ladybug and as beautiful as a picture, but none of her family knew that something very terrible willould happen to Leila when she faells asleep.

picture of what?

The tense appears to be past all the way through.

TWhen night came, her mother entered her room and kissed her for so long that she didn't notice it was alreadyit was past midnight owhen sher way out stood to leave.

This sentence is confusing because she doesn't leave until two sentences later.

The situation is also very creepy sounding at least in English.

All the guards, as well as her mothernd the King and father Queen, rushed into Leila's room, but Leila's bed was empty.

Whose mother? The subject of the sentence is kind of the bed the way it's written.

They searched and searched the whole castle and every part of her room but she was nowhere to be found.

HerLeila's mother cried so much that she didn't evenwithout even stoping to eat, drink or sleep for days.

Are we saying she literally cried for days and nights? For a fairy tale obviously this is okay but we want to be clear on what we're saying.

Hundreds andupon hundreds of guards went lookingsearched for her but she was nowhere to be found.

This is a small change that's not necessary but fits the style better

The King, her father, orde declared that whoever finds his daughter will getreceive one million golden coins.

This repetition (The King, her father) only makes sense if the audience is the youngest of the young. I think it might help to label your writing if it's going to be for very early children since the word choice and repetition become more important.

Days and dayyears passed and so had a year but Leila was nowhere to be found.

The Queen cried desperately: '' My dear, I miss our little beauty so much!

This sentence comes out of nowhere

The Queen replied: ''Meet knight Josip, he is going to help us find our little princess.''

He told her it was Josip.

It was athe princess!!!

When they came ''home''back, they sat down at the table and the knight told her everything.

She agreed andto stayed for a week.

That week was great for her.

I would recommend a stronger sentence if possible or leaving it out

After athat week, she said goodbye to the Queen and the King.

Or something like "After that week was over".

She finally wentreturned to the forest to be their greatest Queen of all times there.

The knight Josip gotreceived his money and his sister was cured.

you can use a little more specific vocab when you're writing longer form like this and it will come across a little better

The King and the Queen were happy to at least see their little girl from time to time.

They arranged on regular meetings in the forest orand in the castle.

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I tried to spend 15-20 minutes on corrections a day so I didn't quite finish this sorry. It's a lot of text to try to give feedback on! If you can break things like this into two parts next time it might help. I wasn't sure how old the audience was supposed to be which changes a little how much grammar and words you can use.

Her mother cried so much that she didn't even eat, drink, or sleep for days.

This is a fairly advanced grammatical rule known as the oxford comma.

The King, her father, ordered that whoever finds his daughter willould get one million golden coins.

Days and days passed and so hadthen a year but Leila was nowhere to be found.

This is a weirdly phrased sentence. Something more natural would be:

Days and days passed but Leila was nowhere to be found, even a year later.

The Queen cried desperately: '' My dear, I miss our little beauty so much!

The king answered: '' Yes, but where do you plan to find him?"

The Queen replied: ''Meet knight Josip, he is going to help us find our little princess.''

This is correct, but for interest's sake the English equivalent of the name Josip is Joseph.

AccordListening to the Queen's desperate willplea, the King found Josip who was willing to help and the King asked him: ''Why do you want to help us?''

The sentence structure here doesn't make sense. In the sentence before, the queen had already found and introduced Josip. In this sentence, the King then starts to search for him. These contradict.

We don't have golden coins to buy her expensive medicine and when I heard about your reward, I knew I had to do it so you see that's why I want to do it."

If you bring my daughter alive to me, I will pay for your sister's medicine and I promise to give you two million golden coins."

A more natural way to say this would be:

If you find my daughter, I will pay for your sister's medicine and I promise to give you two million golden coins."

Josip replied: ''Thank you, my lord, w. When should I start?''.

A comma shouldn't be used in this case.

As soon as he came intoendered the forest, he felt a little scared but he remembered his sister and gathered thehis courage.

Half way inthrough the forest, he found the tree of golden apples but then he remembered that the King warned him that he would come across and see strange things in thate forest because it was magical.

When they camereturned ''home'', they sat down at the table and the knight told her everything.

Her state was one of a profoundShe was shocked but she trusted him.

Your sentence is technically correct, but it's not something that someone would say in English.

She was relaxed and then joined him on their way back to the kingdom.

The Queen cried: ''It's her, it's really her!''.

She finally wentwent back to the forest to be the greatest Queen of all times there.

They arranged on regular meetings in the forest or in the castle.

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slehmann

Jan. 15, 2024

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Nice job, you've got a good grasp of English!

She couldn't read it because she was illiterate.


She didn't even know what her name was.


The knight was in shock.


