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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL Essay, Writing World</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslEssayWritingWorld/Forum9.htm</link><description>Post your essay, short story or composition here. Review, comment or just read for fun.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)</generator><item><title>Re: sentences!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxlmx/post.htm#489784</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:05:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489784</guid><dc:creator>Newguest</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxlmx/post.htm#489784</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-489784.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;thanks a lot Feebs!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: sentences!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxljz/post.htm#489724</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:05:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489724</guid><dc:creator>Feebs11</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxljz/post.htm#489724</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-489724.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Newguest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hi Feebs. Thanks for answering.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In response to your reply:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In IX century these principalities were subordinated to the Eastern March, and in X century Carniola was captured by Hungarians. ACCORDING TO YOUR TIPS IT SHOULD BE: In the ninth/In the 9th century..and in the tenth/10th century..was captured by.&lt;img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-21.gif" alt="Yes" title="Yes" /&gt;.HERE YOU HAVE THE WHOLE SENTENCE, so..&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I would use &amp;quot;the Hungarians&amp;quot;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As for the eight&lt;b&gt;h&lt;/b&gt; sentence I wanted to say that the average&lt;u&gt; lifespan &lt;/u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;life expectancy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; for people who lived th&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;n was between &lt;b&gt;56&lt;/b&gt; and&lt;b&gt; 76&lt;/b&gt;, and&amp;nbsp; that the lifespan of men &lt;b&gt;on average &lt;/b&gt;was between 72 and 84 and &lt;b&gt;for &lt;/b&gt;women between &lt;b&gt;47&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;80&lt;/b&gt;. IS IT CLEAR NOW :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;When citing life expectancies, put the lower age first.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;take care&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: sentences!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxlzp/post.htm#489666</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:21:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489666</guid><dc:creator>Newguest</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxlzp/post.htm#489666</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-489666.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hi Feebs. Thanks for answering.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In response to your reply:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In IX century these principalities were subordinated to the Eastern March, and in X century Carniola was captured by Hungarians. ACCORDING TO YOUR TIPS IT SHOULD BE: In the ninth/In the 9th century..and in the tenth/10th century..was captured by..HERE YOU HAVE THE WHOLE SENTENCE, so..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As for the eight sentence I wanted to say that the average lifespan for people who lived than was between 76 and 56, and&amp;nbsp; that the lifespan of men was between 72 and 84 and women between 80 and 47. IS IT CLEAR NOW :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;take care&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: sentences!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxkzc/post.htm#489364</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:12:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489364</guid><dc:creator>Feebs11</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxkzc/post.htm#489364</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-489364.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Newguest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hi guys.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m writing, actually I&amp;#39;m trying to translate,&amp;nbsp;a certain text and from time to time I have some troubles with some sentences. Will you be so kind to have a look at the sentences below and point out the mistakes, or suggest some better ways of writing them. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;In VI-VII centuries after Christ the Germans started to flock in these lands. &amp;nbsp;IS IT ALL RIGHT TO WRITE &amp;quot;IN VI-VII CENTURIES&amp;quot;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;No - use 6th-7th or spell out.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; HOW ABOUT &amp;quot;FLOCK&amp;quot; &lt;b&gt;&amp;quot;flock into&amp;quot; is ok&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. ......was captured by Hungarians OR MAYBE:&amp;nbsp;THE HUNGARIANS&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;The full sentence would help to decide.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. In XI century OR: IN THE&amp;nbsp;ELEVENTH CENTURY&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;or &amp;quot;11th&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4.Over 38% of the population professed no religion.&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;ok&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5.During the First World War Slovenians remained loyal towards the Habsburgs. SLOVENIANS/THE SLOVENIANS&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;the Slovenians&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6.Serbs were the biggest minority&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;, forming&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 2.0% of the population. MAYBE: THE SERBS&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Serbs&amp;quot; is fine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;7. In July, 2007 Slovenia was inhabited by 2,009,245 people of various age groups in a population:.........&amp;nbsp; HOW ABOUT THE NUMBER. THERE SHOULD BE COMMAS OR PERIODS?&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt; &lt;b&gt;commas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8.The average lifespan was about&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt; 76-56&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; years, &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;including&lt;/font&gt; men â 72-84 years, and women â &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;80-&lt;b&gt;47&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/font&gt;years. &lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;These do not look correct. Can you explain what they mean?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;9. Pursuant to the Constitution of&amp;nbsp;2000 the head of state is a presiden&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;t an&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;d the government is&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&lt;b&gt; led&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; by the prime minister.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;10. The basic pension was calculated on the basis of the &lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;average&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; net remuneration from &lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;10 best years of employment. IS IT ALL RIGHT TO WRITE: &amp;quot;FROM 10 BEST YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT&amp;quot;? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m actually half way through the article, so maybe I&amp;#39;ll post some more sentences soon. If anyone finds some time,please have a look at them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;take care&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>sentences!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxjkv/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:37:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489162</guid><dc:creator>Newguest</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentences/zxjkv/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-489162.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi guys.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m writing, actually I&amp;#39;m trying to translate,&amp;nbsp;a certain text and from time to time I have some troubles with some sentences. Will you be so kind to have a look at the sentences below and point out the mistakes, or suggest some better ways of writing them. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;In VI-VII centuries after Christ the Germans started to flock in these lands. &amp;nbsp;IS IT ALL RIGHT TO WRITE &amp;quot;IN VI-VII CENTURIES&amp;quot; HOW ABOUT &amp;quot;FLOCK&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. ......was captured by Hungarians OR MAYBE:&amp;nbsp;THE HUNGARIANS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. In XI century OR: IN THE&amp;nbsp;ELEVENTH CENTURY&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4.Over 38% of the population professed no religion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5.During the First World War Slovenians remained loyal towards the Habsburgs. SLOVENIANS/THE SLOVENIANS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6.Serbs were the biggest minority who formed 2.0% of the population. MAYBE: THE SERBS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;7. In July, 2007 Slovenia was inhabited by 2,009,245 people of various age groups in a population:.........&amp;nbsp; HOW ABOUT THE NUMBER. THERE SHOULD BE COMMAS OR PERIODS?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8.The average lifespan was about 76-56 years, including men â 72-84 years, and women â 80-47 years. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;9. Pursuant to the Constitution of&amp;nbsp;2000 the head of state is a president, and the government is managed by the prime minister.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;10. The basic pension was calculated on the basis of the avarage net remuneration from 10 best years of employment. IS IT ALL RIGHT TO WRITE: &amp;quot;FROM 10 BEST YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m actually half way through the article, so maybe I&amp;#39;ll post some more sentences soon. If anyone finds some time,please have a look at them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;take care&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>