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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Hyphens tag:Motivation letters' matching tags 'Hyphens' and 'Motivation letters'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aHyphens+tag%3aMotivation+letters&amp;tag=Hyphens,Motivation+letters&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Hyphens tag:Motivation letters' matching tags 'Hyphens' and 'Motivation letters'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3164.27388)</generator><item><title>Re: motivation letter, please check it</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MotivationLetterCheck/bqrrp/post.htm#162144</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:39:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:162144</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;i&gt;(I forgot to log in again, sorry-- MM)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Thank you, Yohanna, but you didn't find all of the spelling mistakes.&lt;br&gt;
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Colon, not exclamation mark, after Madam&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;from August&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;form August&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Always two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;the capital&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;a capital&lt;br&gt;
Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Delete this sentence:&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;It is a very famous and acknowledged school in the country.&lt;br&gt;
I am studying&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;I learn&lt;br&gt;
life are&lt;/i&gt; not l&lt;i&gt;ife is&lt;br&gt;
a member&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;the member&lt;br&gt;
it is very hard&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;it is a very hard&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
comma after &lt;i&gt;programs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;the welcoming of first-year students&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;celebrate of first-years-students&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;schools' websites&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;schools website&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
delete this: &lt;i&gt;all kinds of&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;which made me curious about&lt;/i&gt;, not&lt;i&gt; that made me curious of&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;very curious&lt;/i&gt;,&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;not &lt;i&gt;so curious&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;education system &lt;/i&gt;(no hyphen)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;very interested&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;so intrested&lt;br&gt;
come and study&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;go and study&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;English&lt;br&gt;
opportunity&lt;/i&gt;,&amp;nbsp; not &lt;i&gt;possibility&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;for my educational fee&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;to my educational fee&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Can you please check my motivation letter?  Thanks in advance..:)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CheckMotivationLetterAdvance/bpqmj/post.htm#162053</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:34:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:162053</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;To whom&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;For whom&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Colon, not comma after &lt;i&gt;concern&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;for the patent&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;for patent&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
spell out small numbers:&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt; three&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;in a good&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;within good&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;to European,&lt;/i&gt; not &lt;i&gt;at European&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
no hyphen:&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;North American&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
no capitals: &lt;i&gt;the construction site&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;gained in&lt;/i&gt; not &lt;i&gt;gained into the&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
no comma after &lt;i&gt;problems&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
don't use the ampersand in business letters&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;willingness&lt;/i&gt; not &lt;i&gt;wiling&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;myself&lt;/i&gt; is one word&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;a key role&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;key role&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;approaching&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;getting closer to&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;commissioning&lt;/i&gt; not &lt;i&gt;Commissioning&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;forward to&lt;/i&gt; not &lt;i&gt;forward of&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
No comma after &lt;i&gt;job&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;the engineering domain&lt;/i&gt;, not &lt;i&gt;engineering domain&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;an electrical engineer&lt;/i&gt;, not&lt;i&gt; electrical engineer&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;i&gt;current &lt;/i&gt;not &lt;i&gt;at current&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
the electrical engineering domain&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Delete this:&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;With the hope that you will consider my profile as applicable for patent examiner position, I wish you all the best&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and add this:&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;I&amp;nbsp; hope that you will find my
application of interest for your Patent Examiner position.&amp;nbsp; Please
advise me if you requir any further information.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yours faithfully,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Motivation letter : could you help me with my english?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MotivationLetterCouldEnglish/xxvh/post.htm#72903</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2005 18:48:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:72903</guid><dc:creator>nona the brit</dc:creator><description>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mostly ok, I would change the first part so that you are saying your experience and qualifications suits their needs rather than the other way round.  They want to know what you can do for them, not what their job can do for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furthermore, a training period in the United-Kingdom &lt;STRONG&gt;no hyphen&lt;/STRONG&gt; and an &lt;STRONG&gt;delete an &lt;/STRONG&gt;experience in &lt;STRONG&gt; at or with &lt;/STRONG&gt;a European hotline &lt;STRONG&gt;hotline? call-centre?&lt;/STRONG&gt;will show (prove...?) &lt;STRONG&gt;prove&lt;/STRONG&gt;you &lt;STRONG&gt; delete you &lt;/STRONG&gt; my interest in the(?) international environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>