expeessions (pleeease)

Hi, there

Please, could you help me with some questions? I need your help. Please!!

1)
I'd like to know what's the difference between having a subscription , subscribe and signing up for? For example, if I am talking about Internet service provider, which one should I use? Subscription is a noun and subscribe is a verb. Signing up is a phrase that means the same thing as subscribe.

"I don't have a any subscription to an any Internet service provider" or "I  haven't signed didn't sign up for an any Internet service provider"? or "I didn't subscribe to an any Internet service provider" or: "I haven't subscribed to an Internet service provider"?
"I will get a subscription to a carrier(mobile network provider)" or "I will sign up for a carrier (mobile network provider) or "I will subscribe to a carrier"? What would you say? of these choices, "I will sign up for a carrier" and "I will subscribe to a carrier" sound better than "I will get a subscription to a carrier". In American usage, however, none of those are likely choices. We would be more likely to say something like: "I will sign up for mobile service", or "I will sign up for cell phone service".

2) Could I use "back out" or "skip out " in the following sentence?

"We always agree to/arrange to/agree on (which verb? If either) go for a run early in the morning and it is you, not me, who always skips out/backs out"? Do you know a better verb? You can use either back out, or skip out, interchangeably. Keep in mind, though, that in your examples, you need an "s" on the end of your word. "it is you, not me, who always backs out", or "it is you, not me, who always skips out".

3) Should I use "but", "besides", "other than" or just "than" in the following sentence:

"In class, he does anything else than not grammatically correct at all/other than this works/but this also works/besides not correct what he is supposed to do. Another good option would be to use the word "except. "In class, he does anything, except what he is supposed to do."  He always talks too much in class(can I say talks too much in class yes, you can say this) and never pays attention to the lecture/in the lectuee(Which one? And class or lecture?)?? He always talk too much in class and never pays attention to the lecture.

Thank you very, very much. This is really important to me!!

Thank you for all

I understand your sentence, including the use of abandon as a noun, and agree with Gary that it doesn't need a comma.

Z100 is most likely a radio station. "Spinning of the song" refers to playing the song. Although most radio stations now use digital format music, it's not uncommon to still refer to "spinning a record", which hearkens back to when music was played on turn tables. Bonnie Tyler is a musical artist who sang the song "Total Eclipse the Heart".

My travels

Hello I´m new in  to italki. Itlky,
For In my first time, I want to talk about my travels around the UK.
I was very tired of trying to traying learn English in my country (Spain), so And I decided to go to England and to live experiences and improve my English.
When I arrived to Scotland, I went wen´t to the Highlands where and I stayed in a little town called Grantown on Spey, near Inverness.
There In this place I lived left in a small caravan in the middle of the forest and I helped in a farm house with the animals and three lovely little lovely kids. Really, I had  a great experience.
Now I´m in a town near Edinburgh Edimbrah called Peebles, helping in a castle hotel. I´m waiting to for improve my English, so I can and go to the city to search for a job.

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Good luck in the UK. Edinburgh is one of my favorite cities that I've visited.

Is this dialogue from a movie? If so, I can tell that the movie was made, or set, in a time period from 1956 or earlier. Correct? ------------------------------- The answers to your questions: 1. uptake is referring to the uptake valve on the boiler 2. One baker is the designation for the boiler, though it would appear as 1B. The destroyer probably has four boilers - 1A and 1B would be one pair of boilers and 2A and 2B would be another pair of boilers. In this dialogue, they are talking about 1A and 1B. Using the military phonetic alphabet, these would be pronounced as One Able and One Baker. At the beginning of the dialogue 1A (One Able) stopped working, so they were going to start using 1B (One Baker). The phonetic alphabet being used in this dialogue is no longer in use, which is how I narrow down the date of the movie, or event. After 1956, the military phonetic alphabet changed. Now we would say One Alpha and One Bravo, instead of One Able and One Baker, but it serves the same purpose. 3. The feed water is the water used to produce steam, not to cool the boiler. The destroyer used two steam turbines for propulsion. In general, the water used to cool equipment on a ship is referred to as "chill water". In this case, though, you would have two boilers dedicated to each turbine and the feed water is being heated to produce steam. --------------------- Hopefully, these answers help. I didn't work in the engine room, but I did serve in the Navy, so I happen to know a little about ships and military jargon.

"What" and "whatever" are often interchangeable, but "whatever" is normally substituted in cases where you want to express astonishment, or something of that nature. For instance, you could say "What do you mean by that?". However, if you wanted it to carry more emotion, expressing surprise, or perhaps, indignation, you could say "Whatever do you mean by that?" In the case of your question, you are correct to use "what", instead of "whatever". However, if you were speaking to someone and used "whatever" in this sentence, your meaning would be clearly understood. The word "whatever" is incorrectly used very often, including as a slang expression. I'm sure you could hear many native speakers using "whatever" in a sentence like this, but it is not grammatically correct. As far as using "what my dignity" in this sentence, no, not at all. Not only is it grammatically incorrect, but whoever you were speaking to would likely not understand what you're trying to say. It is understood that you are speaking about yourself, so there is no need to say "my". Even if for some reason you felt the need to specify it was your dignity, it would be more correct to say "what dignity of mine". "What my dignity" is not a correct English phrase in any context that I can think of.

I am not fluent in Spanish, but from what I've found, I think it translates into English more closely to "feels like" than "craving". Something like this: Se me antoja una cervecita "I could go for a nice beer" No se me antoja ir "I don't feel like going" Maybe someone with better Spanish than myself can confirm this.

Job application (a task from student's book)

Hello everybody,

I had a task, as a homework, in which I had to write a covering letter for an advertised job. I would be happy to get a feedback from a native-speaker.
Many thanks!

Dear Mr. Cunningham,

I am writing to apply for the job of camp monitor which was advertised on the bt.com website.

I am 21-year-old student at the teacher’s training college of Moscow. I am fluent in English, both spoken and written (IELTS score: 7.5). as I studied in Australia during for 6 months, 2 years ago. I also enjoy working with children, that which is why I am studying for to being a teacher.

I have some experience of working with children. As a senior class student, I have spent more than 100 hours as a trainee in several schools. I participated in several camping trips, during which I was being in charge of children’s safety. I also used to play in  on a college volleyball team and was part of the a school theatre for several years.

One of the main reasons I am applying for this job is that I want to get more experience of working with children. Apart of  from my background experience, I am a really communicative and outgoing person. As a future teacher, I had to pass a psychological test one year ago and, in the results, I was described as an easy-tempered and calm man which has with no potential constraints for  in working with children.

I am attaching a full CV and photo, and should you require any additional information, I would be happy to provide it. I would also be grateful, if you could inform me about the working days and hours. I am particularly interested in knowing whether Sunday is a working day, or not, as I plan to enroll on in a Sunday French course next month.

I look forward to your response. I can be contacted both either by the e-mail or on my by phone (109-1234567) at any time.

Thank you for considering my application.

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Only a few minor corrections are needed. This is very well written.