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Overall, your writing presents a clear narrative and effectively conveys the themes of encouragement and motivation. With a few grammatical and syntactical adjustments, your ideas will shine even brighter!

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The author talks about a boss who has a worker who wasn't doing his work as well as he should have. The boss told him that he is doing a great job and that everybody who worked in the past was satisfied, but lately he wasn't doing his work well enough. This motivated the worker to work even harder.
The author told a story about a boy who was very poor and he wanted to leave his job at a store where he was getting paid hardly anything. He sent a letter to his old professor. The professor told him that he was doing great and offered him a job as a teacher where he was.
The author told a story about a man who had a cleaner who was not doing his job well. The man wrote a note to the cleaner that he was doing a good job. The man also wrote that if he needed to, the cleaner could take another half hour to do any extra work that he needed to do.
The chapters were about using encouragement before criticism, making other people like the idea of the things you suggested, and giving other people good reputations to live up to.

Issues Summary

Grammar "wasn't doing his work as well as he should have"

→ Suggestion: wasn't doing his work as well as he should

The phrase 'as well as he should have' is incorrect in this context; it should be 'as well as he should' to maintain the proper tense.

Punctuation "was satisfied, but lately he wasn't doing his work well enough."

→ Suggestion: was satisfied; but lately he wasn't doing his work well enough.

A semicolon is more appropriate here than a comma because it separates two independent clauses.

Syntax "he was getting paid hardly anything."

→ Suggestion: he was hardly getting paid anything.

The phrase 'hardly anything' is more commonly structured as 'hardly getting paid anything' for better clarity and flow.

Syntax "that if he needed to, the cleaner could take another half hour to do any extra work that he needed to do."

→ Suggestion: that if needed, the cleaner could take another half hour to do any extra work.

The phrase 'that he needed to do' is redundant and can be simplified for conciseness.

Error Breakdown

Grammar 1
Punctuation 1
Syntax 2

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The author talks about a boss who has a worker who wasn't doing his work as well as he should. The boss told him that he is doing a great job and that everybody who worked in the past was satisfied; but lately he wasn't doing his work well enough. This motivated the worker to work even harder. The author told a story about a boy who was very poor and he wanted to leave his job at a store where he was hardly getting paid anything. He sent a letter to his old professor. The professor told him that he was doing great and offered him a job as a teacher where he was. The author told a story about a man who had a cleaner who was not doing his job well. The man wrote a note to the cleaner that he was doing a good job. The man also wrote that if needed, the cleaner could take another half hour to do any extra work that he needed to do. The chapters were about using encouragement before criticism, making other people like the idea of the things you suggested, and giving other people good reputations to live up to.
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