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Re: leave letter

Clive — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:21:51 GMT

Hi,

dear sir,

requesting a leave due to religious activity.

This is not correct. For a start, you need capital letters and a subject. You also need an appropriate verb tense.

Would you like to try to correct it, and then post it again?

Best wishes, Clive

Re: use or using?

Clive — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:33:36 GMT

Hi,

which one is correct? Neither, because English sentences must start with a capital letter. In addition, you need to use a capital 'I', and to spell the word 'you' correctly. If you don't care about these things, it seems unnecessary to care about grammar.

i think it will be more appropriate if u use the pink one.

can i change it to using? No. 'You using' is not a correct verb tense.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: i need help with this sentence, please, it's important :(

Grammar Geek — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:50:51 GMT

Anonymous
i know that i need to add capital letters but that wasn't my question...

But when you ask if something is correct and it has an incorrect element, it would be remiss of us to not point that out. Oddly, we expect that when people come to a forum to learn English and present their work as correct, they have taken all due care to ensure that it is correct. Silly of us, I guess.

Context IS important. Are the professor's sacrifices current or in the past? That will determine the tense of your verb.

Re: Please upgrade this

Hoa Thai — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:23:52 GMT

Believer wrote:
Once you enter the premises, you will see desks with a piece of paper that has a capital letter written on it. You are to find the letter that corresponds to the first letter of your last name and check-in. After you have signed your name and the person at the desk have confirmed your payment of the registration fee, you will be given a name tag and will be told where to go next. You will see plenty of refleshments on various locations and people with 'Ask Me' badges all over the place to get help.

And for that you seemed to question the use of the present perfect for the underlined parts. Personally, I think it is possible for me to use the past perfect tenses there because I think I have heard this type of tense being used in this kind of context.

I see what makes you think so! It must be the word 'After' - Right? Let's look at this sentence: Find your name, sign in, and wait for confirmation. How about this one: He said that I needed to brush my teeth before I went to bed. Do you notice the timing associated with those sentences? The present perfect tense sends me, your reader, a wrong signal! You started your sentence with the present tense to take me along with you as you speak. Suddenly, you say, "After you have signed" - "What? Aren't we still together" would be my reaction.

In short, all you have to say, "After you sign your name and get the confirmation of paid registration fee by the receptionist, s/he will give you a nametag and show you where you go next." Do you see that you are still walking me through the process?

Believer wrote:

Employer: OK, John, go and deliever this package to the two places I marked on this piece of paper. Go up this street and turn right after two blocks. Right next to the movie theater, you will see the "ZZZ Hardware" store. Get in there and give this to the manager. After you have delivered the first package, you are to head up two more blocks and find ...

The task of delivering the package hasn't begun, but I think the use of the present perfect in one's instructions is fine. What do you think?

Same answer as before.

Believer wrote:

2. Also, would you say that the basic reason for placing 'that' here is because the word 'place' is a subject (although it is the subject of a modifying clause) and since it is a subject, 'that' isn't optional. Does it sound correct to you?

..., since the place that they will attend will be obvious ...

The that is optional. However, I added it to signal the reader that there is another clause after. I got into that habit of mine just in case later I want to add extra thought in between.

Re: Please upgrade this

Believer — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:51:47 GMT

Thank you, Hoa Thai. I have two more questions, if you are willing to lend a helping hand.

1. I wrote this in the original inquiring post:

Once you enter the premises, you will see desks with a piece of paper that has a capital letter written on it. You are to find the letter that corresponds to the first letter of your last name and check-in. After you have signed your name and the person at the desk have confirmed your payment of the registration fee, you will be given a name tag and will be told where to go next. You will see plenty of refleshments on various locations and people with 'Ask Me' badges all over the place to get help.

And for that you seemed to question the use of the present perfect for the underlined parts. Personally, I think it is possible for me to use the past perfect tenses there because I think I have heard this type of tense being used in this kind of context.