It was a princess!!!


It was athe princess!!!

He waited until they got back to the old house.


When they came ''home'', they sat down at the table and the knight told her everything.


When they camereturned ''home'', they sat down at the table and the knight told her everything.

When they came ''home''back, they sat down at the table and the knight told her everything.

Her state was one of a profound shock but she trusted him.


Her state was one of a profoundShe was shocked but she trusted him.

Your sentence is technically correct, but it's not something that someone would say in English.

He told her that the next day she could go to the kingdom with him.


After a week, she said goodbye to the Queen and the King.


After athat week, she said goodbye to the Queen and the King.

Or something like "After that week was over".

She finally went to the forest to be the greatest Queen of all times there.


She finally wentwent back to the forest to be the greatest Queen of all times there.

She finally wentreturned to the forest to be their greatest Queen of all times there.

The knight Josip got his money and his sister was cured.


The knight Josip gotreceived his money and his sister was cured.

you can use a little more specific vocab when you're writing longer form like this and it will come across a little better

The King and the Queen were happy to at least see their little girl from time to time.


The King and the Queen were happy to at least see their little girl from time to time.

They arranged on regular meetings in the forest or in the castle.


They arranged on regular meetings in the forest or in the castle.

They arranged on regular meetings in the forest orand in the castle.

Everyone was happy in the end and that is the only thing that matters.


They were so afraid to lose her again, they begged her to stay with them for at least five days and then they would let her go freely.


She agreed and stayed for a week.


She agreed andto stayed for a week.

That week was great for her.


That week was great for her.

I would recommend a stronger sentence if possible or leaving it out

She wore all kinds of dresses, ate delicious food and went to see the crowns that were being made for her.


Leila


Once upon a time in a deep magical forest there lived a princess named Leila.


Once upon a time, in a deeply magical forest there lived a princess named Leila.

"deep magical" sounds a little strange.

When she was born the whole kingdom gathered to see her beauty, she was as small as a ladybug and as beautiful as a picture, but none of her family knew that something very terrible will happen to Leila when she falls asleep.


When she was born the whole kingdom gathered to see her beauty, she was as small as a ladybug and as beautiful as a picture, but none of her family knew that something very terrible willould happen to Leila when she faells asleep.

picture of what? The tense appears to be past all the way through.

He was afraid he wouldn't be able to find her but then, he saw a note on the table that said: ''Dear Josip, I wanted to run away, I was afraid I wouldn't be good enough for a princess.


I'm so sorry''.


The knight looked for her and looked for her until he found her by the river.


He approached her quietly and asked her why she was afraid.


He convinced her that they had sent him to find her.


The night came, her mother entered her room and kissed her for so long that she didn't notice it was already midnight on her way out.


TWhen night came, her mother entered her room and kissed her for so long that she didn't notice it was alreadyit was past midnight owhen sher way out stood to leave.

This sentence is confusing because she doesn't leave until two sentences later. The situation is also very creepy sounding at least in English.

She said to her: ''Sleep well, my beauty.''


She turned off the lights and closed the door, but suddenly there was a boom!


All the guards, as well as her mother and father, rushed into Leila's room, but Leila's bed was empty.


All the guards, as well as her mothernd the King and father Queen, rushed into Leila's room, but Leila's bed was empty.

Whose mother? The subject of the sentence is kind of the bed the way it's written.

They searched and searched the whole castle and every part of her room but she was nowhere to be found.


They searched and searched the whole castle and every part of her room but she was nowhere to be found.

Her mother cried so much that she didn't even eat, drink or sleep for days.


Her mother cried so much that she didn't even eat, drink, or sleep for days.

This is a fairly advanced grammatical rule known as the oxford comma.

HerLeila's mother cried so much that she didn't evenwithout even stoping to eat, drink or sleep for days.

Are we saying she literally cried for days and nights? For a fairy tale obviously this is okay but we want to be clear on what we're saying.

Hundreds and hundreds of guards went looking for her but she was nowhere to be found.


Hundreds andupon hundreds of guards went lookingsearched for her but she was nowhere to be found.

This is a small change that's not necessary but fits the style better

The King, her father, ordered that whoever finds his daughter will get one million golden coins.


The King, her father, ordered that whoever finds his daughter willould get one million golden coins.

The King, her father, orde declared that whoever finds his daughter will getreceive one million golden coins.

This repetition (The King, her father) only makes sense if the audience is the youngest of the young. I think it might help to label your writing if it's going to be for very early children since the word choice and repetition become more important.

Days and days passed and so had a year but Leila was nowhere to be found.


Days and days passed and so hadthen a year but Leila was nowhere to be found.

