I think a pet can truly be a family member. They live with people in the same place. A person who raise the pet's stress goes away. People cry when their family died. Also, when the pet died people cry.
As a result, I think a pet can truly be a family member.

                              CORRECTED COMPOSITION OF NICOLE

I think a pet can truly be a family member. It lives with the people in the same place. A person who raises a pet can help his/her stress goes away. People cry when a family member dies. Also, when a pet dies, people cry. Therefore, I think a pet can truly be a family member.

                                        EXPLANATIONS

*The pronoun "it" is used to represent a person or animal understood, previously mentioned.
*The definite article "the" is used especially before a noun or nouns.
*Basic Rule. A singular subject (she, Bill, car) takes a singular verb (is, goes, shines), whereas a plural subject takes a plural verb.
*Instead of "As a result", you could also say THEREFORE.
*If you start your paragraph in present tense, then you must be consistent with it until the end.

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Thank you for submitting your homework, Nicole! Please do check the corrections so as the explanations. Keep up the good work!^^

-Teacher Isabel