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⭐️ Camille
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May 12, 2018
Un plaisir de faire ta connaissance :) James a un très bon niveau pour la conversation
Eleonora
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Aug 11, 2014
Grazie James per il tuo commento molto carino! Sono contenta che hai imparato qualcosa :) Ci vediamo presto in una lezione professionale :) thank you James for your nice feedback! I'm happy that you have learned something! :) See you soon in a professional lesson! :)
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  • Answered
    They do mean the same thing, though I would always use "worth your while" in the future tense. "I promise you it WILL BE worth your while." Sentence 2 is fine in the present tense.
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    January 7, 2024
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    This is more a rewrite than a correction. You can be more economical with your words, I think. I hope it helps.

    My weekend on the beach

    I've been going to the beach two hours away from where we live every spring and summer since I was a little girl, mostly with my Dad, but sometimes my mom. Last December I went for a whole weekend with both my parents.

    The first day was a bright, cloudless, springlike Saturday. We left home late, and arrived around lunchtime, so decided we should eat in a restaurant. I spent the rest of the afternoon sitting in a deck chair watching the waves crash on to the soft sand, and reading stories about Sherlock Holmes, the British detective. As night drew in, I watched the Sun set behind the mountains to the west. This is how I spent my first day.

    The second day was much shorter. I woke up late, so only had time for a little walk on the beach to take in the salty, sea breeze. We ate, cleaned up the house and left in the middle of the afternoon.

    Having time to do nothing but read, talk and laugh with my family is priceless. I love the nostalgic feeling these old habits and traditions evoke in us. I hope we'll repeat this experience for many years to come.

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    December 22, 2017
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    My weekend on the beach

    I have been going to the beach every spring and summer since I was a little girl. We live around two hours away from there. Most of the times with my dad, but also with my mom, sometimes ("but sometimes with my mom" is better). On this Last December 16th me and both of my parents went to this beach there to spend the weekend.

    It was a very bright spring (perhaps you mean "springlike"? A day which has the character of a Spring day without actually being one) Saturday. There weren’t any clouds upon in the sky during all the day. We had left our house very late so we arrived in at the beach near to ("around" is better than "near to") the lunch time, then we decided to have our meal eat in a restaurant. I spent the rest of the afternoon sitting on a beach chair (you might mean "deck chair") watching the waves coming upon the soft sand (not exactly wrong, but not idiomatic either... try "waves crashing on to the soft sand" if the waves are big or "waves lapping gently against the soft sand" if they're small). I also read some stories of Sherlock Holmes, the British detective. Meanwhile, the sun was falling and falling setting to the west and I noticed it was almost behind the mountains. That is how my first day was gone. That's how I spent my first day.

    My second day was very short. I woke up late in the morning, so I could only have only had time for a little walk on the beach and feel  in the salty ocean breeze. We ate and cleaned up everything so we and left the house in the middle of the afternoon.

    To get some Having time to do nothing but read and talk and laugh with my family in over such a pleasant and shiny weekend is priceless. Repeating such old habits and traditions unleashes in us very nostalgic feelings and good emotions as well. I hope to repeat this experience again and again for many more years to come.

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    December 22, 2017
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    Technology ( please correct)

    I think technology is a good things thing and it helps us to live better.
    I see an incredible evolution in phone technology.
    For instance it's incredible how it can be easy easy it is to send information using a smartphone.
    There are a lots lot of app apps that you can download and use to communicate with everyone and by sending text messages, pictures, vocal voice messages and or video.
    Even some apps lets sending the g.p.s. coordinates. Some apps even allow the sending of GPS coordinates. But we should not exaggerate using overuse them, otherwise we take a step back in socialisation.
    We see more and more people in a group making doing stuff with their smartphone instead of speaking with others.
    To be honest I sometimes do that myself.
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    February 5, 2016
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    Your English is very good, so I've taken some liberties and made a few wording suggestions. The "strong winds" section doesn't sound at all natural in English, so I've attempted to say it in a more naturally English way. You can judge whether I have succeeded!

     

    My website

    Hi, I have just reworked the content of my website and want to ask if anybody can skim over my English introduction. That would be very helpful!

    Currently this page is under construction, but let me briefly introduce myself. I am married to a wonderful lady and we live near Hamburg where I love the smell of the fresh sea air blowing in off the north coast. If possible I want to continue to base myself here, but I like travelling as well, for work or for fun. This summer I went to Madrid and Vigo to improve my Spanish, but I still consider myself a beginner in i language.

    I studied physics and mathematics in Kiel with a focus on theoretical physics. Sometimes this seems a long way from what I am doing now. Over the course of the last few years I've worked in a number of fields like processes, data modelling, functional safety and quality management. Currently, I work in vehicle diagnostics for the diagnostic centre - a department of the company ServiceXpert which is based in Hamburg. Additionally, I often work for our parent company, the ESG GmbH.

    Working as a process consultant also means I travel a lot. Most recently, I've been making frequent visits to Cologne to work for Ford on "Requirements Engineering". I think the future of the automotive industry will be focussed on increased automation and the interlinking of on-road and non-road vehicles. Over the last two years I have given some speeches regarding the triangle of dependencies between remote access, functional safety and diagnostics.

