Tips for getting fast and full responses (from me)

Clive wrote:

Hi, The best thing is if you write some sentences with different tenses and post them here. Then we can give you comments to help you. OK? Best wishes, Clive

okay dear .thanx for the reply.

jst a try...I could hv reach earlier if i had got up earlier

is this correct??

Clive wrote:

Hi, okay dear . My wife calls me 'dear'. You can call me 'Clive'. But if you want to write with a little bit more style, you can begin with 'Dear Clive,'.  jst a try...I could hv reach earlier if i had got up earlier is this correct?? Just a try...I could have arrived earlier if I had got up earlier. Don't abbreviate words. Use a capital for 'I'. If you want us to look at more sentences for you, we'd be happy to. But don't keep posting them here. Please start a new thread. OK? Best wishes, Clive

Thank you Mr. Clive

Cant the above sentence be like this-I would have arrived earlier  if I had got up earlier.

One more problem I have confusion between the usage of  dont and does'nt.For eg:He dont want to sit there and He does'nt want to sit there.Which one is correct between the two?

Sorry Mr Clive I dont know how to start a new thread

I would like to start a conversation when I am at the party. how should I start and what appropriate subject should I bring out?

Dear John.... no, I am not breaking up with you!  No, seriously, I have a rather large problem.  I have been a court reporter for almost 30 years; unfortunately, I have been forced to retire.  I am now doing some freelance work for another company and, in the past, I was used to being my own boss.  Much to my chagrine, I had my transcript "edited" and I feel it is full of errors.  Could you please give me your opinion and reasoning so that I can have a valid argument to support my argument. She puts a semi-colon after any statement that is followed by "is that correct" or "is that right".  I put a comma in that situation.

My sentence sample:

You were in the park, is that correct?

You were in the park, is that right?

She puts:

You were in the park; is that correct?

You were in the park; is that right?

I have never seen the semi-colon used like this, please advise.

Thank you!

Holly Glenn

Hello John,

I am a Brasilian student that does want to learn English correctly. At this moment I am facing a difficult subject at school: The use of Present participle or Gerund. Could you please give some hints on how to differentiate them????

The following sentences, for instance, are they present participle or gerund??? Why???

It took the computer three seconds to solve the equation that has been confusing the mathematicians for several days.

Calming the residents, the firemen assured that the flames would soon be ***.

I would be so grateful if you could send me a quick answer!!!

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Thank you some much for your kind attention!!!!!