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I teach English and one of my jobs is to grade exam papers. My mother tongue is not English, so I don't have that "natural" grasp of English grammar rules. I'd appreciate it if yall look at these sentences and judge them in terms of correctness or appropriateness.

correct answer: I ask that you take more care in choosing what you print.
student answer
example #1: I ask in choosing what you print that you take more care.
example #2: I ask that in choosing what you print you take more care.

correct answer: There was something immensely soothing in that process.
student answer
example #1: There was something in that process soothing immensely.
example #2: In that process, there was something soothing immensely.

In the first example, the student's answer is also correct, with one caveat. The addition of commas after the word "ask" and "print" are needed.

CatInTheHat wrote:In the first example, the student's answer is also correct, with one caveat. The addition of commas after the word "ask" and "print" are needed.

Thanks for the answer I'll let the students know!

Will I get tutoring fees for responding to this ?

correct answer: I ask that you take more care in choosing what you print.
student answer
example #1: I ask in choosing what you print that you take more care.
example #2: I ask that in choosing what you print you take more care.

===> weird and erroneous sentence structures in my own opinion

correct answer: There was something immensely soothing in that process.
student answer
example #1: There was something in that process soothing immensely.
example #2: In that process, there was something soothing immensely.

===> Example number 1 has an erroneous word orders.

-- 18 Nov 2017, 17:28 --

I ask you to take more care in choosing what to print.

-- 18 Nov 2017, 17:38 --

I told you to take more care in choosing what to print.