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Re: What is the deference....?

YoungCalifornian — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:30:28 GMT

She went to Cambridge.

Went is the past tense of go. If you "go to" a school, it usually means you attend there as a student.

She has been to Cambridge.

Been is the past participle of be. The sentence literally means that at some point in the past she was at Cambridge, but not necessarilly that she was enrolled as a student. The usage of the past participle as opposed to the preterite also implies that there is a meaning or reason she was there that is relevant to the present.

She was in Cambridge.

Was is the past tense of be. It simply means that she was there is the past. Also, the use of the preposition "in" means that she was in the town of Cambridge. If you mean the univerisity, use the preposition "at" instead. Generally you don't say that you are "in" universities.

To sum up, the verb "to be" in reference to a university means that the subject is simply present at the university. To indicate that the subject is a present there as a student, one should use "to go to" or "to attend." The usage of the past participle (be=been, go=gone) in this context (i.e. perfect aspect) indicates a past action with direct relevance to the present.

Re: Please can someone check my statement??? should it be so long? should i include all this formulas whith the achievments i got?

Doll — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:30:19 GMT

Hello Rishard,

Welcome to EF!

I don't know much about such thins but I will try to correct the mistakes I can catch.

Rishad
     I completed my four year Bachelor of Mathematics at Bogazici (Bosporus) University, Istanbul, Turkey in February 2007. ( I wouldn't say this. I would say I completed my four year education in the department of Mathematics) Recently ~~(February 2008),~~ I got selected ( was accepted to) to Ph.D. program in Mathematics at Yeditepe University and I ranked first in the last semester among the first year ~~graduate~~ (graduate may confuse them) students. (they may think that you are among the first students graduated from that university, if you come up with a better wording write here)
    I was introduced to mathematics and the physical sciences while at school (the underlined sentence is reduntant a bit, we all know that such things are taught at schools) and it was in high school that I considered a career in this area. I noticed that I had good talent in Mathematics and got selected to (who selected you? why were you selected? Was this an exam? Mention all these.) the Mathematics department in ~~the~~ one of the top ranked universities of Turkey. My undergraduate education at Bosporus University has not only given me a certain set of skills but ~~has~~ also has helped me understand my fields of interest and my academic strengths and weaknesses. Through my undergraduate studies I've experienced some misfortunes.( Do you have to mention the underlined sentences? You also forgot to tell us why you write this and who the adresees are) In my first semester I could not take final exams (I had operated due to hernia). Also due to shortage of time (1 hour exams) I could not demonstrate all of my potential. Because of all that I lost my concentration and motivation. However I made a new start after graduating from Bogazici University. In collaboration with professors R. Agarwal, A. Ashyralyev, V. Shakhmurov, I achieved significant results in long term projects and as a result I did some publications that are now submitted to SCI (science citation index) journals~~.(Actually one of them is accepted).~~ among which (write the journal name here ant where it is publised)
    [1]. Maximal B-Regular Integro-Differential Equations.(To appear) Chinese Annals of Mathematics, Ser.B. (Joint with Veli Shakhmurov)
    [2]. Operator-Valued (Lq,Lp) Fourier Multipliers. Submitted (Alone)
    [3]. A Note On Integral Operators with operator valued kernels. Submitted (Alone)
    [4]. Hausdorff-Youngs type Fourier multipliers and applications. Submitted (Alone)
    [5]. High-accuracy difference schemes for differential equations of 2n-th order. Submitted (joint with Allaberen Ashyralyev)
    . Fourier multipliers on Banach-valued weighted Besov spaces and its applications. Submitted. (Joint with Ravi Agarwal and Veli Shakhmurov).
    [7]. A note on the Taylor's decomposition on several points for the odd order differential equations. Submitted (joint with Allaberen Ashyralyev)
    . Operator-valued Fourier multipliers in Besov spaces and its applications. Submitted (Joint with Veli Shakhmurov).
    I have been studying Differential equations, Difference equations and Harmonic analysis since 2007. I would like to state some of my results from above papers:
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   ~~Presently~~ Currently ( I like this more) , I am studying the following problems (are they problems? I would say currently I am studying on the following issues. I don't know if I use the issues correctly for sure because I have no background knowledge about all these.) :
    â¢ Regularities and Asymptotic behaviors of some important dissipative Nonlinear Equations (Ginzburg-Landau, Whitham and etc. )
    â¢ Certain harmonic analysis tools to investigate nonlinear PDE.
    â¢ Investigation of Carleman estimates and unique continuation properties for elliptic diff. operator equations
    â¢ Utilizing Taylor difference schemes and exact difference schemes for equations

uâ½Â²â¿â¾(t)+Au(t)=f(t), uâ½Â²â¿â»Â¹â¾(t)+Au(t)=f(t)

where A is unbounded positive definite self adjoint operator and fâC^{Î±,Î±}((0,T),E) (Banach valued Holder spaces) and to establish stabilities of these schemes.
    â¢ Operator-valued averaging method (Krylov-Bogolyubov method) for