Employer: OK, John, go and deliever this package to the two places I marked on this piece of paper. Go up this street and turn right after two blocks. Right next to the movie theater, you will see the "ZZZ Hardware" store. Get in there and give this to the manager. After you have delivered the first package, you are to head up two more blocks and find ...

The task of delivering the package hasn't begun, but I think the use of the present perfect in one's instructions is fine. What do you think?

2. Also, would you say that the basic reason for placing 'that' here is because the word 'place' is a subject (although it is the subject of a modifying clause) and since it is a subject, 'that' isn't optional. Does it sound correct to you?

..., since the place that they will attend will be obvious ...

Re: grammar

Clive — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:21:03 GMT

Hi,

[i had a nice day] this sentense correct to past

It tells me that you had a nice day at some point in the past.

However, it's an incorrect sentence because it does not start with a capital letter.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Correct my Essey please.

Grammar Geek — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:10:02 GMT

"ma" should be "my."

I should always be capitalized.

.. is not a way to end a sentence.

Sentences start with capital letters.

I broke my leg - not I have broke

"I will never walk again" seems like an overly dramatic ending!

You have a few problems with tense. Either put it all in the past (I packed up, dressed and went... for example)

I realized I had lent it to my best friend.

What are those links thoughout your essay?

Re: hi every one could you correct my eassy please :)

Grammar Geek — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:39:28 GMT

I don't think you read the last correction at all.

I am only going to highlight errors. It's up to you to fix them. Our work here is done.

You have changed things that you should not have. You now have tenses all over - past in one place, present in another. You seem to have removed spaces after punctuation makes. You need a space after a period. You can get away with starting one sentence with "And" in this type of writing, but not more than one in a row and not more than one in the same paragraph. Did someone else give you advice in another forum and now you are trying to put it all together? You've ended up with a mish-mash, and to be honest, it seems like you stopped being careful, with your capital letters in the middle of a sentence and so forth.

Aoosh wrote:
                                         My Favorite Teacher

     Everyone has a teacher that they remember as being their favorite (or their worst).What I can remember is she being my favourite one during my high school years. She was known as Miss Sarah,my ninth-grade history teacher.There are many reasons why she was my favorite teacher of all times.First, she had a good heartand and she gave her all into teaching us. Second, she made learning history fun. Finally, she was good at her relationships with people.

    One reason why makes her stand out in my mind to this day, she took a personal interest in each and every one of her students, serving as an informal counselor and friend to us all. She always seemed to affirm your value as a human being, always offered honest positive suggestions when needed, never seemed to get down on you, and always made us feel welcome whenever she saw us. She was able to teach a single concept in all three ways - WHAT ways??.And whatever question was asked, it was answered. She never disregarded anything or deemed it âirrelevantâ, no question went unanswered you said that already. She always smiles when she sees me. And make me feel I'm remembered too. She always winks, and her wink!, makes me carry the biggest smile on my face and feel loved.I always remember her in this way, and others who knew her felt the same way.Thanks one and all. -what's this doing here?

   Another reason why Miss Sarah was a favorite of mine because - don't use "reason" and "because" in the same setnence and you're missing a verb she had sense of humor.she know how to take the tension out of tight situations.She would use humor in a spontaneous and mannered way.morover, she would build togetherness in the classroom through the use of humor.I felt most confortable in the environment "the environment" - what environment? .She set up - what does this mean? and it was fun every day. I had hated history up until that point, but she taught me to love it!. She was always so clear in her explanations and I could always understand what she was trying to get at. She always came into the classroom bring a positive attitude that set us all going.

Finally, To tell more she was she very compassionate ,caring, empathetic and able to respond to people at a feeling level.She was good at her relationships with people.She would encourage others to do likewise.She Knew and understood the feelings of the students.She have The ability to motivate the student, to challenge them without pushing them beyond their comfort level too far and unintentionally discouraging them is important - what's this doing here?.Each morning she started my day by being loving and understanding. Her direction was gentle but firm and she was one of the finest teachers in my school.

