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    Yes. You ask a question here, and you get an answer from someone with years of experience, but you don't pay for it. You get something for nothing. This is not a complaint, as it's my choice to give you something for nothing. But you may think about why teachers do this Are we looking for a quid pro quo? Or are we paying it forward? Maybe we believe that what goes round comes round. Or maybe we're just working pro bono publicum. Some people say you can't get something for nothing. There's no such thing as a free lunch. And others don't like to give anything because if you give someone an inch, they take a mile. For example, the guy who sent me a message asking me to correct his homework a few days ago. Unpaid. Grrrr! There you go, some new vocabulary for you! :)
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    October 30, 2016
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    Could, would, and should. Your teachers should have taught you about these words. We use "should" to talk about an obligation or requirement. If you want to cancel a class, you should tell the teacher in advance. If you were my student, I would have taught you these words. We use "would" to talk about choices, and it usually follows "if". If you cancelled my class without warning, I would expect to get paid for it. Maybe you could look in a book instead of asking here? We use "could" to talk about possibilities, what can be done, and it's often used in a sentence with "would". I could tell you to look in a book, but I'm going to tell you the answer. If I could answer every question for every student, I would be very happy. If you have a question, you could look in a book but I would be happy if you asked the question here. All the teachers here should be happy to help you.
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    October 23, 2016
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    Are Chinese learners better at speaking English, or at writing English? I teach in a university in China, and every one of my 200+ students believe that they can write better than they can speak. Their local teachers say the same thing. I have been listening to people saying this for fifteen years, and nobody has ever been able to answer this question: When they take international tests (IELTS and TOEFL), why do Chinese students get higher scores for speaking than they do in writing? If they're better at writing, why don't they get higher scores in writing?
    October 22, 2016
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    It's helpful if you can say more about what your job will be. Business is a very wide topic. The series "Silicon Valley" is about a group of young men starting a technology business. The movie "The Big Short" is about the financial industry. They are very different situations. I am a teacher with 15 years experience and currently teach university in China. Based on your writing, I would say that your English is probably not at the right level to be watching movies and understanding enough to learn anything. It would be far more effective for you to get a decent book on Business English and do the exercises that are designed to help people like you. They are written by experts, they go at the right speed, they explain everything as they go along. Don't try to run before you can walk, for your own sake.
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    October 22, 2016
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    You'll probably get more answers, and better ones, if you ask one question at a time. There are four different topics here. Too much!
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    October 17, 2016
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    This is not a natural sentence, it's awkward and the grammar is poor. It's English with Chinese characteristics. You won't learn anything by studying this kind of stuff, and I'm not going to waste my time trying to make sense of it for you. The internet is full of authentic English, written by native speakers who know how the language works. Why are you using material written by Chinese people? If you are serious about improving your English, throw it away, and start using grammatically correct, natural-sounding material instead.
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    October 17, 2016
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    Lotus, please stop studying Chinglish. Don't read anything else in English that is written by Chinese people. Use authentic materials produced by native-speakers. This rubbish is not going to help you at all. The internet is full of texts in good English. Please use them.
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    October 17, 2016
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    This is the right way to do something. You already did it? You did the right way, or a great way. That's a great way to do it. Well done! Note, we often use it sarcastically, to mean that someone did something wrong. "You told my wife about the party? Way to go, Damon. Now she knows where I am going."
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    October 17, 2016
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    They are fine examples of words with clear specific meanings. There are situations where these words are essential. They are relatively modern ideas, so there isn't a lot of alternative vocabulary. If you want to talk about this specific topic, then these are the words you need. In all other situations, you don't have any use for them, or for alternatives. If you're not talking about structures of corporate entities and ownership, you can forget them.
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    October 17, 2016
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    The "correct" answer is that a small house on a mountain is high, and a building with many floors is tall. The top floor in the tall building is the highest one. The highest building is the one in the mountains, even if it's not as tall as the other one. And the tallest room is the one with the highest ceiling, even if it's in the basement. But a lot of people don't take any notice of the rules. It's quite common to hear people talk about "the highest tower," for example, when they mean the tallest one. And mountains are usually described as high, rather than tall. (It should be "the highest peak of the tallest mountain".) As a pedant, I must tell you to use "tall" for your example. As a realist, I must admit that it probably doesn't matter.
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    October 17, 2016
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