Hi, alc24! I'll try to help you with these sentences. Are these sentences that you are trying to write correctly for yourself or for an assignment? 1 When/If I don't have to wait, I take the subway otherwise I take a cab. When is the

Hi Alc You may have better luck in getting quick responses if you post fewer sentences in each thread. Your assumption that checking and responding to your long lists of sentences is very quick work is not the case. Are you being paid to correct

Hi, Here are just a few quick overall comments. In a formal essay, don't make a list of numbered points. In my opinion, you are commenting too much on the essay structure in the course of your writing. The reader is

Several things: 1. You really should get a screen name. First, it feels wrong to answer someone Anonymous. A faceless, nameless stranger asking questions is not friendly. Also, it gets confusing. Is this the same Anonymous that we responded

First, I must assume the addressee knows what LC is. Avoid abbreviations unless you are certain they will be understood. Please find the attached LC copy for your reference. You shall bear the half of the LC opening cost of USDxxx , same as

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This post prompted me to ask my sister-in-law, who was ... give as reference. A close cousin to "folk etymology"? ;) Well, I would guess that the BrE comes from the abbreviation on street signs; presumably the usage in the north-eastern

This is common in (some varieties of ?) BrE, certainly in LondonE. This post prompted me to ask my sister-in-law, who was born and raised in Manchester, and she says they commonly ... up anywhere so have nothing online or in print to give as

The old pennies, of course, used the abbreviation "d", though no-one ever called them "dee"). In restricted circles, though, they actually did say "dee" and "three-d bit". Partridge in one or another