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Re: Headquartered

Clive — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:16 GMT

Hi,

To whom it may concern

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Canonical Ltd is a global organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community.

Canonical's projects include the Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu operating systems. All of those products are developed as free and open source software and can be used , modified, and redistributed without permisson and completely free of charge. As part of promoting ...

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[The above was written on a package which I received today. In order not to pay custom duties, the sender has written the above. The sender is an organisation which promotes open source. They don't have any intention of making money. I know it very well. They just post to anybody on request.]

I don't think it is correct to write 'providing tools and support to the open source communinty'.

It should be 'provide tools and support to the open source community'. No, the way it is written is better. The sentence structure needs a noun or a noun-like word, ie a gerund. committed to the development, distribution and promotion . . .and to providing . . .

You could use the noun 'provision' instead of the gerund 'providing'.

Furthermore to write 'organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man' sounds strange. Is it correct to write 'headquartered' ?

The word headquarter is not a verb. Is it a verb too? It's not at all unusual for business writers to use nouns as verbs.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: URGENT ATTENTION BOSS: WOULD YOU PLS COMMENT ON 'MY MOTIVATION LETTER'

Mister Micawber — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:09:39 GMT

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 Masterâs Programme in ***.

I am confident that the programme corresponds well with my plans of becoming a specialist in marketing field. It is my dream and desire to be admitted in *** and pursue my *** studies in the field of Marketing.

My educational background is in the principles and practices of ~~the~~ marketing ~~field~~. I ~~have successfully~~ completed a three-year BBA (Hons)-IT program in 2004. My studies have guided me through systematic researching, analytical thinking, management of resources and information evaluation. I continued my studies and completed an MBA with specialization in marketing ~~field~~ in December 2005. Marketing Management, Advertising, Sales Management, Services Marketing, Business Strategy and Leadership were among my favourite subjects of the MBA program.

I love to play computer strategic games, Chess game I mostly play with my compute which I never won, Graphics, Animations, Web Designing, Reading something interesting online, cooking, outing, meeting just everyone in a group and selecting good people as my close friends are my hobbies. I feel no shame in meeting new people, talking them, and playing jokes.

After my studies, I plan to start my career at an international level, In June 2006, I was employed as an Operations Supervisor for a large retailing firm in Saudi Arabia. This was a valuable experience in supermarket management, with thousands of products and stiff competition ~~among different brands and huge variety of products~~. ~~Such an experience I was unable to get in my country.~~

During this contract, I have been analysing the top five brands of various product categories. For example, in the 'fresh milk & juices' category in Saudi Arabia, the key brands are Almarai, Nadec, Nada, and Safi. I have compiled weekly/monthly sales figures and attempted to determine why Almarai is the top seller. It appears that Alamarai management focuses on high quality product, packaging design, promotion (renting 60% of the category shelf space), advertising, efficient daily delivery, and a huge network of branches throughout Saudi Arabia.

My two-year contract ~~of two years is going to~~ will soon expire and I have now ~~already~~ been offered a Store Manager position ~~for next contract~~, but I have a strong ambition ~~in myself to further study~~ to become a marketing specialist, and I cannot become a specialist without having a full understanding of a specific marketing field ~~in Marketing~~.

Education from *** is affordable for me as compared to other *** countries. *** is a good safer place for other nations. *** is in between the best universities in *** and secondly ***University has a course offer (***) which relates to my goals. Thatâs why it is number one in my selection criteria.

Obtaining a one-year master's degree from *** means becoming a specialist (or a step towards it). ~~I can put a high price for my services. I will achieve my first objective of âFinancial Growthâ I will be differentiated from my competitors by having Masters from *** University.~~ I have already met people from many nations in Saudi Arabia, and I will further learn from others while living in a new culture. I will make new friends from Europe, will learn their life style, achieving my ~~second~~ objective of personal growth, and when I ~~will~~ complete my master's degree I will ~~already~~ achieve my ~~third~~ objective of professional growth. The programme will equip me with the necessary skills to continue to acquire new knowledge and understanding throughout my entire working life.

I hope that the combination of my past experiences and academic education will qualify me as a University of *** master's programme candidate.

"Pure" grammatical knowledge vs. vocabulary knowledge 2

Scw72 — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:17:39 GMT

Hello Everyone,

A few days ago, I posted my message about this topic -- pure grammatical knowledge vs. vocabulary knowledge, since now I just wanted to revise a standardized grammar test in order to measure so-called "pure" grammatical knowledge in that many grammar tests which are already available seem likely to include test items requiring vocabulary knowledge ranther than grammar knowledge. So I just want to get your feedback or comemnts on the following test items again, since I've found more grammar test items that I think are based on pure grammatical knowledge. -- whether they are more linked to syntactic knowledge or vocabulary knowledge. This time, I also used some kind of criteria for selecting the items -- "knowledge of sentence structures and that of acceptable sequences and forms of words in terms of syntax" Thank you so much for your help in advance! -CW

5. A: Hi, Mom. Sorry Iâm late for dinner.

B: Jerry, you should know by now, _______ on time is very important.

(a) be (b) being (c) been (d) having been

7. A: ________ my birthday?

B: Your brother told me.

