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Original sentence: Pressure to pull out mounted after the March 4 killing in Baghdad of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari who was escorting a recently released hostage to freedom. ++ 1) I think "Italian intelligence" modifies the word of "killing", so it must as following the...

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Hello Hadeka I think it's good. It needs a little work, though, here and there. First, the punctuation and grammar. I'll list the words and phrases that you need to review: persons of the world Kings, princes, and princesses which are my fellows answers I don’t think the power is in...

Dear CJ, you are right. In English there is quite often no comma, where you are required to put one in German. So, this is an error quite common for us. Then again, my punctuation is often not good at all, neither in English nor in German. Thnx anyway, I hope I will remember it next time. cu

A friendly FYI: I think you accidentally used German punctuation rules in "I am sure, that it will not happen". In English we don't use a comma there.

The thing is too long and complicated, Guest. You won't get tangled in punctuation and grammar so much if you SIMPLIFY and CLARIFY. The following revision says everything that your original does, and much more clearly: 'We want to expand China and EU citizen exchange and cooperation.'

All, taiwandave, I stand corrected. You are right, for I am sure I do use "it's" to represent "it has". MM thank you for confirming that a complete phrase is required to the left of the colon. I wonder if there is some British English versus American English at play? Because this quote is...

All, MM, I had misread the quote myself. I took the stuff before the "however" as follows: Having said that (all the preamble), there are no absolute rights and wrongs in this matter. I didn't read it as one contiguous phrase. But that is my error, not the author's. All, I agree that...

Yes, exactly. And what a pleasure it is to be able to discuss this issue with you, MrP. I appreciate your style. Your posts provide delectable food for thought for a healthy discussion. It's truly an immovable feast. Thank you. I more than agree that there's a problem with the tutor's claim,...

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