It had never been published . It had never been published.

It had never been published in novel (or book) form. It had never been published in novel (or book) form.

It was published in a magazine so clarification seems helpful here.

It had never been published . It had never been published.

IBut had never been published . But had never been published .

Of course , he would never be able to buy it . Of course, he would never be able to buy it.

Do you mean that he wouldn't be able to buy it because it was never published or do you mean that he had no intentions of buying it?

Of course , he would never buy it . Of course , he would never buy it .

This could be joined with the previous sentence: "It had never been published in novel form, so he would never find a copy."

Of course Therefore, he wcould never buy it . Therefore, he could never buy it.

Two months later , I received another E - e-mail from him . Two months later, I received another e-mail from him.

Two months later , I received another E - e-mail from him . Two months later, I received another e-mail from him.

No need to put any spaces around the hyphen (-), but on a related note, you do need to put spaces around dashes (–)

Theis novel had been serialized in a magazine many years ago . This novel had been serialized in a magazine many years ago.

It's better to use "This" for clarification.

The novel had been serialized in a magazine many years ago . The novel had been serialized in a magazine many years ago.

The process in itself is already a gift The process in itself is already a gift

The process is already a gift The process is already a gift

I think an English expression you could use instead is, "It's the thought that counts". In other words, the effort trying to produce the gift, is the gift itself.

Two months ago , I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrievefind one of my old novels , and he was naturally obligated to search everywhere for her , but he could not find it . Two months ago, I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to find one of my old novels, and he was naturally obligated to search everywhere for her, but he could not find it.

There shouldn't be any space before punctuations.

Two months ago , I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrieve one of my old novels , and he was naturally obligated to. He searched everywhere for her a copy, but he could not find it . Two months ago , I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrieve one of my old novels. He searched everywhere for a copy, but he could not find it .

"(Naturally) obligated" sounds a bit strong in this context, because normally someone would be happy to look for a gift for a loved one.

Two months ago , I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrieve one of my old novels , and he was naturally obligated to search everywhere for her , but he could not find it . Two months ago, I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrieve one of my old novels, and he was naturally obligated to search everywhere for her, but he could not find it .

Two months ago , I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrieve one of my old novels , and he was naturally obligated to search everywhere for her , but he could not find it . Two months ago, I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrieve one of my old novels, and he was naturally obligated to search everywhere for her, but he could not find it.

No need to put a space before punctuation, just one after.

Two months ago , I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrieve one of my old novels , and he was naturally obligated to search everywhere for her it, but he could not find it . Two months ago , I received an email from a boy who told me that his girlfriend was eager to retrieve one of my old novels , and he was naturally obligated to search everywhere for it, but he could not find it .

She would have been touched to know that he had tried so hard to find the novel for her , just because she had said that she would " 'love to read it again ".' She would have been touched to know that he had tried so hard to find the novel for her, just because she had said that she would 'love to read it again.'

She would have been touched to know that he had tried so hard to find the novel for her , just because she had said that she would " love to read it again "." She would have been touched to know that he had tried so hard to find the novel for her, just because she had said that she would "love to read it again."

Sometimes , the process is more important than the result . Sometimes, the process is more important than the result.

Sometimes , the process is more important than the result . Sometimes, the process is more important than the result.

I remember one night , many years ago , when I was still at school , my cousin asked me anxiously about a particular kind of paper for his wife, but I was unable to help . I remember one night many years ago when I was still at school, my cousin asked me anxiously about a particular kind of paper for his wife but I was unable to help .

I remember one night , many years ago , when I was still at school , my cousin asked me anxiously about a particular kind of paper for his wife, but I was unable to help . I remember one night , many years ago , when I was still at school , my cousin asked me anxiously about a particular kind of paper for his wife, but I was unable to help .

another word you could use in this context is "earnestly". It has less of a negative connotation. I earnestly ~ = I put my best effort into ~ I anxiously ~ = I nervously ~

I remember one night , many years ago , when I was still atin school , my cousin asked me anxiously about a particular kind of paper for his wife, but I was unable to help . I remember one night, many years ago, when I was still in school, my cousin asked me anxiously about a particular kind of paper for his wife, but I was unable to help.

