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Hoa Thai wrote: Hi Goodman, Maybe I should not touch your nerve again - You are so expressive and I am scared! (for your heart and for my embarrassment). Don't worry, I am all barks and I no bite! However, I must present my thought to find out what is wrong with it. Here I come. I haven’t...

Hello, Hoa Thai. Although Goodman outstripped me and deserved the brave one's laurels, I'd like to add some of the comments which I had started typing yesterday in the university, but hadn't time to finish... Your reasonong is interesting but not fault-less. «As CalifJim clearly explains...

Cali has always given lucid explanations and I am very indebted to her help. I have a question here not so much about sentence level but about discourse level. First, look at this sentence: Are the books we ordered/have ordered used by any other university here? Simple past or present...

Hi Collegebound, Welcome to the forums. Overall, you have a good essay. Stop worrying about your paragraphs. However, I 'm not sure what the topic was that Wisconsin asked for. Where did you put it? As vice president of my Catholic school’s multi-cultural student union, I have learned, first...

Dear teachers, Would you please have a look at my translation? It's full of cultural references and I wonder how this can be transfered into the British or American system. There's also a problem of tense. Sans être épargnés, les professeurs des écoles dont le statut a été revalorisé au début...

Hi, (A1) Tom was a site engineer before he was a teacher in a university. (A2) Tom had been a site engineer before he was a teacher in a university. Which one is better? A1. There is no reason to use Past Perfect, because the word 'before' makes the sequence of events clear. (B1) Susan will...

Which one is better? (A1) Tom was a site engineer before he was a teacher in a university. (A2) Tom had been a site engineer before he was a teacher in a university. Which one is better? (B1) Susan will go to see/meet Jim on Tuesday while he will be working in the office. (B2) Susan will...

Things in red again. Cheese1987 wrote: Thank you very much! Three standards define how ethical the media is - objectivity, fairness, and accuracy. Columbia University emeritus journalism professor Melvin Mencher claims Objectivity (why capitalize it?) should avoid bias and...

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

Goodman: «I think you have some valid points but I see it slightly differently.» In the quotation of my post you wrote the same phrase in blue. But it's Kooyeen's words (which I only quoted) that you coloured red, as if they were mine! Kooyeen said: "Now, I'd say she was still...