Jackson6612  +  414013 Tue, 04 Sep 07 02:06 PM Is the following paragraph correct? Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you are already a busy lady answering many posts everyday, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Sorry, if I have offended you. Next time, I will be careful. Jackson6612 Joined on Wed, Dec 27 2006 Senior Member 3,688 It’s a difficult question for any man to answer… Whether to follow his dreams no matter what… Or to give in slowly and let life lead you where it will. Paragraphs

	Clive  +  414018 Tue, 04 Sep 07 02:19 PM Hi, Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you are already a busy lady answering many posts everyday, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Sorry, if I have offended you. Next time, I will be careful. Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you were already a busy lady answering many posts every day, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Sorry if I have offended you. Next time, I will be (more) careful. 'Are' is also possible, because you are saying this close to the present time, and you think that the fact is still true today. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,679 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Jackson6612  +  414025 Tue, 04 Sep 07 02:37 PM Thank you, Clive. [Suggestions are still welcome] Jackson6612

	Yoong Liat  +  414109 Tue, 04 Sep 07 05:28 PM  Clive wrote: Hi, Yes, I could have asked you directly. But I thought you were already a busy lady answering many posts every day, therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Sorry if I have offended you. But I thought you were already a busy lady answering many posts every day. Therefore I posted that question in the forums for other members. Is it correct if I split the original sentence into two and them rephrased as above? Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757

	Clive  +  414227 Tue, 04 Sep 07 09:36 PM Hi, Yes, it is, although 'therefore' is commonly used as a conjunction. But if I wanted to write more carefully, I'd use 'so'. If this sentence starts with 'therefore', I'd follow it with a comma. Clive Clive Commas

	Jackson6612  +  414460 Wed, 05 Sep 07 11:47 AM  Yoong Liat wrote: Is it correct if I split the original sentence into two and them rephrased as above? Hi Y. Liat, Couldn't rephrase be used in the place of rephrased in the above sentence? Why are you using past participle? Jackson6612

	Yoong Liat  +  414821 Thu, 06 Sep 07 03:09 AM  Jackson6612 wrote:  Yoong Liat wrote: Hi Y. Liat, Couldn't rephrase be used in the place of rephrased in the above sentence? Why are you using past participle? No, I used the simple past, not past participle. Yes, 'rephrase' can be used. Yoong Liat Simple Past