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I have struck out unnecessary or inappropriate verbiage, made some corrections (in bold). You may also have to fix the sentence structure to correct for my deletions . February 2, 2008 Director of the Program Department of ABC University of ABC Dear Dr Smith: I am writing to apply for the...

I AM SENDING THE MOTIVATION LETTER AFTER 2-3 DAYS! PLS GIVE YOUR COMMENTS TO MAKE IT ACCURATE N PERFECT! THIS FORUM IS DOIN A GREAT JOB!.... JUST WELDONE! Director of the Program Department of ABC University of ABC February 2, 2008 I am writing to apply for the Master’s Programme in ***. ...

Jackson6612 wrote: Please make corrections/edits to the following paragraphs. Paragraph 1: I know it does not seem nice to ask you for this favour, but I have no one else to ask for this. I need some information from X University. I cannot speak English, so if I tell you my problem , ...

Yes, I have been to the US and talked to people but of course statistics and international surveys are a much better source of information for forming opinions. It wasn't my intention at all to chastise Americans and you are reading things that aren't there into my post by implying that I...

See the following article (also pasted below): http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/1031catchphrases1031.html "Not so much" makes a famous appearance in the "Borat" movie. Snappy? Sure. Original? Not so much Daniel Weiss Columbia News Service Oct. 31, 2006 12:00 AM NEW YORK...

High school students Protest in China Why do students demonstrate in China? First of all, please remember that high school student demonstrations do not happen that frequently and so there must be something extraordinary. Banner: "So many doubts! Where is justice?" Here is the translation of...

Apple Computers It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock. CISCO It is not an acronym as popularly...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member to this forum, but I'm already excited to be a part of it. Anyhow, I'll tell you alittle about myself. I'm a second year journalism major at Michigan State University with aspirations of becoming a NewYork Times writer. One day I hope to publish my own magazines, but...

There are many companies / brands / products whose names were derived from strange circumstances: Mercedes This was actually the financier's daughter's name. Adobe This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock. Apple Computers It...

You might find this of interest then. A few years ago I got the chance to interview two of the writers - FRAN WELCH and PHILIPPA BOYEN on the pending theatre release of THE TWO TOWERS. The editor of SCREENTALK kindly forwarded me a doc file of the interview, FWIW. As the interview was over an...