Consider the following excerpt from a popular American
novel: 'She was tired, but she knew she couldn't give up. The
journey was hers, and hers alone.' The author uses possessive
pronouns and the genitive case to express ownership and
emphasize the character's individual experience. How could the
same sentiment be expressed, while maintaining the grammatical
correctness and the emotional impact, without using possessive
pronouns or the genitive case?
Joana, a Brazilian student, is writing an email to her pen pal in
England, telling him about her daily routine. She wrote, 'I gets up
early in the morning, brush my teeth and then goes to school.'
What corrections should she make to use the simple present tense
correctly? Keep in mind the rules for regular and irregular verbs
in the simple present tense.