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Hello, everyone: I've asked a question in http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionAboutTenseUsageSinceClause/gwxpb/post.htm , but I find out there are more than I need to ask, so I think it would be better to write a new post. Recently I saw several sentences using simple past and...

Hallo I am for the first time here. I want to apply for a position of German account internship in an chinese company. I never wrote an application before. Can you please look at this letter and give me some advice what can I do better.I am also not sure about the grammar. Can you please tell me...

Hi New2grammar and Khoff When Singaporeans ask for water in a restaurant, they use the term pain water. Plain water may, nevertheless, have ice in it. Standard English speakers would simply ask for water. (Singapore English in a Nutshell by Adam Brown) The author is an Associate Professor in...

Also: The chances for a newborn baby to survive are good now.------- Bulletin to the Schools / University of the State of New York by University of the State of New York - Education We knew that the chances for the baby waxwing to survive were few. If we could save the bird, we would. An...

Mr. Miclawer, I wasn’t going to expand this pluralization discussion on “creams” and “wines”. But it really bothered the heck out of me for two reasons. 1) I really wanted to find out if I was really blowing hot air on this subject because of my misunderstanding of this topic, and 2) if there...

Dear Sir or Madam I refer to your recent advertisement. Please accept this letter and resume for a sales Agronomist position currently available within your company. As my enclosed resume shows, I graduated from Orel Agricultural University. I have experience in Russia and the USA and...

Something to chew on:THE NOTION OF STANDARD SPOKEN GRAMMAR The term ‘standard grammar’ is most typically associated with written language,and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult,educated native speakers of a language. Standard grammar ideally reveals...

Dear Loretta: Thank-you for your letter. It is always interesting to hear from someone with a similar background or interest. Let me answer some of your questions for you. I want to share with you what I have learned over the years in this business. I hope I can be blunt? 1) You...

Dear Sir or Madam In response to your recent advertisement, please accept this letter and resume for a sales Agronomist position currently available within your company. As my enclosed resume shows, I graduated of Orel Agricultural University. I have experience in Russia and the USA....

Hi, 1) In 1963, she was graduated summa cum laude and become the first woman to receive the highest degree offered in sacred theology. Should it be "became"? Please advise. Yes. (2) Penned in 1861, while she was in Washington, DC with her husband as he distributed supplies to Union...