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Hi, could you check these sentences, please? 1) I insist that his dog back off from my lawn imidiently. 2) If you didn't back me up I would have big troubles. So I don't even know how I can express my gratitude. 3) I didn't see the level of diligence that I expected from him. 4) He's too fussy to live in nature in tents for several days in the row. (or should I use picky instead of fussy?) 5) I felt a strong exasperation after coming home from work, so I asked that no one bother me till tomorrow. 6) One of his most valuable qualities was integrity. 7) I want to acquire new skills in order to become a better employee.

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1) I insist that his dog leave my lawn immediately.
Or, more naturally: I want his dog to leave my lawn immediately.
"Back off" usually refers to a conscious decision made by a human to avoid confrontation.
2) If you HADN'T BACKED me up I would have HAD big troubles. I don't even know how I COULD express my gratitude.
3) I didn't see the level of diligence that I WAS EXPECTING from him.
4) He's too fussy/picky to live in nature in tents for several days in A row.
5) I felt a strong exasperation after coming home from work, so I asked that no one bother me 'TIL tomorrow.
Or, more casually: I asked everyone not to bother me 'til tomorrow.
" 'Til" is short for "until".
6) One of his most valuable qualities was integrity.
7) I want to acquire new skills in order to become a better employee.

1) and 5) are both subjunctive, which is a bit formal and not very common.
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Thanks a lot, Sandra!)
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Hello Ivan, I am fluent in English and use the language every day, due to where I live. However, please note that I am not a native speaker. Still, I hope the below helps: 1) I insist that his dog gets off my lawn immediately. (Note: To my understanding “backing off / back off” is reserved for people in the English language. It means “get off my case” or “get away from me”). 2) If you wouldn’t have backed me up, I would have been in big trouble. Therefore, I truly appreciate what you have done for me. (Please note that your original sentence “So I don’t even know how I can express my gratitude.” is grammatically correct. I personally just have heard the above used more commonly.) 3) Your sentence is correct as is. 4) He makes too much of a fuss to go camping for a several days in a row. (Note: Picky is to my knowledge mostly used in reference with food or objects; not for situations. Example: She is a picky eater (very choosy on what she likes). He is particular picky about how the laundry is folded (it must be done in a certain way). So, I feel like “fuss” works better with camping. Honestly, my friends would probably say “He is too much of an indoor-person to go camping” or “He is not much of a nature-person”. But I don’t think either responses would count as “correct” on an English test.) 5) I felt very aggravated after coming home from work, so I asked that no one bother me until tomorrow. (Note: Annoyed would also be more commonly used, to describe how you felt coming home from work. I have come across the wording “exasperation” mostly when one person describes how another person expresses their feeling. I haven’t heard it being used by somebody describing themselves feeling this.). 6) Your sentence is correct as is. 7) Your sentence is correct as is.
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Hi, could you check these sentences, please?

1) I insist that his dog back off from get off of my lawn immediately. [Note: you can also tell someone to back off, but that's more often a general request to be left alone rather than a demand that they get away from a specific place. You could also say 'back up off of my lawn', but that's very colloquial.]
2) If you didn't back me up I would have big troubles (either: 'would have been in big trouble' or 'would have had seriousl problems'). So I don't even know how I can express my gratitude.
3) I didn't see the level of diligence that I expected from him.
4) He's too fussy to live in nature in tents for several days in the row. (or should I use picky instead of fussy?) [Either is fine! Fussy sounds slightly better to me here, but matter of taste.]
5) I felt a strong exasperation [more natural: 'I felt really exasperated'] after coming home from work, so I asked that no one bother me till tomorrow.
6) One of his most valuable qualities was integrity.
7) I want to acquire new skills in order to become a better employee.

Great job!
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En español no se entiende lo escrito.

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