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From California, USA. Will be staying in Cebu, Philippines for 6 months, so I would like to learn Cebuano.
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Vanessa
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Mar 20, 2017
Daghan kaayong salamat Dave! Nalipay ko nga nagkahimamat ta. Unta magkita ta pag-usab. Amping kanunay!! :)
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    The task of this essay is to write about which 2 out of these 3 facilities, (sport center, history museum, and car park), are needed most in my area. I should give reasons in support of my answer. I would be grateful, if you correct my mistakes in punctuation, and the structure of the essay itself. Maybe you can also give me some more additional information which can be helpful. Thank you in advance!

     

    To begin with, I would like to mention that my town has changed for better during the last few years. Lots of playgrounds for children were built, and more greenery was added to the area. In addition, we now have more entertaining places to spend our days-off.  However, building a car park, and a sport center would be a good improvement of the facilities in my hometown.

    On the one hand, sport is one of the essential parts of a person’s life. It helps us to not only gain good health, but gives our lives interest, enthusiasm and excitement. A sport center would make many youngsters happy in my neighborhood.  It will attract not only teenagers, but also elderly people, who could benefit from a sport centre, by joining clubs and activities appropriate for their age.
    On the other hand, a car park is needed by people doing shopping in the area, especially at the market place, and shopping centers.  As there are few parking spaces in my town, so it causes an inconvenience to the local people, especially on weekends, when all the nearby streets are crammed with cars. Moreover, there is a great number of people who drive to work using cars. To my mind, they will feel more at ease, knowing that their cars will not be stolen directly from the street.
    In conclusion, by noticing all the advantages of these two facilities, building a car park and a sport centre, should be the number one priority of local authorities.

    Over all I think it was well written.  In the U.S., centre is spelled center, but the British commonwealth spells it centre.  Make sure you capitalize the personal pronoun "I".  Also leave a space after commas, and two spaces after periods.

     

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    July 9, 2015
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  • Answered
    Snail mail is a slang term, referring to regular mail sent using a stamp. A snail, (Улитка), is very slow, and it rhymes with e-mail, so that is why this term is used!
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    July 5, 2015
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    I think you meant to ask the difference between “which” and “that”. “What” is used when asking a question, not making a statement.

    Many people use which and that interchangeably, but there is a difference.

    If the sentence doesn’t need the clause that the word in question is connecting, use which. If it does, use that.

    For example,
    Our office, which has two lunchrooms, is located in Cincinnati.
    Our office that has two lunchrooms is located in Cincinnati.

    These sentences are not the same. The first sentence tells us that you have just one office, and it’s located in Cincinnati. The clause which has two lunchrooms gives us additional information, but it doesn’t change the meaning of the sentence. Remove the clause and the location of our one office would still be clear: Our office is located in Cincinnati.

    The second sentence suggests that we have multiple offices, but the office with two lunchrooms is located in Cincinnati. The phrase that has two lunchrooms is known as a restrictive clause because another part of the sentence (our office) depends on it. You can’t remove that clause without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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    May 31, 2015
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    June 26, 2014
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    The personal pronoun "I" is always capitalized in English, mainly because as a singular letter it looks better. I believe English is the only language where the first person pronoun is capitalized. An auxiliary or also called helping verbs are sometimes needed in order to clarify the main verb. Auxiliary verbs help to clarify whether or not an action occurs, when the action of the main verb takes place, who or what is responsible for that action, and whether we are making a statement or asking a question. In your sentence the verb is give. A helping verb such as can or could, should be used, so it would be "can you give", or "could you give". So in your sentence you want to clarify that you are asking a question and not making a statement.
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    June 26, 2014
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