I had written a few of these type sentences in my recent persuasive-language analysis task:
"People such as Edward Smith voiced *their* beliefs through opinion pieces fueled by passion and anecdote, others such as... ..."
This was in my concluding paragraph for the analysis task. 'Edward Smith's' opinion article was one of the articles analyzed. However, my English teacher had gone through and circled all *their*s and replaced them with words like *his* (and changed 'pieces' to 'piece')
I don't really understand why she did this. Don't see how i had it was wrong ;p Outsider's opinion?
The only way for your teacher's corrections to make sense grammatically would be if you changed the sentence to read "Edward Smith voiced his beliefs..." So, based only on what you are sharing in your example, it appears to me that your teacher is incorrect. Of course, it's possibly a misunderstanding that could be cleared up by discussing it with the teacher directly!
You have probably heard theses gas saving tips from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and whoever taught you to drive. Yet very few people actually bother to implement them.
Why is that? Are people tired of hearing them? Have these gas saving tips been said so many times that people tune them out? Well, you are going to hear them again in this series of articles, along with the reasons why they DO work!
Gas Saving Tip #1: Know Your Vehicle's Fuel Efficiency
The actual fuel efficiency of your car will probably differ from that stated on the price sticker. Variables such as make, model, weather, city or interstate driving, and driving habits will affect the fuel efficiency. Efficiency is measured in miles driven per gallon of gasoline used (miles per gallon or mpg).
That is why you should periodically calculate your vehicle's fuel efficiency. If you see it decreasing, you know that something's not right with the engine and can take quick action to fix it.
Some people are unaware of how to properly calculate fuel efficiency. It is more than simply dividing miles by gallons. For example, if someone drives 500 miles and then buys 1 gallon of gas, the fuel efficiency is not 500 miles per gallon!
Here is the proper method to calculate fuel efficiency in mpg:
1. Fill up your gas tank. Do not top it off.
2. Write down the starting mileage.
3. Drive until the tank is almost empty.
4. Fill the tank up again the next time you need to buy gas.
5. Write down the ending mileage.
6. Write down the number of gallons of gas it took to fill up the tank.
7. Calculate the Miles Traveled as the Ending Mileage minus the Starting Mileage.
8. The fuel efficiency in mpg = Miles Traveled / Gallons Used
Example:
A driver fills up her tank when the odometer reads 25,000 miles. When the tank is almost empty, she fills up with 18.5 gallons, and the odometer reads 25,500 miles.