Once upon a time , we desperately triedWe often try to find something for the people we loved , but it was notends up not being anything valuable , andso we finally we even returned disappointed . We often try to find something for the people we love but it ends up not being anything valuable so we finally return disappointed .

Can you clarify what you mean here? Maybe my correction isn't conveying what you want to say properly.

Once upon a time , wWe desperately tried to find something for the people we loved , but it was not anything valuabwere not able to find anything worthwhile , and finally we even returned disappoint the end, we returned empty handed . We desperately tried to find something for the people we loved , but were not able to find anything worthwhile, and in the end, we returned empty handed.

Once upon a time , we desperately tried to find something for the people we loved , but it was not anything valuable , and finally we even returned the end we were even left disappointed . Once upon a time , we desperately tried to find something for the people we loved , but it was not anything valuable , and in the end we were even left disappointed.

Once upon a time , we desperately tried to find something for the people we loved , but it was not anything valuable , and finally we even returned disappointed in the end. Once upon a time, we desperately tried to find something for the people we loved, but it was not anything valuable, and we even returned disappointed in the end.

Once upon a time , we desperately tried to find something for the people we loved , but it was not anything valuable . But alas, it had borne no fruit, and finally we even returned disappointed . Once upon a time , we desperately tried to find something for the people we loved. But alas, it had borne no fruit, and finally we return disappointed .

But does the result matter ? But does the result matter?

The process of searching processin itself is already the best gift . The process of searching in itself is already the best gift.

The searching process is already the best gift . The searching process is already the best gift.

I had written it by hand , and the manuscript was lost somewhere . I had written it by hand and the manuscript was lost somewhere.

I had written it by hand , and the manuscript was lost somewhere . I had written it by hand, and the manuscript was lost somewhere.

I don ' 't remember whether I had cut it out or not , exceptf the magazine out or not. I only remember that I wasn ' t satisfied with it and it wasn ' 't published . I don't remember whether I had cut it of the magazine out or not. I only remember that I wasn' t satisfied with it and it wasn't published .

Do you mean cut it out out of the magazine?

I don ' t remember whether I had cut it out or not , except that I wasn ' t satisfied with it and it wasn ' t published . I don ' t remember whether I had cut it out or not , except that I wasn ' t satisfied with it and it wasn ' t published .

Do you mean "thrown it out"? Discarded it?

I don ' 't remember whether I had cut it out of my notebook or not , except that I wasn ' 't satisfied with it and it wasn ' 't published . I don't remember whether I had cut it out of my notebook or not, except that I wasn't satisfied with it and it wasn't published .

Not wanting to disappoint him , I suggested that he send his girlfriend the three e - -mails we had exchanged . Not wanting to disappoint him, I suggested that he send his girlfriend the three e-mails we had exchanged .

Not wanting to disappoint him , I suggested that he send his girlfriend the three e - -mails we had exchanged . Not wanting to disappoint him, I suggested that he send his girlfriend the three e-mails we had exchanged.

This time , he was very anxious toand sayid that his girlfriend ' s birthday was coming up and thatso he would love to give her the novel because she had said many times that she wanted to read it again . This time, he was very anxious and said that his girlfriend' s birthday was coming up so he would love to give her the novel because she had said many times that she wanted to read it again.

This time , he was very anxious to, saying that his girlfriend ' 's birthday was coming up and that he would love to give her the novel because she had said many times that she wanted to read it again . This time, he was very anxious, saying that his girlfriend's birthday was coming up and that he would love to give her the novel because she had said many times that she wanted to read it again.

No spaces around apostrophes (')

Theis passionate boy asked me :" , "If you have the file of the novel , can you give it to me ?" This passionate boy asked me, "If you have the file of the novel , can you give it to me ?"

The boy passionate boly asked me :" , "If you have the file of the novel , can you give it to me ?" The boy passionately asked me, "If you have the file of the novel, can you give it to me?"

The passionate boy asked me :" , "If you have the file of the novel , can you give it to me ?" The passionate boy asked me, "If you have the file of the novel, can you give it to me?"

We don't use colons (:) for short quotations/dialogue. Usually, we use a comma (,) but you might see other punctuation too, depending on how the sentence is structured.