    For the future I am looking for interesting projects and employment where I can keep learning. This I consider crucial for my prospective path. Not shrinking from responsibility, I am prepared to drive projects and lead other employees. Additionally I am experienced in budget planning and risk management.

    You can contact me via mail...

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    August 27, 2015
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    A journey to Dublin

    Next month I'm going to Dublin to improve my English. I'll stay there for a month, and live with a host family. I'll attend courses* in the morning but in the afternoon I'll have free time for visiting the city. Which places do you suggest I visit?

    Thanks :)

     

     

    * "I'll have lessons" probably better. "Course" is usually the whole programme of study. ie. The entire month. Lessons are the individual parts of the course.

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    August 27, 2015
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  • Answered
    1) Wikipedia's definition of line management is very accurate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_management On which basis, I would say that you CAN describe the vice president you mention this way, though hearing the word as a (UK) English native speaker, I think of a line manager as being somewhat less senior than a vice president. I don't work in an office-type job though, so I could be wrong! 2) "preparing documents/evidence to file an action pursuing debt collection" is more correct than your attempt for certain. It's rather "legalistic" though. That is, it's not the sort of phrase you'd SAY to someone, but you might well find it in a formal document. 3) It is POSSIBLE to understand the sentence as you've written it, but that doesn't mean it's a good sentence. It sounds like something from a job description? How about: Responsible for a team of 14 employees receiving loan applications (in written, or online form) and accurately inputting these into the bank's system.
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    November 21, 2014
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    Please correct me if I've made any mistakes.

     

    I've no doubt that my past experience was very useful to me as I learned how to communicate with people, how to be a hard worker (or better: "how to work hard"), be patient , be an effective member in of a team, work independently, be a good thinker (though "think clearly" is better) and be much more motivated. I also gained skills on how to manage in managing my time (and hence my workload), in handling enquiries and problems in a professional way and in dealing with hard ("difficult" is better than "hard" here) situations. This was not just useful in my work but even more in also my life.

     

    That's the minimum to turn it into "correct" English (if such a thing even exists), but here's how I would write it myself, with shorter sentences, and rearranging the words somewhat.

     

    I've no doubt that my past experiences have been useful to me. I know how to communicate with people, and how to work hard. I've learned to be patient, think clearly and work effectively, both within a team and independently. I'm also much more motivated.


    I've gained skills in time management and am able to handle enquiries, problems and difficult situations in a professional and confident manner.


    These skills, while certainly useful in my work, have been even more useful in my life.

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    November 21, 2014
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  • Corrected

    This sounds like you're telling a story, so you need to use the past tense. Try this:

     

    In the afternoon [if it was today say "This afternoon"], I was shopping in the street. All of a sudden, everyone ran away from me. In a few minutes there was only one person left in the street: Me! Why did everybody run away from me? I'm confused. What was the reason?


    [You might instead say "I WAS confused". Depends if you were confused at the time, or are confused now that you're telling the story]

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    November 1, 2014
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  • Corrected

    Unit 6

    Exercise 01

    1) This is a book.
    2) That's an umbrella.
    3) He's carrying a camera.
    4) That's an orange.
    5) Mrs West is an English teacher.
    6) Mr. Tomphis is a geografic geography teacher.
    7) He is peacking picking up in apple.
    8) She's carrying a ruler.

    Exercise 02A

    1) This The book is on the desk. [tricky this, but if you're saying "this", it implies you're talking to someone who can already see the book, and therefore, presumably, the table]
    2) Theses bookes ar on the table. The books are on the table. [similar reasoning for "the" instead of "these"]
    3) She's openning opening this lanchbox the lunchbox. [again, "this" is a bit weird here]
    4) This is hor her umbrella.
    5) Theses pencils ar or pencils. These pencils are our pencils [BUT much better would be "These pencils are ours"]
    6) This house is his house. [OK, but better: "This house is his"]
    7) He's reating this words. He's reading these words. 
    8) She's reading this magazine.

    Exercise 02B

    1) That camera is this camera. [logically incorrect, so you must mean "That camera is his"]
    2) Those notebooks ar are notebooks. [grammar corrected, but this doesn't make any sense]
    3) That teacher is his science teacher.
    4) That car is hor her car. ["That car is hers" is better]
    5) She's carrying those boxes OR that box. 
    6) Those words ar are on the blackboard.
    7) Sally is talking to those boys.
    8) She's studying at that scooll school.

    Exercise 03

    1) This is a banana; That is an aplle apple.
    2) This ar These are oranges; Those are pears.
    3) There playing creckets. They're playing cricket. [mixing up there / their / they're is a very common error even for English people. They are pronounced the same].
    4) This is a hat.
    5) Mr. Tompks and Mrs. West are teachers.
    6) This ar These are rulers; Those are cameras.
    7) Dick and Sally are studiants students.
    8) Whats that? It's an umbrella.
    9) Marry, Ann, John and Bill are reading.
    10) These This boy is tall; That girl is short.

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    November 1, 2014
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