Grammar

Originally posted by HandyAndy
"Have had" could be correct. It is the present perfect tense, used when you want to connect the present with the past. You would write:

I [b]had a car in December, 2006.

I have had a car since December, 2006.

For two years, I have had a car.[/b]

Originally posted by Raven69
True.

In some cases 'tis not necessary though, you can just say "I had a car since December, 2006."

One of the only things I remember from my high school English classes is wrong? 😞

I am not sure how I feel about this...

Originally posted by Raven69
One of the only things I remember from my high school English classes is wrong? 😞

I am not sure how I feel about this...

Eye red threw thee ting and it's lookin gud.

Some ideas:

“We ought to obey the state when its decisions are made democratically”. The period should be inside the quotation marks.

Therefore this essay shall attempt to address the thoughts of these different groups and explain why their ideas conflict. The word 'Therefore' is unnecessary and makes the sentence sound clumsy.

this may in turn cause those in the minority to be having to follow laws they do not agree with. I would change 'to be having to' to 'have to'.

“tyranny of the majority” “may desire to oppress a part of their number, and precautions are as much needed against this as against any other abuse of power” . Is this two parts of a related quote? If so I would suggest “tyranny of the majority...may desire to oppress a part of their number, and precautions are as much needed against this as against any other abuse of power.”

As the decisions made may end up infringing upon the liberties of minorities, for example by forcing their own ideas and customs upon them, this can be used for the justification that minorities do not have to obey state decisions, as the decisions made have not considered them. I recommend breaking this up into sentences: The decisions made may end up infringing upon the liberties of minorities, for example by forcing their own ideas and customs upon them. This can be used for the justification that minorities do not have to obey state decisions, as the decisions made have not considered them.


I've run out of time but I'll look at the rest tomorrow.

Originally posted by Raven69
True.

In some cases 'tis not necessary though, you can just say "I had a car since December, 2006."

Originally posted by Bad wolf
Thomas Hobbes just can't spell though, he really did spell it poore, disposeth and ayd (whatever the heck he meant by that), and I just quoted him directly, as my understand says I should do.

Originally posted by Badwater
Some ideas:

“We ought to obey the state when its decisions are made democratically”. The period should be inside the quotation marks.

Therefore this essay shall attempt to address the thoughts of these different groups and explain why their ideas conflict. The word 'Therefore' is unnecessary and makes the sentence sound clumsy.

[i]thi have not considered them.


I've run out of time but I'll look at the rest tomorrow.

Originally posted by Palynka
You should include [sic] when quoting material like that. It shows it's not a transcription error from you.

Originally posted by Bad wolf
I've heard about that, but it isn't in my Assessment & Style guide I've got, so I'm not sure how I would format it. Am I supposed to put it after every mispelt [sic] word?

Originally posted by Palynka
Usually yes, but if the whole sentence is archaic or with poor spelling, you can also place it after the sentence (to avoid cluttering sic's all over the sentence).