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You could say "presented to us", which indicates a fairly neutral viewpoint. You could also say "given to us", but that tends to suggest that life is something to be desired, so it's less neutral. (By the way, the "obviously" doesn't follow for me ... your...

Mr. XYZVice PresidentXYZ CorporationMumbai Dear Mr. XYZ Re: Change of Designation.I would like to sincerely thank you for promoting me to the position of Assistant I would again like to again thank you and my other seniors for the expression of faith in my abilities that they you have exhibited...

Hi N2G,'etc' is an abbreviation for et cetera, a latin expression that means "and the rest." Therefore, we do not need to add and before etc.

Hi there all. Can anyone help me with this one? Attorney General can be abbreviated to AG. Likewise, Solicitor General or Witch Finder General can be abbreviated to SG and WFG respectively. When one AG meets with another AG the correct grammar is Attorneys General, with the correct abbreviation...

Anonymous wrote:It's still a bit unclear to me whether "no." (or some other abbreviation, maybe) can be used to replace number eg. in phrases "Number of messages" and "Serial number". Would you please share your views. I do have a reason for using abbreviations.no.,1. north.2. northern.3. ...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

Hello, it's me ,and my graduation book projest, again It really helped me when Wanwo explained the expressions and words I asked about last time. Now i'm hoping I will get the same, hoping i'm not imposing on you all, but I have no one to turn to, so please help me and I will be more than...

Hello Western American, @ There aren't too many people on the boards that can communicate using German/Swedish.sorry, it was only meant as a joke, of course I want to practise my English and I was very pleased when I found this forum Does anyone knows another expression with the same meaning...

Hi, I reached your query when i was searching for the same thing and coincidently, i had made the same mistake of mis- spelling it RSPV. The actual abbreviation found on an invitation is,RSVP. and comes from the French expression "répondez s'il vous plaît", meaning "please respond". Bye, Ciji

The word you're hearing in the expression I want to is not too, but to. It's just an abbreviation of the full infinitive which follows want. Do you want to ***? Yes, I want to ***. OR Yes, I want to. But note: I want to ***! I want to ***, too! OR I want to, too! CJ