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Rereading America

I read "America the Beautiful: What We're Fighting For" by Dinish D' Souza. He has bitterly crtitisized Islamic society and its way of life without knowing true meaning of Islam . In my opinion, All five fingers are not equal and in the same way all muslims are not extremists. Good and bad people are present everywhere and in every religion.

No doubt, there is a difference in culture and traditions between islamic countries and western countries but these differences should be respected without any kind of hatred. Muslims should keep along with the needs of new age world for advancement without forgetting Islamic teachings. No one should should force its way of life on others. I accept that the extrmists like taliban are doing curse and representing Islam in wrong way. Taliban and other extremists are not following true islamic teachings. Islam is a beautiful religion...these extremists like taliban are worst followers.

There should be an end to those kind of extremists but I do not agree on the war point because war is no solution as it is killing more innocent people than the bad ones.

Whoever vs Whomever

I, sometimes, mix up with using whoever with whomever. Here is the rule that cleared my concept :

To determine whether to use whoever or whomever, here is the rule: him + he = whoever him + him = whomever
	Examples:	Give it to whoever/whomever asks for it first. Give it to him. He asks for it first. Therefore, Give it to whoever asks for it first.
		We will hire whoever/whomever you recommend. We will hire him. You recommend him. him + him = whomever
		We will hire whoever/whomever is most qualified. We will hire him. He is most qualified. him + he = whoever

Rule 2.	When the entire whoever/whomever clause is the subject of the verb that follows the clause, look inside the clause to determine whether to use whoever or whomever.
	Examples:	Whoever is elected will serve a four-year term. Whoever is elected is the subject of will serve. Whoever is the subject of is.
		Whomever you elect will serve a four-year term. Whomever you elect is the subject of will serve. Whomever is the object of you elect.

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoever.asp

Underlining or Italics

In english writing, underlining or italics are of great importance. The folloowing rules help me with italics:

1:Underline titles of long works such as books, magazines, albums, movies, etc. (Do not underline end punctuation.)
Example: We use The Language Handbook to study grammar.
Example: We use The Language Handbook to study grammar.


2:Underline foreign words which are not commonly used in everyday English.
Example: If you look closely, you'll see e pluribus on most U.S. currency.
Example: If you look closely, you'll see e pluribus on most U.S. currency.

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/sixtrait/conventions/punctuation.html#DASH

Type of research essay

My research essay is a classification essay. I found few websites which are really helpful for writing classification type of essay.
http://essayinfo.com/essays/classification_essay.php

http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/types%20of%20essays/Classification%20Essay.htm

Breaking News

I have completed my research and my research question is:
What are the causes and affects of world hunger and poverty, and how can we cure this evil ?

I spend my break on this rasearch paper and it was tough for me to write this big paper. I am using 9 sources for it. I hope this paper will be fine.

Dash

Dash is important to know for English writing. The rule is:
Use a pair of dashes to indicate a sudden interruption in a sentence. (One handwritten dash is twice as long as a hyphen. One typewritten dash is one hyphen followed by another.)
Example: There is one thing--actually several things--that I need to tell you.
Use a dash to attach an afterthought to an already complete sentence.
Example: Sarah bought a new pet yesterday--a boa constrictor.
Use a dash after a series of introductory elements.
Example: Murder, armed robbery, assault--he has a long list of felonies on his record.
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/sixtrait/conventions/punctuation.html#DASH