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Hi, The format still does not seem quite right, but I'll try to comment. I'm commenting based on the format that people use here where I live. Put your name /address / phone / email at the top, as a heading. Then put these sections, in this order: OBJECTIVE (what position you are looking...

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Clive 1 yr 338 days ago

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Re: Indirect speech-past tense?

Now, after building dozens of the walls in universities, condominiums and offices for $10,000 to $20,000 each, he said he is being flooded with inquiries from homeowners and is planning to expand into the residential market. I am wondering whether it should be "...he said he was being...and was...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Aperisic 1 yr 345 days ago Tenses Universities Past tenses Direct speech Indirect speech
Re: Indirect speech-past tense?

Calive wrote: The following sentence comes from today's the New York Times: Now, after building dozens of the walls in universities, condominiums and offices for $10,000 to $20,000 each, he said he is being flooded with inquiries from homeowners and is planning to expand into the residential...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Philip 1 yr 345 days ago Tenses Universities Past tenses Direct speech Indirect speech
Indirect speech-past tense?

The following sentence comes from today's the New York Times: Now, after building dozens of the walls in universities, condominiums and offices for $10,000 to $20,000 each, he said he is being flooded with inquiries from homeowners and is planning to expand into the residential market. I am...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Calive 1 yr 345 days ago Tenses Universities Past tenses Direct speech Indirect speech
Re: raise and rise

The presumption is that this is a fact -- a fact that has always been true and is still true: Consumer preference for a product rises by 19 percent after its appearance on a small airship or blimp. ("always") When or how this fact was discovered or revealed does not change the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 2 yr 38 days ago Verbs Tenses Universities Past tenses
Re: need some basic as well as advance lessons

This is a link to a writing site at Purdue University (Indiana, US). I think a "declarative" sentence is just another name for an "assertive" sentence, a statement of fact. "He dares to speak up in class..." seems like an assertive/declarative sentence to me. "He dare speak up in class..."...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Nef 2 yr 45 days ago Verbs Tenses Present tenses Universities
Re: Similar words

Reputation may be good or bad. However, fame is generally neutral and positive. “Her fame is corrupt in her company” does not sound right. It’s better to say => She is a person of ill fame in her company. He is a politician of ill fame because of his past scandals. Character, trait,...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Likeguslee 2 yr 49 days ago Nouns Tenses Dates Universities
Re: If I were vs If I had been

Generally, you are correct, but time isn't everything in such constructions. The degree of doubt might determine which of the two tenses, the past perfect (for most doubt), or the past (for less) should be used, irrelevant of the temporal element involved. Should you have the opportunity,...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Marius Hancu 2 yr 97 days ago Grammar Constructions Tenses Negatives English grammar Universities Past tenses Past perfect
Re: What are the mistakes of these sentenses?

Hi Keewi, Welcome to the Forum. I am going to study at university in Perth (Australia), but my english is very poor. In additon, I have no time to study english. I don't really know what to do. Do you have some suggestion? If you study at an English-speaking University, you need good English....

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 2 yr 119 days ago Tenses Universities
What are the mistakes of these sentenses?

Hi, every one. I don't really know what are they wrong. I am going to study at university in Perth (Australia), but my english is very poor. In additon, I have no time to study english. I don't really know what to do. Do you have some suggestion? Writing is very important in many purpose. I...

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