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  • Answered
    I can't pick up on much more than Sam. But I have a query about the date: 2023 goals? Did you mean 2024 goals? Otherwise you better hurry! Only one day left to achieve your goals! ;)
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    December 30, 2023
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  • Answered
    "Your paper is due..." is said to somebody else: "John, your paper is due on Monday." (his paper) "My paper is due..." is said about yourself: "My paper is due on Monday." (you have a paper due in, it is your paper) *When somebody is speaking to you, they will say: "X, your paper is due." Note: "you" can also refer to "people in general" "It is hard work when your paper is due and you are busy." > "you" here means the general situation Hope that helps... Regards, Marek Alfrey / Adventure English
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    April 11, 2020
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  • Corrected
    An imaginary story #2

    Back then, <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">We</s> we kept our relationship from our parents for two years. <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">And</s> At the time, we were planning to visit NY which was one of the only a few cities <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">un</s><s> </s>in the world where gay couples were allowed to get married. This news had <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">be going to</s> to have come as a surprise to them <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">by the time</s> when they found out everything <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">all the things</s>. I knew we<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);"> had better</s> should have told them all sooner or later<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">. But</s> but I was just afraid and terrified to face up to them, so I delayed <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">all</s>. *Unfortunately, even though I didn't intend this at all, the day <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">when </s>they <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">were surprised at</s> found out about our relationship <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">and plans</s> came very soon when <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">by the accident</s> my little sister gave the travel plans away by accident.

    This is a good piece of writing with some great native speaker phrases and collocations like "face up to", "sooner or later", "to give sth away"... Your ideas are organised well and you vocabulary is well chosen. Keep up the good work. ^_^

    NOTES:

    (choose either time reference rather than both)
    We kept our relationship from our parents for two years.
    Back then, we kept our relationship from our parents.
    We kept our relationship from our parents back then.

    It came as a suprise
    It had to have come as a suprise
    It must have come as a suprise

    Should / should have = for social obligation

    (choose one, rather than both)
    afraid = a lesser form of terrified
    terrified = extremely afraid

    *Final sentence
    There are many ways you could rewrite this. The example given is just one. The main issue was word/phrase order.

    Check out this subtle differences between these words in a dictionary:
    suprise
    discover
    find out

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    October 7, 2019
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  • Answered
    What are your names?
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    October 7, 2019
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  • Answered
    Depends where you found the example... "To get the better of someone" means to defeat or beat them at something "You've got the best of me" (in a love song for example) may mean that person has access to the best sides of your personality.
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    May 19, 2019
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  • Corrected

    Problems with my new car

    Last summer I was looking for a new car for one month as my present car at the time was giving me too many problems which meant I had  made me to spend a lot of money. Finally Eventually, I managed to find a car that fitted suited me in August and I bought it. This car is an Honda Civic, a car with a special and different design compared to others in the same class sector.

    Up until to last month, I didn't have/hadn't had any problems but this last month has been very disappointing because I had to go to the workshop/garage many times to have fix some problems fixed related to the sensors, noises and so on. Today I have received a bad news because the repairman/mechanic wasn't able to fix a major problem with the front sensor which randomly rings when it is raining, although the car is far away from any obstacle, when it is raining. The workshop doesn't know what the problem/issue is really happens and so I'm so worried.

    Thanks in advance for your correction. Help me as much as possible.

    Great work! The corrections I made are just pushing it that little closer to native level. The words in BOLD are alternative, more suitable words for the context. Hope that helps.

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    November 8, 2018
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  • Answered
    1] Peachy is quite right. 'Thereof' is a real word. 'A lack thereof.' = is a fixed phrase. The words commonly occur like this in formal language. 2] "Any incipient ridges since were easily toppled by wind and storms." = since here means 'after' "Since any incipient ridges were easily toppled by wind and storms." = since here means 'the reason for sth' So... you can say both but it changes the meaning of the sentence. since = is used for reasons and time "don’t lead with your chin." = don't let your chin be in control of your chewing It's more clear in this sentence: The dancer leads with his left foot. = His left foot moves FIRST. Hope that helps.
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    March 6, 2017
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  • Answered
    'but' is used here because it is a quick and simple way to make a contrast. We can remove one 'because' like this: People don't spend hours looking at pornography on the screen for the reason that they are bad, but because the porn is so very good... (this sounds long and convoluted this way without the extra 'because') Observe it in another sentence: I don't eat apples for the taste, but because my doctor tells me to. I don't eat apples because they are tasty, but because my doctor tells me to . Or we can do away with 'but' and 'because' like so: I don't eat apples for the taste. I eat apples on my doctor's orders. (Now there are two separate sentences without the contrasting conjunction 'but'.) Hope this helps...
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    March 6, 2017
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  • Commented

    I'm probably a little late to this conversation but I feel another voice for 'got' on the British English side of things wouldn't go amiss. I personally use 'got' not 'gotten'.  Gotten feels very strange to me.

    He's got lost again.

    She's got drunk again.

    Saying it's 'wrong' to use got like this is in danger of being too prescriptive with grammar. In the UK, it's not unusual to use got this way, though there may be differences in use in different regions. From a linguistic perspective, to say a usage is 'wrong' in this way may marginalise the many people that use it based on 'accepted' grammar in textbooks or other countries. 

    I would put the got/gotten dilemma down to regional variation. That's how I explain it to students, as learning a language isn't just about learning what's 'correct' but what is actually used in everyday conversation.

    Hope that little nugget helps.

    Kind regards...

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    March 6, 2017
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  • Corrected

    Hello pals! it's my first notation in notebook.

    I dream of being  a pirate. I want to swim in the sea on see. I don't want to swim on cruise in a submarine, but I want to swim on sailing sail on a ship. If you want to be a pirate too, please write to me )))

    Nice work, welcome to notebook.

    Yes. I want to be a pirate too. Garr!


    cruise in a submarine

    sail on a ship

    swim in the sea

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    February 2, 2017
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