A few days ago
Anonymous

correctly punctuated?

“Although I have no prior newspaper experience, I am deeply enamored with writing, and I feel that this raw love can rocket motivation, which in turn will produce success. I am actually very interested in writing in general, so I don’t think it’ll matter if I’m necessarily part of the News section or not. Of course I would probably be ecstatic if a News section was given to me, but I’d be appreciative and willing to start and branch off from other sections as long as I gain experience.”

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A few days ago
Kim B

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The first sentence is a little long. Maybe break it into two. You should also say “if a News section were given to me.” This is a very common mistake. It’s called the subjunctive mood. BTW, I don’t think it sounds overly fancy at all, especially if it’s for a cover letter or something.
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A few days ago
Tatsbabe
I am sorry but I think the English teacher needs to go back to school! Since when do we put a comma after the conjunction ‘and’?

I am not sure what this passage is to be used for but it sounds rather like some sort of application for employment. To this end, I have correctly punctuated and edited it for you. Whether or not I should be doing is another question altogether. I mean what if you use my wording and get the job, will you need me to edit every article for you before it goes to print? ! Just kidding! ๐Ÿ˜‰

“Although I have no prior newspaper experience, I am deeply enamored with writing and I feel that this raw love naturally rockets motivation, which, in turn, will produce success. I am very interested in all genres and styles of writing, not just writing for the News section. I would, of course, be ecstatic should I be assigned a News section but I would certainly be appreciative of any start position which would allow me to apply and further develop my writing skills, as well as gaining experience along the way”

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A few days ago
Amy R
I have edited below. I hope you get the job! ๐Ÿ™‚

“Although I have no prior newspaper experience, I am deeply enamored with writing. I feel that this raw love deeply influences motivation, which in turn will produce success. I am very interested in writing in general, so I don’t think it will matter if I am part of the News section or not. Of course I would be ecstatic if a News section was given to me; however, I would be also be appreciative and willing to start in other sections in order to gain experience.”

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A few days ago
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Your punctuation is usually okay, but the sentence structure often leaves a little something to be desired. I hope you don’t mind a few suggestions!

In the first sentence leave out the first comma, the word “deeply,” and the words “raw love.” End the sentence after the word “motivation.” Leave off entire last phrase, the one that begins with “which.”

In the second sentence, leave out the word “actually,” and after the word “so,” get active by writing the rest of it this way: “…it won’t matter if I’m part of the News section or not.”

For the last sentence, leave out “of course,” also “probably,” and after the word “but,” get active by writing “…I would appreciate and be happy to start anywhere and branch out to…” etc.

Do you see any difference when you read aloud the same paragraph after using my suggestions?

If so, go for it!

And good luck; it’s a great job.

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A few days ago
Bethany
Your punctuation is fine. Would that I could say the same about your word choice.

Delete or change the following (at a minimum):

“no prior newspaper experience” there is no other kind of experience but “prior”.

“deeply enamored” try “a passion for”

“raw love” try “enthusiasm”

“rocket” use “drive”

“necessarily” it means nothing here; delete it.

Do you mean “branch off from” not “branch off into”?

Try rewriting it and then re-post it. Good luck.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
The punctuation appears correct, but what’s up with the rediculous language? Be careful of overdoing it; fancy language is usually seen as a coverup to the fact that you have nothing important to say.
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A few days ago
ruth4526
The only thing I see is that you should use it will instead of it’ll.
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A few days ago
Lea17
looks okay to me, but the first sentence may be incorrect.
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