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This is my favorite aphorism
Everyone chooses for themselves
Women, religion, the way
to serve the devil or
the prophet
Everyone chooses for itselves.
My translate from Russian.Everyone chooses for themselves...or to be really accurate..himself (herself is understood since Everyone is singular). However, to be politically correct, one can also say everyone chooses for himself/herself. Itself does not apply to people. Themselves can be used when you talk about more than one person: they fed themselves at the dinner. Of course, in informal English, themselves has come to mean himself/herself.
0 votedAugust 18, 20141Introduscing myself...
Hello everybody!
My name is Tatiana Vandyak. I am from Russia. I was born in far Eastern part of Russia, in [a] little village named Khorol.
Since childhood I am have been [a] talaented, active, creative and very versatile person. I like different kinds of Art, literature and poetry ( I write poems in English and in Russian, and I have [a]personal page on [the] national official russian site of poetry poetry website,stihi.ru)[.] I like foreign languages and I am interestinged in [the] culturye of different countries, especially Britain's, USA's and China's. I go in for sport love sport (or sports), and I love do something creating things by hand or handmade things.
After graduating school, I entered (awkward) or started the university, and I chose a faculty according to based onmy interests, so now I am student [at the] Far Eastern Federal University of Russia, [and the] [Faculty of Teaching Chinese and English languages]. I love my study [my studies or studying at the u [U]niversity] and I usually take part in every interesting event here [there]. Also I take part in different regional, national and international events connected with literature and foreign languages.
I love to be active and learn more and more new and interesting information . In my opinion, it is very important to be active! Active position [Taking an active role] or [Being active] in life it is the very exact way which will motivate you to reach your goal[s] and be successful in all life's sphere[s] or [areas]... (Also instead of using "you" and "yours" here, you can use "one" and "one's", which sounds more sophisticated).0 votedNovember 9, 20130Ophelia
I like this painting. Therefore I want to share my knowledge about it with you.
["Ophelia"] is a painting by [the] British artist Sir John Everett Millais, who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare's play [, "Hamlet"]. Ophelia was [the] beloved of the Prince Hamlet. [Having been informed] or [On learning] that he had slain her father [,Polonius,] she went mad. She was gathering flowers and fell into the river from a tree overhanging it. We can see the flowers in the painting[.] [There] is a special language of flowers, according to which each flower carries a symbolic meaning. The red poppy represents sleep and death. The painting is known for its [detailed] depiction of [] flora, [and of nature] with botanical precision. That ["This"] sounds better to me than that here, but both will work] is a distinguishing feature of the Pre-Raphaelites.
An interesting fact[: the 19 year old] Elizabeth Siddal modelled for Ophelia. [While b]eing clothed in a dress [,] she lay in a bath. As it was winter, the artist placed oil lamps under the bath to warm the water. But this didn’t [work] so that Elizabeth Siddal caught a severe cold and later her father demanded the recovery of medical expenses. [Instead of saying an interesting fact, you can say an interesting footnote, but both work]0 votedNovember 2, 20130Me too...I can't send and I am not receiving messages. I have sent a request to Support to look into the problem. But, since others have the same problem, I will assume that the issue is with italki's servers or programming in general. I hope they fix it soon. When it works it is a wonderful site for learning languages and making new friends from all over the world.
0 votedAugust 28, 20130- The grammar and spelling here are incorrect. It should read "You are" or its contraction,"You're so fucking sexy" Both learners of English and native speakers often make the mistake of confusing your (denoting possession) with you are (denoting a state of being). Try not to make this mistake. You will present yourself as more intelligent than the majority of people if you do not make this mistake. The adjective "fucking" is used here as an emphasizing word. It is commonly used this way in English although there are more uses for it ;). The Russian equivalent would probably be Blyad. I would insert the russian word blyad.as follows. Please excuse me if I write Russiand with the English alphabet. I have not yet mastered the russian keyboard although I can certainly read Russian and write it with a pen. "Kak ti blyad sexii" or "Blyad! Kak ti sexii!" I would not say "Kak ti sexii blyad" because the sentence could be interpreted as calling the person a sexii Blyad, which would not be the exact intention of the speaker, who simply wanted to emphasize the sexiness of the subject, not the fact that she is a Blyad (which hopefully she is not). Just my two cents.0 votedAugust 22, 20130
