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Re: different and another

Clive — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:04:30 GMT

Hi,

i saw this at korean forum some one who asked it on what different between different and another

which one is a correct sentence?

i find different job Simple present tense is not good in either of these examples. You might say 'I am finding a different job, I am going to find a different job, I found a different job', etc. It depends on what you mean.

i find another job

please explain them if there is wrong..

Say it this way:

I'm trying to find a different job.

I'm trying to find another job.

i'm looking for a new job.

You don't seem to think that capital letters are important in English. They are, so please use them.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Correcting my grammar!!!

abbie1948 — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 09:46:05 GMT

Hello, Hemantchavan . I assume you wish us to correct the grammar in this letter, which I am happy to do. If you are trying to learn English, then it would be better not to use "text language" such as "how r u " You also need to pay attention to the use of capital letters after full stops, and for the personal pronoun "I". I am not going to re-write these simple errors, but I will highlight them so that you can begin to correct your own work.

You need to learn the use of the present continuous form of verbs. It is very common for people from the Indian sub-continent to misuse this form of the verb, and use it when simple present should be used.

Dear Friend,

Hello! How r u? I got your email today and i am glad to hear from you
I am doing well with my work in Pune. I went to Mumbai in May to meet my friend who is from the USA, and I stayed there for three days. We sped around in his car, which we enjoyed. Then I went to Hubli to meet my sister at her house and stayed for two days. everything was fine.

why did you leave your job in Bangalore? I thought you were interested in your work in Mumabi and even have a good salary. Am i right?

I think i will be coming to Bangalore in July. When i come to Bangalore, i will inform u by email.

Re: Hello

abbie1948 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:28:37 GMT

Hi Jazz,

Thanks for saying I could correct your post on line.

Re: your reply to Ali;

1. In English we always begin a new sentence with a capital letter, and we use a capital letter for people's names, and for names of places such as London, the Indian Ocean etc. So your greeting should be:

"Hi Student ..."

I know that when we use the internet or text, we often leave out things like capital letters and punctuation, but when you are learning, it's a good excercise to pay attention to the details.

We also always use a capital letter for 'I'

2. It is important to use a dictionary to ensure your spelling is correct. (But we all make mistakes!)

Here is a list of your spelling errors:

articale; indifinint; pronounse; diffecult; difinint; resturant; papular; studing

See if you can find these in a dictionary and correct them.

3. Verbs - these can be quite difficult to understand. This site might help.
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/wordgame_current_frame.html

* "here are the using..."
This needs to be present simple + noun. "Here is the use...."
Use is a verb, but also a noun, and you are using it as a noun here. As it is singular, the verb also needs to be singulr.

* "A" is called (NOT is calling) - I agree, it sounds as if you should use the present continuous here, but in fact we don't; we use the simple past. I was called X when I was born, and it is a long situation.

* "and use with only nouns ...."

Here you need the present tense of "be" + the participle "used"

"and is used with ...."

* "book is A noun and began with 'b'"
The simple present here - it is a permanent situation; book begins with 'b', and will always begin with 'b'. the same goes for "nice BEGINS with 'n' "

Also, pay attention to your articles, particularly as this post is about articles!

* I went to a restaurant and I have had ...."
Here you need the simple past: "I had my lunch there" because having lunch is a short, quickly finish action.

"Which restaurant I talked about ...."
The past progressive is better here; it is used for temporary actions and situations in the past.

"Which restaurant I was talking about" Presumably you didn't talk for years about the restaurant, nor did you repeatedly talk about it!

OK, here's the corrected item - although I'm leaving the spelling mistakes in so you can look them up!

Hi Student,
Here is the use of these articales:
"A" is called THE indifinint articale and useD with only nouns or adjectives which already begin with A CONSONANT, FOR example; a book, a nice rose. Book is A noun and begINS with b, nice is AN adjective and begINS with n, and so on.

"An" is also dealT with it as AN articale, but we can use it with nouns or adjectives which begin with vowelS such as "a,u,i,o,e,and someTIMES 'h' when we pronounse IT like: honest , so we can say an honest boy!

To MAKE IT easIER for you, try to use "a" with apple. You will note that IT IS more diffecult TO say an apple, isn't it Ali?

"The" is THE difinint articale: IT is usED for someTHING we already know, or someTHING we HAVE mentionED in our conversation; so when we want to repeat it again we use "the" before it, eg: I went to a resturant and I HAD my lunch there, I saw my old friend in the resturant. WE USE 'THE' BECAUSE YOU already know which resturant I WAS TALKING about. Also we use it with something UNIQUE in the world, eg. The Indian Ocean, but we can't use it before people'S names, OR meals, like lunch,dinner ETC. So "the" has many uses.

By the way, u r studing in THE UK. It is A GOOD place to LEARN BETTER English. I AM jealous u coz I WISH I WERE there!

P.S Re; full membership: I think this is very reasonable question, because I didn't know at first. I think it depends upon how many times you post a question or response to the forum, so keep on working, and it will just happen.

Do keep on answering posts, as you did to Ali, because it helps everyone.