All About English Creative Writing

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jasmineong:

Hi TAS,


DS's form teacher told him that 'gray' was the wrong spelling, it means the surname of some pple or something like that. She said 'grey' is correct. So ok, then today, his maths teacher said cannot spell as 'grey'. Now, must spell as 'gray'? Aiyo...what is it? I thought it was 'grey'? Can help here? Thanks!

Hi Jasmine,

'Gray' is the American spelling and 'Grey' is the British spelling. Your
child should use the British spelling as this is what we use in the
Singapore education system.

TAS

[The Alternative Story]

Hi parents,


For some of you who have asked through pm about our holiday
programmes, we have posted it up and you can go to these links for
more information:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7586&start=40

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14020

TAS

[iamyoung]

Hi TAS,


Can I suggest something? For the creative writing book, perhaps you could sell it online? I would like to buy it and if it is sold online, it is more
convenient? More people can buy also as some of us parents may not be free to go down to the centre to pick it up as we do not live nearby. Just a suggestion.

[vonneee86]

Hey TAS,


I stay in Indonesia, I do come back regularly to visit my parents and will
bring my child here to study eventually. But right now, there is a lack of
good educational material in Indonesia so I always try to buy back lots when I am here. But iamyoung's suggestion is a good one. It especially makes it convenient for parents like me based overseas to get your books. I have some friends here who also follow KSP and your twitter. Could you put your book online for sale? It would really help us. :lol:

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Hi iamyoung and vonneee86,


Currently, we have no plans to sell it online.

Perhaps, we will do so when our official website is out by
this year end.

TAS

[MLJ]

Hi TAS,


What age group is your writing book suitable for? Do we have to pre-order with you or something?

[Herbie]

Hi TAS, I hv the following qn.

the boy took some money fr the drawer. His mother walked in.
ans: No soomer had the boy taken some money from the drawer, his mother walked in.

my cousin and __ went swimming at the Wild Park.
ans is me or I
please advise. Tx

[jeestan]

HI TAS,


Thanks for your input on writing for my child. It gives me a lot of ideas now. If there is a need to pre-order your writing book, I would like to put in my order.

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MLJ:

Hi TAS,


What age group is your writing book suitable for? Do we have to pre-order with you or something?

Hi MLJ,

It is suitable for high ability Pri 1 and 2s and for Pri 3 all the way to Pri 6.
For the first round, we may not be printing that many books so you
can pre-order with us first if you are want to get it within these
few weeks.

TAS

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Herbie:

Hi TAS, I hv the following qn.

the boy took some money fr the drawer. His mother walked in.
ans: No soomer had the boy taken some money from the drawer, his mother walked in.

my cousin and __ went swimming at the Wild Park.
ans is me or I
please advise. Tx

Hi Herbie,

QN1:

For 'No sooner', it must be followed by 'than' and
there is no comma in the sentence.

'No sooner' is used to compare 2 instances, hence 'than' is used.

Answer should be:

No sooner had the boy taken some money from the drawer
than his mother walked in.

If 'scarely' is used, it would go with 'when'

Example:

The boy had scarcely taken some money from
the drawer when his mother walked in.

QN2:

For the second question, the answer is 'I'

- 'I' is used when it is used as a subject- the person does
the action

Eg:

My father and I went running. ('I' - doing the action of running)

-'me' is used when it is used as an object- the person does
not do the action

Eg:

My father brought my brother and me to the park('me' receives
the action of the father's bringing and does not do the action of 'bringing' himself)

TAS