This is a weirdly phrased sentence. Something more natural would be: Days and days passed but Leila was nowhere to be found, even a year later.

Days and dayyears passed and so had a year but Leila was nowhere to be found.

The Queen cried desperately: '' My dear, I miss our little beauty so much!


The Queen cried desperately: '' My dear, I miss our little beauty so much!

The Queen cried desperately: '' My dear, I miss our little beauty so much!

This sentence comes out of nowhere

I want to know where she is and what happened to her, that's why I wanted to ask you to find a knight.''


The king answered: '' Yes, but where do you plan to find him?


The king answered: '' Yes, but where do you plan to find him?"

The Queen replied: ''Meet knight Josip, he is going to help us find our little princess.''


The Queen replied: ''Meet knight Josip, he is going to help us find our little princess.''

This is correct, but for interest's sake the English equivalent of the name Josip is Joseph.

The Queen replied: ''Meet knight Josip, he is going to help us find our little princess.''

According to the Queen's desperate will, the King found Josip who was willing to help and the King asked him: ''Why do you want to help us?''


AccordListening to the Queen's desperate willplea, the King found Josip who was willing to help and the King asked him: ''Why do you want to help us?''

The sentence structure here doesn't make sense. In the sentence before, the queen had already found and introduced Josip. In this sentence, the King then starts to search for him. These contradict.

Josip answered: ''My Majesty, my family is very poor and my younger sister is very sick.


We don't have golden coins to buy her expensive medicine and when I heard about your reward, I knew I had to do it so you see that's why I want to do it.


We don't have golden coins to buy her expensive medicine and when I heard about your reward, I knew I had to do it so you see that's why I want to do it."

The King told him: ''Listen, young man, I am telling you this.


If you bring my daughter alive to me, I will pay for your sister's medicine and I promise to give you two million golden coins.


If you bring my daughter alive to me, I will pay for your sister's medicine and I promise to give you two million golden coins."

A more natural way to say this would be: If you find my daughter, I will pay for your sister's medicine and I promise to give you two million golden coins."

Josip replied: ''Thank you, my lord, when should I start?''.


Josip replied: ''Thank you, my lord, w. When should I start?''.

A comma shouldn't be used in this case.

The King simply said: ''Tomorrow.''


The next day came and the knight went in search of the lost princess.


As soon as he came into the forest, he felt a little scared but he remembered his sister and gathered the courage.


As soon as he came intoendered the forest, he felt a little scared but he remembered his sister and gathered thehis courage.

Half way in the forest, he found the tree of golden apples but then he remembered that the King warned him that he would come across and see strange things in that forest because it was magical.


Half way inthrough the forest, he found the tree of golden apples but then he remembered that the King warned him that he would come across and see strange things in thate forest because it was magical.

The knight walked and walked and suddenly he saw an old house.


He entered it out of pure curiosity, but when he entered, he saw a beautiful girl with long blond hair and he approached her.


He asked her what she was doing there and she told him that she didn't know and that she was there alone since she was little.


He wasn't quite sure if she was the beloved princess so he didn't want to say anything to her.


But it was already dark and he wanted to continue with his journey.


Suddenly, a small hand grabbed him.


When he turned around, he saw that it was the girl from the old house who told him that he could stay and sleep in the house with her.


Since it was already dark and cold, he agreed because he didn't know what could happen to him in this forest.


Then they fell asleep.


The next morning the knight woke up and saw that the girl was gone.


He went outside and saw her picking up some berries, he knew that they were Plumberries and very poisonous.


He got them out of her hands and told her that those were poisonous.


After hearing that, she thanked him and offered him to stay for another night.


He thanked her and they made lunch together.


After lunch they went for a walk.


The girl asked him what his name was.


He told her Josip.


He told her it was Josip.

She told him that it was a beautiful name.


He asked her about her name but she replied she didn't know.


She showed him a pendant that said Leila.


She agreed.


The next day the knight couldn't find her anywhere.


He looked everywhere, inside and outside the cabin but she was simply not there.


She told him that she thought that King and the Queen wouldn't approve of her as their daughter.


She was relaxed and joined him on their way back to the kingdom.


She was relaxed and then joined him on their way back to the kingdom.

When they came back to the kindom everyone looked at her strangely.


They entered the castle and the Queen and the King couldn't believe their eyes.


The Queen cried: ''It's her, it's really her!''.


The Queen cried: ''It's her, it's really her!''.

The King said: ''I can't believe it!''


They asked her what had happened to her.


She answered that she just found herself there and that she became the ultimate queen of the forest and that she liked her life.


She told them she would like to go back to the forest and live there.


The King and the Queen could not believe what they just heard, they didn't know what to say.


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