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Hi, my name's Evan! I'm a new teacher here on Italki. I am a native speaker of English. I have a master's degree in Philosophy and a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Philosophy. I am currently learning Brazilian Portuguese. I have studied Italian for about 2 years in the past (approximately A2-B1 level). I have also studied Spanish and Latin in the past, each for at least two years. I'm excited to meet new people and help people improve their conversational English. I love traveling. Here are some of the countries I have visited: England, Scotland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, France, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Spain, Portugal, South Korea.
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    Hello, To be safe, I would not use contractions in your formal emails. The work culture and formality of emails can depend on the job or internship. Some companies would be fine with contractions, but others would expect formal English without contractions. I would be conservative in your case and refrain from using them, at least for now. If you see in several emails from management or other “higher ups” in the company that they are using contractions, then perhaps you could use them a bit more.
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    November 17, 2025
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    1a, 2a, and 3a are all incorrect. They all sound strange to me. “What John did to his suit was ruin it” sounds better (slightly modifying 1a). 3b is definitely correct. 1b and 2b sound strange. “What I advised him to do was to come early” sounds grammatically more complete and correct. “What I advised him was to come early” is ok, perhaps this would be used more in colloquial or conversational English. I would say both are ok, but “What I advised him to do was to come early” sounds more complete and clearer in written English. You could also just modify and simplify the sentence to be: “I advised him to come early.”
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    November 17, 2025
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    Hi Vincenzo, are you looking to take classes to practice your conversational English? I teach conversational English classes. My interests match with yours well. I studied Italian (around A2-B1 level) and I studied psychology and psychology in university. I’d be happy to do a class with you
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    October 23, 2025
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