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I'm from England originally and have been living and working as an engineer in Dresden, Germany for just over two years. Although my reading and writing in German is not too bad, I find speaking and listening very difficult and would like to improve these aspects most.
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ANA POLYGLOT ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
German
May 16, 2020
Das Thema: trennbare/untrennbare Verben/L3. Sprechen1/S. 33/ Gut gemacht! Danke!
ANA POLYGLOT ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
German
May 12, 2020
Das Thema: B1+/L2-die Modalpartikeln & Konversation/Fußball/Elon Musk - Danke!
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- IntroductionHello everyone,I am a new student <s>in</s> on this platform, I am here <s>considering that</s> because I would like to improve my English grammar and pronunciation. I <s>found </s> find this place very interesting because we can interact with native speakers, which I think is the best way to be able to understand any accent.I am from Peru and my native language is Spanish, so/and it would be my pleasure to help anyone who is learning my mother tongue. Don't be shy and ask me, I am here all the time, this quarantine <s>let</s> allows me to be available full time.Thank you for your corrections!0 votedMay 29, 20200
- What would you do, if you were me?I work in a big European hotel chain in St. Petersburg. I do social media marketing. <s>Our </s>The heads of our chain <s>choice</s> chose to refuse <s>outsoars worke</s>s outsourced workers (housekeeping, waiters, etc. <s>and etc</s>.)<s>,</s> because of Coronavirus. <s>Also</s> We also <s>have</s> receive a reduced salary. The bosses decided that office workers must work <s>on</s> in positions like housekeeping. I have one of the smallest <s>salary</s> salaries in the office, and they gave me the <s>work to</s> jobs of cleaning toilets, mopping and other dirty work. So, I have to do my work (SMM) <s>and</s> as well as housekeeping work. I refused to <s>fo</s> do housekeeping work, because <s>I have too low</s> my salary is too low to do both <s>of the work</s> jobs. And I have some skills and knowledge<s>s</s> to work <s>on</s> in normal positions in my organization. On Monday I will have to talk to my head of department and (tell them) I want to leave <s>my</s> the organization because they don't appreciate us and our<s> job</s> work.If you were me, what would you do?0 votedMay 16, 20200
- I think they can be used interchangably in a lot of cases. Personally, I would tend to say public servant, epescially when referring to people such as teachers, police officers, etc. who interact with the public directly. I don't tend to say "public official" but if I did, I would probably be referring to people in government, etc, who hold some degree of authority.0 votedMay 15, 20200
- They both mean pretty much the same thing, but I think "wrestle with" is a slightly more dramatic and less common way of saying it. They typically refer to long-standing and ongoing problems that somebody is trying to resolve. That could be, for example, learning German grammar (as in my case), or something more serious such as mental illness or drug addiction.0 votedMay 2, 20201
- A usual day of student life (translated from the article)<s>Today</s> This morning I woke up at half-past six o’clock. It is still dark. I feel tired. I went to bed at 1 <s>AM*</s> in the morning and didn’t sleep enough. I know that if a person doesn’t sleep for eight hours this is bad for their health. But today I <s>pass</s> (have to/must) take an exam. It will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and if I want to <s>be</s> arrive at the right time I have to take a bus at 7 o’clock. Before setting out I am going to take a cold shower and drink a big cup of coffee.Here I am on the bus. People around me look tired too, I am not the only one. But I think about my exam. I don’t even like mathematics, I find it abstract and there are too many rules. What is the meaning of all these rules? To tell <s>a</s> the truth I don't understand some of them.The exam begins in ten minutes. I sit down and look at the other students, they are calm and seem <s>that</s> like they know everything. It is only me who doesn’t know. I am sure that I will be the only person who won’t pass the exam because I didn’t prepare enough. But I try <s>don’t</s> not to panic.I have just passed my test, the exam is over. It <s>was lasting</s> lasted for three hours. I feel relieved. I have answered all of the questions. Several of them were difficult, but I answered randomly. An average assessment will be enough for me, I am not ambitious.I have lunch with Carol. The exam <s>becomes</s> was a catastrophe for her. She tells me that she remained a lot of questions that she had not answered (<em>I'm not sure what this means, but I think remained is not the correct word)</em>. We <s>told</s> spoke about mathematics during the whole lunch. I would like to discuss something else <s>whit</s> with her but at this moment she thought only of that. She was worried and upset.After lunch, I go to the library. I meet Simon near the/some mathematical books. He told me that this exam was very easy and he didn’t have any problems. Simon is modest as always! But <s>is</s> truthfully, He is the best of our group.And again I am on a bus, I am coming home. People around me <s>even </s>look even more tired than in the morning. They spent the whole day at work. Some of them read or text, others listen to music, watch the landscape from the window, others almost fall asleep. I want to get home, have a good dinner, and finally go to bed.<em>*To say "1 AM in the morning" is redundant because "AM" and "in the morning" mean the same thing. You would just say either "1 AM" or "1 o'clock in the morning", but not "1 AM in the morning".</em>0 votedApril 30, 20201
- Good morning! I am really happy <s>for having</s> to have started <s>to write</s> writing down my thoughts here on italki. I think it is really useful to improve my English<s>, either</s> and (/in order) to express my opinions and feelings. I am experiencing a period of strong emotions in my life and now I can understand how human beings can be powerful. Emotions and feelings make us really strong and creative. In particular LOVE, I mean the real <s>one</s> thing. It allows us to do everything we perceive, eveything we desire...it allows us to be one and to feel <s>inside us</s> all the energy of this "one" inside us.0 votedApril 28, 20201
- That already reads very naturally. It's quite rare for people so say "motherland" in casual conversation though. I would suggest changing that to homeland (as you did in the following line). Other than that, I'd think this was written by a native speaker.- Mila, how long have you been living in Spain?- I've been living here for 2 years I guess. I came here with my husband when he was offered a job in Barcelona. We've lived in 4 different cities since then.- And which city so you like best?- I really like Toledo and that's why we settled here.- So your husband is working and what about you? Have you worked since you moved to Spain?- I'm a graphic designer and I can work from home. So actually, I never stopped working.- Do you miss your homeland?- I've been travelling since I was a child so I consider the whole world my homeland.0 votedApril 24, 20201
- This is actually really well written but I can suggest a few changes to make it read more naturally.A Super Fitness ExpertA fitness expert is popular not so much because of their expertise but because of how good or hot they look. This is especially true <s>on</s> in any form of media (or, <em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">on</em> any form of social media). With some innate good looks, one can easily gain more publicity, likes or followers than many others who may possess an even better physique than they could ever dream of. I’m not saying hard work isn’t important. I just feel that all too often what matters isn’t how hard we try but what we’re endowed with. The standing (starting?) point is “never” equal. With <s>a realization of that</s> this realization, how would you spend your time and in which direction would you <s>put</s> direct your effort <s>into</s>?0 votedApril 23, 20201

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