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Re: conversation: mistakes

Hela, I am not sure if “appropriate” is the correct choice of word to go with “knowledge” which to me is either correct or incorrect. But I just feel the context is not complete and an article “the” is needed. For myself, I would say “he has the correct knowledge and right mindset that help...

conversation: mistakes

Dear teachers, Would you please help me correct this sentence? He has an appropriate knowledge and way of thinking that helps him have a sensible conversation. These are my views: vocabulary: a) is "appropriate" wrong here and should be replaced by "sufficiant" ? b) is...

Until Death Do Us Part, by Ingrid Betancourt

The Crying Game of Democracy Review of Ingrid Betancourt’s memoir Until Death Do Us Part, My Struggle to Reclaim Colombia Author and politician Ingrid Betancourt’s return to Colombia and involvement in politics was a selfless act of love. Unfortunately, her love and the magnitude of her...

Essay:Agree/disagree? Television has detroyed communication among friends and family.

It's been quite sometime I've not write any essay. I have been really busy about getting into college and working as an F+B attendant. It seems like my writing skill get rush away after this couple months of not-writing-at-all; and it need to be brushed up a little(well, maybe whole...

Book Review

Protect Our Future, Protect Our Oceans Benjamin Franklin declared, “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” Franklin’s idea is explored in Jacques Cousteau’s The Human, The Orchid, and The Octopus ( Bloomsbury USA , 2007, 302 pgs.) Cousteau’s book describes his experiences...

The definite article

Hi Teachers, I got a question about the definite article "the." Let's suppose that I bought a pen yesterday and I just met a friend who does not know I did. Me: Hi Paco! How're you doing?Paco: Good!Me: The pen that I bought yesterday is not working! In the above conversation,...

Re: meaning of

I've heard the word with the indefinite article: "she went off on a tangent." In geometry, a tangent is something that touches, but does not intersect, another figure. In conversation, a tangent is something touching, but not really pertaining to, the subject being discussed. For example, I could...

Re: Is this correct?

Hi, I won't open a new topic for this... " src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif"> Actually, please do, next time.We wrote a test last week. And one excercise was "articles". And we (students) can't agree with our teacher on one thing:Is your dad at ___ work? No, he's at ___ hospital, having ___...

Re: Please, correct my review of the film

I have underlined further problems and answered your questions inside your brackets:I've seen this movie twice and it astonish me a lot. Each person fits into themselves a bit of truth about environment. Although there are a plenty of films with the same scenario but Mikhalkov can get the...

Re: a bit of something

Slices (and pieces) of food cut from a larger amount follow this pattern: a -- Would you like a piece of cake? -- No, thank you, but I'd like a piece of (the) pie. (the is optional, but using it would certainly alert your host that you had noticed the pie!) Otherwise, don't use any...