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- Let me divide this question into two parts: 1) "As well as Merkel having been depicted as a ~" No infinitive verb "to be" needed because "been," a conjugation of that verb, is already there. This is a subordinate clause and requires a comma and a declarative sentence (main clause) to complete it. 2) "As well as Merkel has been depicted as a ~" This is more difficult. The possibilities are variable, depending on context. "Has been" is part of a declarative sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence in its own right. "As" is not required and is awkward. A simplified version would be: "As well, Merkel has been depicted ~." I hope this helps.0 votedJuly 5, 20123
- There are so many. "Wassup?" (what's up?) is getting more popular among friends. "How're ya doin?" is also common, and "what's goin' on? There are a lot of people who speak Spanish in my region, so I sometimes say, "¿Qué pasó?" (what's happening, or what's happened?). For something that is so outrageous that you can't believe it, "well, I'll be dipped" is appropriate. For something that is no longer successful, or effective, you can say "he/she (or) it has jumped the shark." I think you're going to get a long list from this question.0 votedJune 9, 20120
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I have a crazy neighbour called "A," which who lives above my flat. He is an old drunkard. All the time that I knew him, he was friendly with me. But the two days before yesterday, shit happened. I saw a water leakage through the kitchen ceiling. His mother and girlfriend are living with him too. At that moment he wasn't home. His woman (wife, girlfriend, significant other) opened the door and I came went in. Then I fixed a breakage of the broken plumbing and started to check. At this moment, "A" came into the kitchen and yelled at me. He had was waving his arms, and then he chased me away. "Never go come back!" he said. He was drunk of course. He talked bullshit nonsense and used very bad words. At night he chased cats in his flat, screaming "I'll kill you! A-a-a-a-a!". The police had come by that time, time by time but he wasn't at home at that time. This is my life space :).
This is a well-told and interesting story. I made minimal changes so as not to affect the freshness and vitality of the prose.
"Shit happened" and "bullshit" are still not standard terms in American English I suggest that you use them only with people you know well, and avoid them in writing for the public and in speaking with people you are not acquainted with.
"Life space is gramatically correct, but not idiomatic English. You could use "This is my life," or "this is my home," or many other expressions.
Keep writing. Hope this is useful to you.
0 votedJune 9, 20120- Grammatically, the sentence is correct. However, being isolated, it is very difficult to determine whether it is appropriate. That's why context is so important. The sentence might well remain correct in a variety of contexts, but in some it might not be appropriate and possibly cause confusion for a reader.0 votedJune 8, 20121
This is well written and expresses a great deal of maturity. If I were editing it for publication, I would make the following changes:
Paragraph 1: making yourself hurt - hurting yourself / Comma after "In fact," / and exercise it. - and exercise them. / to bossy - to be bossy / remove quotes from "warnings" /
Paragraph 2: sheep's clothing - sheeps' clothing / The semi-colon is falling into disuse in American English. When used, it separates two complete sentences with the second being strongly related to the first. I use it, but sparingly.
Paragraph 3: artiste -artists / people do have - people have / perceive yourself - perceive you / held your head - hold your head / you brain - your brain / Whatever it is - Whatever it is, / do things right, / do things right. /
Paragraph 4: takes care / take care /
Hope this helps.
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