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Dear Sirs, In American business English, we would not say this. If "Dear Sirs" is a common way to start a business letter where you are, then it's fine. But if you are writing to your own boss, wouldn't you use his/her name? This is to inform you that My Air ticket's...

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

But how about 'I had a flu two days before.'? (flu - no determiner). No, this doesn't work. I had flu two days ago. This is stating when you had flu. Today is Wednesday and you had flu on Monday. If you said to someone 'I had flu two days before' they would ask 'before what?'. It wouldn't...

Believer wrote: I have this difficulty with words that have the word "next" before them. Mostly my difficulty is on the issue of deciding whether to put the determiner the but sometimes the difficulty is on the issue of one of them requiring a preposition like 'on' or 'at. Scenario: This...

I have this difficulty with words that have the word "next" before them. Mostly my difficulty is on the issue of deciding whether to put the determiner the but sometimes the difficulty is on the issue of one of them requiring a preposition like 'on' or 'at. Scenario: This person forgot to...

Hi, I've gone through the first paragraph for you and highlighted problems in the rest. Your main difficulty seems to be the use of singular/plural, verb tenses and knowing when you need a determiner. There are other errors as well though. Once again, NO CAPITAL LETTER AFTER COMMAS! Nicely...

E.g.:Envoys to deadlocked North Korean nuclear talks will take a recess, the Chinese government announced Sunday, without giving a date for negotiations to resume. I might not take it as specifically American: the absence of a determiner before 'envoys' and 'deadlocked' already marks the...