"Martha's Group" by Martha Betancur

Martha   Betancur

         There are five people in our group, we are five women. The maximum age is forty nine, the minimum age is twenty three and the average is thirty five. The students in our group have the following occupation: Two babysitter, housekeeper, and housewife. We are all students now.

  We come from a total of four countries and represent three continents; Asia; Europe, and America. Three languages are spoken by our group.  They are Azerbaijan, Spanish, and Russian.

  The largest hometown represented in our group is Medellin with a population of one million. The smaller hometown is Azogues   with a population of five thousand. Our marital status is varied two people are married, two have been divorced and one is single.  

Three of us live with family, two have a roommate.

The person that has been the longest in New York in my group is Martha .She came here twenty years ago. By contrast Ulkar has been here just one year and six months .She has been in New York the shortest of anyone in our group, and we welcome her. The average length of time in New York is about eight and a half years.

It’s always nice to meet with new, good people. 

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Martha,

Your article arrived by email and I am posting it here. Below is the corrected version. In fact, very few corrections were necessary:

         There are five people in our group. We are five women. The maximum age is forty nine, the minimum age is twenty three and the average is thirty five. The students in our group have the following occupationS: two babysitterS, housekeeper, and housewife. We are all students now.

  We come from a total of four countries and represent three continents: Asia; Europe, and America. Three languages are spoken by our group.  They are Azerbaijan, Spanish, and Russian.

  The largest hometown represented in our group is Medellin, with a population of one million. The smallEST hometown is Azogues,  with a population of five thousand. Our marital status is varied. Two people are married, two have been divorced and one is single.   

Three of us live with family, AND two have a roommate.

The person that has been the longest in New York in my group is Martha .She came here twenty years ago. By contras,t Ulkar has been here just one year and six months .She has been in New York the shortest of anyone in our group, and we welcome her. The average length of time in New York is about eight and a half years. 

It’s always nice to meet with new, good people.