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    Pedantry It turns out I'm a pedant when it comes to grammar. Correcting other people's notebooks, I go into minute detail about which part of the grammar they got wrong, and why other people's corrections are almost but not quite right. I avoid it as much as possible when I think it may just be a question of writing style... until I think that style has crept into "sounding like a non native speaker" territory. I honestly wish to get the same sort of response to my own notebook entries... When I finally get around to writing them (and when they're not in my mother tongue) so that I can learn the subtleties of the language, not just how to speak technically correctly but so that I sound unnatural. Am I being to harsh? Should I just loosen up and let small grammatical errors go?
    August 1, 2015
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    What does it mean?

    "We continue to take cost out of the business, with both employee and supplier unit costs down at constant currency, and improvements in productivity levels," said chief executive officer, Willie Walsh.

    to take cost out of the business - What does this exactly mean?

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    "We continue to reduce the cost.."

    "We continue to remove certain costs from the business.."

    "We continue to remove certain expenses from the business.."

    "We continue to make it cheaper for the business, by making ceratin costs lower.."

    "We continue to make it less expensive for the company, by making the following savings.."

    "We continue to save the company money, by making them pay less for these things..."

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    July 31, 2015
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    has begun(begin en pasado) a new page of my life

    this week i started the pre admission course for medical departament of UNLaM (the national university of La Matanza) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    it's a big university, it's amazing!
    i verry happy reality.
    my dream is become a nurse pediatric, i love a kids but i'm sensitive,
    even so i realy want to study biochemistry...in the future.

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    A new page in my life has begun

     

    This week I started the pre-admission couse for the medical deparment of UNLaM (the National Unviersity of La Matanza) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    It's a big university! It's amazing!

    I'm really happy.

    Even so, I really want to stud biochemistry... in the future.

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    July 31, 2015
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    my First Presentation...

    HI, MY NAME IS DJ I AM FROM VENEZUELA AND I WOULD like to HAVE HELP TO LEARN to SPEAK AND WRITE ENGLISH WITH MORE FLUIDITY fluency.. in exchange I can teach Spanish

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    July 31, 2015
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    Bummer? Motivation!

    Okay, here is the thing.

    So I worte something in English earlier today, and ended up with a comment says saying it is "inane non-native sentences".

    I'm going to be honest with you guys, the first voice that popped in my head is said "What an A-hole".

     [You could also say 'the first words that popped into my head were' ]


    Then I got these feelings, like embarrassment, even humiliatiion somehow. I know I knwo, it's unreasonably  unreasonable (incomprehensible, maybe?).

    I‘m not proud of it, but these are the real feelings I've got at that this point. I was being emtional.

    But then after I finished reading Mr. "A-hole" 's words, I felt grateful, like I was motivated.
    I think one of the enjoyments of learning languages is when you are able to have real fun talking with to (you can actually use 'with' or 'to' in this situation, but 'to' sounds more natural) native speakers, when the conversations are not about sentences sentence correction, but really communicating.

    I think it is significant to focus on how to express things like native, at the very beginning of language study.
    Try harder, be smarter, dig into the pattern that natives would use!

    "It is all right to be fail, but one must never give up the desire to progress."

    Oh hey, Mr."A hole". if you happen to see this, I'm sorry that I called you an a-hole, three times.

     

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    Lol!! You tell him! Your sentence construction is actually very natural, like a native, and difficult to distinguish from a native speaker's. There are very few mistakes!!

     

    But just to be ironically helpful, I have given an extremely pedantic explanation of one of my corrections below. Hopefully you see the irony :)

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    A note on one of my corrections:

    original "when the conversations are not about sentences correction"

    Ok, so "sentences correction" I have assumed means "the correction of sentences"

    You can perfectly accruately use either "sentence" in singular i.e. "sentence correction", but if you use the plural "sentences" you have to change it a bit.

     

    In this case you have to use the possesive ( adding an 's on the end - or just ' if the word already ends in "s") which makes it "sentences' correction".

     

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    July 31, 2015
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    Remercie le dieu que c'est le vendredi! Woohoo, vendredi. Au jour d'hui je n'ai pas beaucoup de choses a faire. Chez boulot, je dois fixer un chart en . Il n'y a pas de deadline. Ca c'est bon :) C'est comme je veux. Pourquoi pas chaque jour ne peut pas etre comme au jour d'hui? Apres ca, party! Je vais aller a Queen of Hoxton, un bar a Londres, avec mes amis et dance toute la nuit! :) A bientot xxxxx
    July 31, 2015
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    I NEED HELP

    I want to find a partner~
    Today I tesk my spoken english level , it's not good .

    Today I was tested on my spoken English level. It's not good.
    I really need someone who would like talking with me in english.
    If you wanna learn Chinese , I will help you too .
    You konw , learning a language should be practise more .

    You know, learning a language you need to practise more.
    thank u :)

     

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    Ok! I will chat to you in English. I have very very basic Mandarin :( I learnt for a short time only

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    July 31, 2015
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    Since there is already a good version by Aaron, I can only add to it by offering a rewrite in more 'natural' language. His translation is perfectly good though.

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    ORIGINAL:

    Today isn't my day.

    Today, I'm out of luck.


    I ate an unpalatable bread for breakfast. Then my lunch were some insipit vegetable that were cook only with chili. My dinner also was the bread as same as that in the breakfast.
    And I was abusived by my friend, because I reminded her of remembering her reports that were not be finished. In fact, I just didn't hope she forgets the reports. I think I wouldn't remind her to do anything! :-( I'm so sad.

     

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    MORE NATURAL VERSION:

    Today isn'y my day

    Today, I'm having no luck at all.

    I had stale, tasteless bread that tastes like cardboard for breakfast. My lunch consisted of some tasteless vegetables cooked only with chilli. My dinner was then the same bread that I'd had for breakfast. I was verbally abused by my friend for reminding her about some reports she hadn't finished. I was only trying to make sure she didn't forget the reports. I don't think I'm going to remind her to do anything ever again! :-( I'm so sad.

     

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    Note: Be careful using the word 'abused'. If someone has 'verbally abused' you, it can mean they just insulted or shouted at you. It is a very harsh word though. If you just said someone 'abused' you, it implies criminal actions and often has connotations of sexual assault. Say 'verbally abused' or 'yelled at' or 'screamed at' or 'complained at' --- don't just say 'abused' until you've seen this word used a lot more to see the criminal and serious implications it has.

     

    Have a better day tomorrow!!!

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    July 31, 2015
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  • Corrected

    New Life In Australia

    My name is Jieyu Liu,you can call me Jayne.I am an international student studying in UNSW,majoring in Biotechnology.I have been there for 3 months,just finished my language course 1 month age ago.The time stay in Sydney is amazing My time spent staying in Sydney so far has been amazing, people here are friendly and happy,also the environment here is quite good.Fantastic experience~

    This week,I started my main course in UNSW,things become different with which I studyed in Languge School.
    This week I started my main course at UNSW, it's become different from the way I studied it in language school.

     

    All my calssmates classmates are from different countries,and I found it difficult understanding to understand what the lecturer said in the class, especially some of the academic words. I think my really real life in Australia just begin is just beginning,I will try my best to study English.

     

    [Note from person correcting it: GREEN = word added, YELLOW = word corrected from original]

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    July 31, 2015
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