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Yoong Liat  +  485464 Thu, 06 Mar 08 01:51 AM

Hi Clive

I would like to apologise for misinterpreting what you said.

In my country, we seldom write letters using 'To whom it may concern'; 'Dear Sir', 'Dear Sir/Madam' or 'Dear Sirs' is more commonly used.

The dictionary doesn't advise against using the above. Perhaps, it is a case of BrE vs AmE.

Best wishes.

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Clive  +  538883 Wed, 09 Jul 08 08:44 PM
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Anonymous, 1 yr 92 days ago
What is proper grammer for the question "Did I do good"?
Clive  +  552296 Thu, 07 Aug 08 09:48 PM
Hi,
What is proper grammar for the question "Did I do good"?
Did I do well?

Clive
Yoong Liat  +  552392 Fri, 08 Aug 08 04:54 AM

A lot of posters spell 'grammar' as 'grammer. I think the reason is 'mer' sounds correct, whereas 'mar' is closer in pronunciation to the 'ma; in 'grandma'.

Anonymous, 1 yr 83 days ago
what is the proper way to say

Stephanie and I would like to thank you
or
Stephanie and me would like to thank you
Tanit  +  555606 Sat, 16 Aug 08 08:43 PM

Anonymous
“what is the proper way to say

Stephanie and I would like to thank you
or
Stephanie and me would like to thank you”


A good rule of thumb: remove Stephanie. What would you say?

  1. Stephanie and I would like to thank you. => [Stephanie and] I would like to thank you. => ... I would like to thank you.
  2. Stephanie and me would like to thank you. => [Stephanie and] me would like to thank you. =>... * Me would like to thank you.

I'd choose the first one!
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Clive  +  555608 Sat, 16 Aug 08 08:45 PM
Hi,
what is the proper way to say

Stephanie and I would like to thank you
or
Stephanie and me would like to thank you

Let's split it into two sentences.
Stephanie and I would like to thank you
Stephanie and I would like to thank you

I hope you can see now that 'me' is not what you would say.

Best wishes, Clive


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