    I thought school was pretty boring but she made things come alive.She taught me more than history.She taught me how to think independently.Seeing her position of not pushing forth with information at every possible opportunity what are you trying to say here? Your previous ending was good. Just stop after independently . we knew we had arrived at a place in our lives where we had to discover many or most things for ourselves, and without her saying it, we knew it was her job to help teach us how.

Re: tense-hadn't

Yankee — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:50:35 GMT

Newguest wrote:
HI
HI !

IS IT REALLY A BIG MISTAKE TO PUT A COMMA AFTER "ALI?" It is a little mistake.

WHY CAN'T WE SAY "A BAD LUCK" The word 'luck' is uncountable. You cannot use 'a' with an uncountable noun. You can say something such as 'a bit of bad luck' or 'some bad luck', however.

I WROTE "TODAY" AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE CAUSE, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG, HE'S STILL ALIVE, THAT'S WHY I WROTE "HE WOULD SUFFER"

I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE MIXED CONDITIONALS. I WROTE "HE HADN'T BEEN A BOXER" BECAUSE HE'S NOT ONE ANY MORE, That doesn't change the fact that you have begun a Type III conditional. The unchangeable fact is that he was a boxer and therefore the condition ("wasn't/hadn't been a boxer") is impossible to fulfil -- whether or not he is still a boxer is basically irrelevant. AND "HE WOULD SUFFER" CAUSE HE'S STILL ALIVE. As I see it, the problem with "would suffer" in your sentence is that, even with the word 'today' added, it could be interpretted as a reference to only now and the future.

THANKS

By the way, typing in all CAPITAL letters is known as "shouting" and is often seen as UNFRIENDLY.

Re: see my paragraph

Feebs11 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:34:02 GMT

Love_suicide wrote:
hi

can anyone correct my writing and if you could add some idea to the paragraph to make it look better...

Burglary

One day after school.[Why is there a full stop here?] I went to the super market with some friends to buy ice-cream and candy.

When I was inside looking around to find what I want. Suddenly, some guy entered the shop . He was acting weird and suspicious. He walked straight to the shopkeeper and said in a loud voice, "Give me the money very fast or I am going to shoot someone." The shopkeeper was trembling with fear and everyone ~~were~~ [everyone was] frightened and children were crying .

I thought that I have to do some thing about it. So I called my father who is a policeman. I told him about the thief and to come as fast as he could .

He came with ~~others police mans~~ [other policemen]. They had a plane which is [wrong tense] to wait outside to catch the thief if he gets [wrong tense] out from the shop .Then the thief took the money and run [wrong tense] to the door .the police catch [wrong tense]him very fast and they put him in jail.

Finally everyone ~~were~~ safe and relieved, especially the shopkeeper .He give [wrong tense] me a lot of free ice- cream and candy, I was very happy and proud of myself in the [where is the ending?]

Please use a smaller size of type.

#1 A full stop is followed by one space. The next sentence begins with a capital letter.
#2 You are careless about the tenses of the verbs.
#3 You need to study the different punctuation marks and why they are used.
#4 The topic is "Burglary" = the act of breaking and entering a dwelling at night to commit a felony (as theft). What you are describing would be called "Robbery".
#5 You have done this in a hurry - take a bit more time before posting and read it through to make sure you have finished.

Search results for 'tag:Capital letters tag:Tenses' matching tags 'Capital letters' and 'Tenses'

Re: leave letter

Re: use or using?

Re: i need help with this sentence, please, it's important :(

Re: Please upgrade this

Re: Please upgrade this

Re: grammar

Re: Correct my Essey please.

Re: hi every one could you correct my eassy please :)

Re: tense-hadn't

Re: see my paragraph

hi

can anyone correct my writing and if you could add some idea to the paragraph to make it look better...

Burglary

One day after school.[Why is there a full stop here?] I went to the super market with some friends to buy ice-cream and candy.

I thought that I have to do some thing about it. So I called my father who is a policeman. I told him about the thief and to come as fast as he could .

Finally everyone were safe and relieved, especially the shopkeeper .He give [wrong tense] me a lot of free ice- cream and candy, I was very happy and proud of myself in the [where is the ending?]