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I love using Skype and email to help people practice their English! I'm learning Mandarin, but currently my vocabulary is quite limited, so I will be very happy to keep our dialogue in English. I'm very patient, and really enjoy helping people. Feel free to contact me and I'll send you my Skype name and direct email address where we can coordinate a day and time to talk. I look forward to meeting you!
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    April 13, 2012
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    <em>[I hope you don't mind that I've taken some liberties while editing your text.  These are just suggested edits. -Marc]</em>

     

    It's stressful to live in a society where every basic need requires money, but more so if a person doesn't know how to administer their finances wisely.

     

    I was born into a poor family.  I clearly remember how miserable my mother was as she worked to provide for us.  I don't know whether this experience was good for us, but it motivated me to study hard, since I didn't want to waste her money.

     

    People often say character is built from situations experienced during childhood.  As a mature person, and as a result of my experiences, I've become skilled at administering my money.  I will always be proud of this ability.

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    April 9, 2012
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    March 30, 2012
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    This will sound formal, and if that's the purpose, then I'd suggest: "It's something worthy of our consideration." A few more thoughts: 1) If you've established elsewhere that it's more than just you making the decision, you can probably simplify it even further to: "It's something worthy of consideration." 2) If the context is more casual, more informal, then I'd suggest: "We'll consider it" or "We'll think about it."
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    March 29, 2012
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    I believe the second example, "in runtime" might actually be intended as "in real time", in which the sentence "How to translate your web page in real time" makes a bit more sense. "At run time" means an event occurring at some point in the execution of the application or program. Examples: "The server applied its time stamp to the page at run time." "Google maps updates on the page in real time."
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    March 19, 2012
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    All of those look fine, as Randy indicated. The only thing to be conscious of is who your listener/reader might be. In America, "football" is a completely different sport from "soccer".
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    March 19, 2012
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    @sarah: In this example, "said" is an emphasizing reference to something already mentioned, or already established, in a previous sentence -- in this case, it's emphasizing the competition. It's often only used in legal writing. It can also be used satirically when making fun of a situation or conversation that that speaker/writer is indicating is excessively formal.
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    March 18, 2012
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    This is technically correct: "Our group was blessed to win third place at said competition." However, using "said" in this sentence makes it a bit excessively formal, in my opinion. Consider using, "Our group was blessed to win third place in the competition."
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    March 18, 2012
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    It comes from baseball and is a reference to a type of homerun where the player doesn't just run all the bases, but hit the ball out of the park. So, to "knock it out of the park" means to do something exceptionally well.
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    March 18, 2012
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    This is an informal expression used when asking, or instructing, someone to be quiet or to calm down.
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    March 16, 2012
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