(a) How was it you did know

(b) How you did know it was

(d) How did you know was it

8. A: I canceled my doctorâs appointment.

B: You _________ that.

(a) shouldnât have done (b) could have done

10. A: Did you hear our boss gave John a promotion instead of Sarah?

B: I donât believe it. He _______ such a foolish decision.

(a) better should have known to make than

(b) better should have known than to make

(d) should have known better than to make

11. A: You must be very proud of your little brother.

B: Oh, I _________. Heâs a great little kid.

(a) will (b) am (c) do (d) can

12. A: I ________ with your tardiness in this class.

B: Sorry, I have been having trouble with my babysitter.

(a) disappointed (b) have disappointed

13. A: Is there anything I can do for you?

B: Please donât forget _______ me to take a pill with each meal.

(a) telling (b) to tell

15. A: The mosquitoes are driving me nuts.

B: Me too, I _______ a thousand times by them.

(a) bit (b) am bitten

16.A: Your new secretary seems to be doing a great job.

B: Yes, Iâve been pleasantly surprised.

_________ such initiative.

(a) A new employee takes rarely

(b) The new employees do take rarely

(d) Rarely the new employee takes

17. A: Your shirt looks really dirty. I think it needs ________.

B: But Iâve got nothing else to wear. All my other shirts are even dirtier.

(a) being dry-cleaning (b) dry-cleaning

18. A: What ___________ ?

B: Well, this restaurant is famous for its fried fish.

(a) I order would you suggest

(b) suggest you I would order

(d) order I would suggest you

19. A: Can we meet a bit ________ ?

B: Sure, what time do you want exactly?

(a) late as we planned this evening

(b) later than we planned this evening

(d) later than this evening we planned

20. A: Is the report done yet? I need it before the end of the week.

B: I promise it ______ by Friday.

(a) is finished (b) was finished

21. ________ in an environment of orthodox Puritanism, he demonstrated an interest in theology at a young age.

(a) Raised (b) Raising

22. Iâll buy you a digital camera when I ______ paid.

(a) got (b) will get (c) get (d) had got

23. Sam misses his deceased wife so much

that _____

(a) it hurts (b) he hurts

24. Embarrassed, the professor pleaded not guilt to the charge of driving while __________ .

(a) intoxicate (b) intoxicated

26. Jason is one of those people who would succeed in ______ profession he chooses.

(a) what (b) which (c) whatever (d) whose

27. It is risky to promote a diet ________ primary goal is weight loss rather than nutrition.

(a) whose (b) which (c) that (d) its

28. Several factors must __________ consideration before we make a final decision.

(a) take into (b) be taken into

30. If he had ever suspected the difficulties involved in the task, he probably _________ it.

(a) will never undertake

(b) would never undertake

(d) would never have undertaken

31. It is thought that the first American Indians crossed a land bridge ________ North America from what is now Russia.

(a) into (b) about (c) of (d) at

32. In ancient times, criminalsâ hands might be cut off or _________ as a punishment.

(a) their scalps removed

(b) to remove their scalps

(d) they would scalp them

33. My wife is so overweight; itâs time she _______ some exercise.

(a) does (b) will do (c) has done (d) did

34. Shakespeareâs portrayal of violence in its many facets ________ convincingly real.

(a) making it (b) which made

35. With his research __________, no one would be able to deny his academic credentials any longer.

(a) scientifically confirming

(b) to be confirmed scientifically

(d) having been scientifically confirmed

36. A soldierâs gear could weigh _____ or more than the soldier himself.

(a) as much (b) as much as (c)much (d)much as

37. Only so long as students exemplify excellent academic achievement ___________ a scholarship.

(a) they are presented with

(b) do they present

(d) are they presented with

38. By the time they put out the fire, the church ________ down to ashes.

(a) burnt (b) was burning

40. Unless there are sufficient warnings _______ about

the drug, more and more young people will take it

thinking it is safe.

(a) giving (b) gives (c) given (d) gave

Please choose one incorrect setence

42. (a) A: You look worried this morning.

(b) B: I got the results from my medical tests last month.

(d) B: The doctor said I am having high blood

pressure.

43. (a) A: Fiona, can you come to our meeting on Friday?

(b) B: That depends. When exactly are you having it?

(d) B: Okay. Iâll check my schedule and get back you.

44. (a) A: You cooked really delicious dishes last night.

(b) B: But I donât want cooking again.

(d)B: It took five hours of cleaning up after the

guests left.

Re: How to write sentences that native English speakers understand?

Starget1 — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:22:12 GMT

Yoong Liat wrote:
Starget1 wrote:

Hello all,

How can I improve my writing skills so that it's widely understood by everyone, particularly, native American and English speakers. Because I've written a simple newsletter and was told that English speakers do not understand some of my phrases. But, then, I showed that article to someone from the Middle East, they understand what I've written.

What should I do? Any advice on what should I read to increase my writing skills?

Maybe you should reproduce the newsletter you've written so that our members can comment on it. I think you should pose more questions and learn from the comments given by the forum members.

Okay, here's the newsletter. I've posted in another thread.. but no response. Anyway, Please comment whether I've grammatical errors or sentence structure errors. Thank you.

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