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    I believe that the author of this article, if he was fluent, may have been trying to be creative with words for effect. However from the point of view of a language learner I would recommend disregarding this. The sentence as "don't say words that you don't mean" makes a lot more sense and sounds more fluent. 'say' tends to refer to the actual words so for example "you said the food was good here" or "don't say that, it's not very nice". 'spoke' more often refers to the act of speaking. For example "he spoke in Japanese" only tells you what he was doing not what he was saying or "Don't speak!" isn't telling a person not to say something specific such as not to be nasty but not to say anything at all. You may also find this table useful. https://staff.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/tellsay.html I hope this has helped.
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    February 6, 2017
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    Well that depends on what you are writing. 'As a matter of fact' is a more formal style of writing and would seem more professional, certainly in a language exam it would earn you extra points for fluency. However 'actually' is not an informal word, it can be used perfectly acceptably in writing. Actually I'd say the that it is important to mix interchangeable words and phrases so that your writing doesn't sound repetitive. I hope this helps.
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    February 6, 2017
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    I am not sure that the this is written is correct. Self absorbed is an expression to describe someone who only thinks of themselves, they are generally very selfish and don't consider others. BUT "self absorbed in my self" is not correct and does not make sense. Judging from the context I think the sentence meant to say "Whilst I am absorbed in myself..." This then takes on a different meaning. Rather than saying she is the sort of person who only ever thinks of herself generally as a personality type, she is saying that she is currently only thinking of her self at that moment in time. She is concentrating so much on her make up and how she looks that she doesn't notice the child looking through the door. I hope this helps, I knew where the text came from I would be able to help more.
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    February 2, 2017
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    I agree with Jeff's answer to this question. You may also write "excellent stratigic and buisness planning ability".
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    February 1, 2017
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    Well done, there is nothing grammatically wrong with this sentence. Without seeing the picture it is hard to make any comment as to how logical it is. However I would suggest in this case to us "as" so "I didn't smile as the shirt did the job for me" both sentences are correct but as is easier to say and feels more natural. In English we would say a sentence sounds 'clunky' if it is grammatically and logically correct but there is a more natural way to say it.
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    February 1, 2017
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