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    To be grounded - to have your feet on the ground - is to describe someone who is sensible, realistic, someone who thinks clearly. This is an expression often used in contrast with lifestyles that promote the opposite values. Eg. Malia Obama is a girl in the public eye. Lots of people in this situation would not be well-balanced, or might develop a big ego. Whereas Malia is sensible and level-headed. The opposite idea: to lose your head!
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    March 29, 2016
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    All the Russians I have personally met have been very interesting. Very sociable. Gregarious. They like vodka and pickles a lot! I've read some Russian literature too but nothing modern - I don't suppose Russia is REALLY full of peasants and tea drinking aristocrats! The thing with Russian culture is in Europe (I'm talking about UK and France) we just don't see or read about it hardly at all. In the Cold War, very little came 'out' of Russia. When I grew up in the 80s, no one had ever visited Russia, we barely had any idea who the Russian people really were, what they looked like or anything. Makes me curious to find out one day though. 
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    March 25, 2016
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    keep it up

    I want to learn English very well, but i haven't found a good way yet  until now. Perhaps because of my I lack vocabulary or struggle with listening, or grammar. In a other words, i have made a lot of efforts,but with little success. Someone has suggested* that i watch foreign programs, and i also think so this is a good idea, but i don't have time to do it .I can only make sure that i have time for one class with a foreign teacher every day. i don't know how long it takes to speak fluently English from zero base, but i think i 'll keep it up.


    *tense choice: someone suggested/someone has suggested. If this person just suggested the idea (recent past), then use your phrase. If it was something you read on the internet or happened a while ago, use someone suggested...

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    March 18, 2016
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    Dear referee
    First of all, I'd like to thank for your useful comments. My response to your comments is as follows. I hope the revised manuscript, which is under your consideration, will be good enough for publication in "... Journal".
    Best Regards


    I chose will instead of can to show the idea of hope. You are willing for it to happen. You are hoping is is going to happen. On the other hand, we use can to talk about what is possible. This altered sentence:  'I hope it is possible the manuscript is good enough...' - doesn't convey exactly what you want to say.


    I hope my explanation is clear!

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    March 18, 2016
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    The most beautiful thing in my country

    The most beautiful places in my country are the lakes in the Sahara desert. They are truly fascinating. There are many of them in the Libyan desert. I especially adore Gaberoun and Umm al-Maa. They are surrounded by a sea of golden dunes and palm trees. How wonderful they are!
    These lakes are too salty. If anybody swims in them, he easily floats*. The scene of lakes in the midst of desert where there is nothing but sand sea gives me a great sense hope. They are is really one of the nature's wonders.
    A trip to these marvelous lakes is definitely an exciting adventure.

    *just a comment of the style of this sentence. Writers nowadays are often asked to write neutrally with regards to gender. So, in your phrase, it would be more politically correct to write: "they easily float" or "if you swim in them, you easily float".


    You have painted a beautiful picture. I would love to see these lakes!

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    March 12, 2016
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    Well, very few mistakes!


    Learning Makes My Life Wonderful

    Different people have different ways to learn. I think learning makes my life wonderful.
    As For me, I would like to learn from my friends. After entering the middle school, my friends often asked me to speak English with others at the English Corner. But I did badly in it. So I asked them for help and I have made great progress in English speaking. To my joy, I even won the first prize in an English competition.
    Now I love English and it brings me happiness. I also have also made some friends with foreigners. From now on, I will try my best to improve my English.
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    March 12, 2016
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    Grammatically fine. I would change 'the promise' to 'her promise' and change 'during' to 'for': 'She wanted to keep her promise to love Bob for all her life in good times and in bad times.' The phrase often used is 'I promise to love you through the good times and bad' - but that is a stylistic choice.
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    March 7, 2016
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    This sort of English makes me laugh. It's 'business speak'. I'll have a go at answering your questions, "As the Global Brand Ambassador for our trademark, Sam Smith is responsible for the implementation and execution of on-premise programs.... Here I suggest the wonderful Sam Smith is operating in the physical space of the office or site of a client (i.e. he is on the premises). Programs in this context could refer to advertising events, but it isn't clear to me without more context. ...as well as account-based brand development for our luxury vodka brand." In the second part of the sentence, the narrator is comparing 'on the premises' service to 'account-based' service. Accounts are held by existing clients so I suppose Sam is directing advertising at these groups e.g. cheaper products for more loyal customers, or free restaurant meals if they purchase this month. As this type of advertising happens on computers and by post it does not happen in a real world place (i.e. it's off premises!). I hope that is clearer! Business speak can often be vague. Often, more context is needed even for native speakers!!
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    March 4, 2016
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    Agricultural scientists at the University of California have recently made a number of discoveries that could help them receive upcoming government grants. 'to help themselves' in this context would mean the scientists could take the grants freely. An example in a different context: 'Help yourself to the buffet' - serve yourself from the buffet. Although my suggestion is grammatically correct, I don't think the sentence is very clear as 'them' could refer to the discoveries or the scientists.
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    February 24, 2016
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    I would also add that to an English ear the difference between ɒ and ʌ in the word result is minimal. These words make the ʌ sound: strut, mud; and if you pronounced them with the ɒ sound they would be understood as: strot, mod. So definitely a mistake in pronunciation. However in the word result, this doesn't matter nearly so much. Why? I couldn't say. Perhaps because native speaker accents vary between the two pronunciations? Saying that, the dictionary pronunciation would considered be the standard form.
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    February 23, 2016
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