2014-10-24 Workshop: story corrections

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	If you're answering more than one question in your writing, it's good to start a new paragraph when you answer a new question. (One paragraph to explain the reason for the holiday, another paragraph to tell what activities people do, and a third to explain why it is your favorite holiday.)

on Christmas, on the 4th of July, on July 4th, etc.

The holiday is |one week. (talking about weeks)
It is 	       |a one-week holiday. (talking about a holiday)
	       |
The boy is     |eleven years old. (talking about years)
He is 	       |an eleven-year-old boy. (about a boy)

in Ramadan (Ramadan is the name of a month, like "in May")
during Holy Week, during Golden Week, during Tet

there: location that is not here
they're: they+are contraction (they = subject)
their: for them/of them (possessive, like "our" and "your")
them: object form of "they" (to them, by them, give them, ...)

about the holiday in general: present tense
"Christmas is celebrated in December. People put up trees."

about a specific experience (e.g. your childhood): past tense
"We ate candies and cake. Our parents woke us up at 12."

"every" is singular in English:
Everyone wears new clothes. Every child asks for gifts.

"all" is plural:
All people wear new clothes. All children ask for gifts.

to go, to eat, to celebrate
for going, for eating, for celebrating