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- Hi Kyuchang, The ";" is a punctuation mark called the "semicolon." It is not used very often in English. If you see it in written English, it will be used to connect two complete statements (dependent clauses) that are very closely related to each other without being already joined by a conjunction. It is often used when the flow of the text is damaged by expressing both statements as sentences by themselves because the length of both statements is very short. I personally think that using the ";" in your example is incorrect, because both statements before and after the semicolon are long enough that each could be its own sentence. Also, the way it is written, the second statement is not a dependent clause, because it still relies on the first statement to get its full meaning. You could express it in a single sentence without the semicolon as : It is well known that increasing the number of anchor nodes gives rise to better localization, although the greater expense may prove this to be an unfeasible solution due to the extra hardware requirements.0 votedNovember 29, 20161
- Shadi is correct in this. Also, the phrase insinuates a betrayal. So anyone can "bail" on anyone, but it usually means that there was some expectation of loyalty based on friendship or a previous relationship. So usually, it is friends who bail on each other, but sometimes, it can be two individuals who have made solemn promises to do something...and one of them reneges on the promise. Both of these relationships allows the feeling of "betrayal" if one party does not fulfill what they promise to do.0 votedMay 16, 20160
Hi Kevin! I have crossed out or highlighted any pure grammatical errors. The numbers in parentheses indicate phrases that are not grammatically incorrect, but have multiple variations, which I have listed at the bottom:
Simple Present/ Present Progressive/ Simple Past
Simple Present: He learns English every day. (1)He doesn't learn English always. (2)Does he learn English often?
I have to use the Simple Present if I like to write something which is repetitive, if something happen in the present or in a general statement.
signal words are: every day, sometimes, always, often, usually, seldom, never, (3)first... then
Present Progressive: He's now learning English. (4)He's not learning English at the moment. Is he learning English?
I have to use Present Progressive if the action is at the moment I'm speaking or writing.
signal words are: now, at the moment, Look!, Listen!
Simple Past: Yesterday I saw a great film. (5)In 1996, I was borned ( I think "born" is more correct.) in Fulda.
Did I wrote the last sentence right?
I have to use the Simple Past if an action started in the past and is ended.
signal words: last..., ... ago, ..., in 1990, yesterday(1) It sounds more natural to say: He doesn't always learn English.
(2) You can also use: "Does he often learn English?" However, both variations sound natural.
(3) the "first...then" construction in English does not indicate repetition. It indicates causality. "If I first do something....then that will cause me to do something else."
(4)If you really want to stress that he is not learning English, you can use: "At this moment he is not learning English." However, they both sound natural in English.
(5)Unlike in German, it sounds very unnatural to mention the year at the beginning of the sentence when stating when you were born. Such sentences almost always begin with: "I was born..." the rest of the sentence can either be the year or the pace you were born in. If you want to mention both, it sounds more natural to say "I was born in (year) in (place)." For Example, I would say: "I was born in 1981 in Eugene, Oregon." However, I think there will be different opinions on this between native English speakers based on their nationality and region.
0 votedMay 16, 20162- "from the get-go" is "from the beginning" in a temporal sense. I cannot think of a situation in which one would use the phrase to mean beginning in a physical sense. "From the get-go" I believe is an adverbial phrase that you can use in either the first position in an English sentence, or you can use it after the verb (direct object). It is used primarily in American English, but many native English speakers from countries other than the US will recognize it due to mass media, etc. If you use it in the first position, it sounds more literary (although paradoxically not more formal), and is a construction that comes from the English language's German roots. Another variant of the phrase is: "from the very get-go." The correct phrase would be: "to have trust in someone from the (very) get-go", or "to trust someone from the (very) get-go." Any of these variation would work in English: I trusted him from the (very) get-go. I had trust in him from the (very) get-go. From the (very) get-go I had trust in him. I had faith in him from the (very) get-go. From the (very) get-go I had faith in faith in him.0 votedMay 10, 20160
(Hi Juliana, nice to meet you!)
I need to improve my writing skills
Hello, everyone.
My name is Juliana. I'm from Brazil.
*I need to improve my writing skills for to do a test.*I want to improve my writing skills because I will be taking an English test.
I'm an Science Teacher in an Elementary School. I'm Married and I have a little daughter.
I'm trying to write this without help for google, it's just me...
I read a lot, because everyone says that is the best way to improve my writing.
I have already read Marry Poppins in English.The Snow Queen and, now, I have been reading A love for life, Penny Hancook.
But I'm not sure about my skills, because I think in Portuguese first, and then will be so hard to write em English after.
Someone have a tip for improve my skills in English writing?
Thank you!
JulianaHey Juliana! Just keep working at it and don't get discouraged! :)
0 votedMay 2, 20160- I agree with Jake here. Americans do not normally use the verbal phrase "face up." If we do use it, it would be to confront something that is non-physical, such as one's fears or problems. It might be used as a verbal phrase more often in other English dialects. "Face Off" would be used to describe one or more animate or inanimate physical objects in a confrontation/competition/fight/battle with 1 or more animate or inanimate physical objects. So "face up" would apply to a interior or psychological confrontation, whereas "face off" would apply to an external/physical confrontation.0 votedMay 1, 20160
The weather
After months of a continuous hot weather, here comes the cold in Sao Paulo. I will need time to get used to it.
I used to like the cold weather; it was more comfortable for me, but my forced and well experienced time living in the summer made me enjoy it the most. Nowadays, I like both summer and winter, as well as cloudy and sunny days, but if I was to choose one of them I would prefer the sunny summer.
It has pros and cons. In winter it might be easier to sleep, but harder to wake up, especially for those who need to wake up early in the morning. Winter helps people who need to take crowded buses when going to work; it makes it less uncomfortable. People tend to be well-dressed in winter, not that they aren’t in summer, but winter makes people try their new styles like scarves and coats, although Brazilian winter is not that cold, and it won’t ever be. I wish it snowed here.
On the other hand, in summer it might be harder to fall asleep for some, but easier to wake up. After months of practice both are easy for me. *The crowded mass transit is indeed very uncomfortable, but in a huge city like this we may have no other option than to face it. The summer gives me the will to go out, walking or hiking. To wear soft and light clothes is one of the best things.*You could use several phrases here:(1) "The crowded mass transit is..." , (2) "The crowded public transportation is..." , (3) if you are specifically talking about buses, you can say: "The crowded buses are..."
0 votedApril 26, 20160An unemployed American coming to Ukraine to earn $15 per hour.
This is going to be a fairly short entry. First of all, let me apologize for my terrible English. I'm trying to do my best.
I've had an English teacher who came to Ukraine to teach English. He told us that he used to work in a supermarket as a security guard (not sure whether it's the right word, but anyway), but then he said that he'd been unemployed for quite a while before he found this English teaching job in our city. That's interesting. He doesn't have any higher education in teaching, and he doesn't have a TESL certificate that most of the italki teachers like to show off with. Basically, here's a security guard from the US trying to teach us English and making $15 per hour. That's insane.
And here I find myself looking at his Facebook profile's picture where he's standing in the *ocean, with a big smile on his face.
How can this happen?*In this case "ocean" sounds more natural.
0 votedApril 26, 20161
