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I marked mistakes and missing content -()- and I gave some hints.

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Originally Posted by jellybabe (Post 140950)

por favor() (missing punctuation) corrige()me.

Es mejor si () (pronoun needed to make this sentence 'impersonal') pueden aprender () (preposition missing) nadar en esta piscina porque no () (pronoun needed to make this sentence 'impersonal') tienes ('impersonal' usage is written in the singular third person) que pagar() pero con Lucas () (provide the subject pronoun, since the verb ending is ambiguous) sabia que tenia que llevarlo a clases de natacion para quitar su miedo. Le daba mucho miedo hundirse y no le gustaba () (article missing) auga en sus ojos. Varias veces Dave y yo le decia() (wrong person) "quitate los manguitos, puedes hacerlo"() pero luego se hundia (wrong tense) y nos decia (wrong tense) "mentiras" (this means 'lies', which doesn't agree with the English version below) y luego no nos hacia (wrong tense) caso. A (wrong preposition, and an article is needed) clases de natacion () (provide the subject pronoun) sabia si los demas estaba() (watch agreement) intentando nadar y un profesor le decia hacerlo (use the subjunctive mood for the conjugated verb, because you're talking about a hypothetical situation, and then introduce a noun clause which also contains a verb conjugated in the subjunctive mood, because you're using a verb of volition - you'll be using the imperfect subjunctive tense for both verbs), lo haria.

It is better if they can learn to swim in this pool because then you don't have to pay, but I know with Lucas that I had to take him to swimming classes to take away his fear. He was scared of sinking and didn't like water in his eyes. Various times Dave and I said to him, "Take off your armbands. You can do it," but then he sank and said to us, "Liars," and ignored us. At swimming classes, I knew if all the rest were trying to swim and a teacher said to him, to do it, he would.

Swimming