((dÂ²u)/(dtÂ²))+Au(t)+Âµf(u,((du)/(dt)))=0

where A is a positive definite operator Âµ<<1 small parameter and fâLâ(R,H).
    ~~In February 2008, I got selected  to Ph.D. program at Yeditepe University and I completed my first semster with rank one among first year graduate students.~~ (You mentioned this before) Additionally, I took Functional analysis 2, Qualitative theory of ODE and Differential geometry courses in spring 2008. Moreover, I regularly participated in Differential equations and Functional analysis workshops and I made several talks there. (what were the talks about? who participated? what was the aim?) The followings are the workshops I (I don't know which verb to use here because I don't know what you did at workshops)

Workshops (Certified)

    1. Partial Differential Equations: Theory and Applications
    March 26-June 11 2006 Fatih University,Istanbul Turkey (Organizer Prof.Dr.
    A.Ashyralyev)
    Talks
    a. A Harnack's inequality for second order linear diff. equations
    b. Application of Fixed Point Theorems in PDE and Integral equations.
    2. Computational Mathematics, November 5, 2006- January 14 2007
    Fatih University,Istanbul Turkey (Organizer Prof.Dr. A.Ashyralyev )
    Talks
    a. High-accuracy difference schemes for differential equations of 2n-th order
    b. Coercitivity of Cauchy Problem in Banach valued Holder spaces
    3. Numerical Functional Analysis, April 1-June 3 2007
    Fatih University,Istanbul Turkey (Organizer Prof.Dr. A.Ashyralyev )
    Talks
    a. Taylor's decomposition method for the odd order differential equations
    b. Some important theorems in Normed spaces. (Open mapping theorem,
    Banach-Steinhouse thm, Hanh- Banach thm, Closed mapping theorem)
    4. Numerical Functional Analysis 3, April 7-June 9 2008
    Fatih University,Istanbul Turkey (Organizer Prof.Dr. A. Ashyralyev )
    Talks
    a. On Uniform Covexity of Lebesgue spaces.
    b. Some Proofs of the Theorem: `'Every Uniform Covex Banach space is Reflexive"
    c. Scalar and operator valued Fourier Multipliers in L_{p} spaces and applications.

         Recently, I have contacted with professor ****. I wrote him about my wish to apply for PhD program at UNCC and he agreed to be my supervisor in Ph.D program. I would like to study ill-posed problems, numerical methods and Carleman estimates during my Ph.D studies. Therefore, I believe that under supervision of professor ****** I can achieve significant results and I can gain scientific maturity. Taking everything into consideration I believe that UNCC is the best place for me to realize my academic plans and goals. ( I guess there are details in the last paragraph taht you don't have to mention about. It would be better if you sad: REcently, I am planni gto work with proffessor X on XXX and I belive that I can achieve...)

Re: What is the difference between

Avangi — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:14:27 GMT

1) I think there's some overlapping in usage. Sometimes a family of several generations is/are buried in the same large plot, and each member's exact spot will be marked by a headstone, while the whole plot will be marked by a much larger and more elaborate edifice.

I believe in Tombstone, Arizona the tombstones on Boot Hill were all pretty simple.

2) There's not much difference these days. Husband can be a noun or a verb. In university, you may major in "Animal Husbandry."

To economize is to watch your pennies. You try to find the least expensive way to have and do the things you need. (The noun is "economy.")

"Husband" as a noun is the significant other of "wife," as in "man and wife," in most cases.

As a verb, it's similar to "economize," but instead of looking out for yourself, you manage some entity (could be a family, or a business, or a property, or some part thereof) in an economical and prudent way.

- A.

Re: Do compound adjectives need to be hyphenated when they act as object complements?

Mr Wordy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:57:31 GMT

dtran1119
I know the rule that we're supposed to hyphenate compound adjectives when they appear before a noun and not after a noun.

For example:

"My parents want me to attend a well-known university."
"The school I attend is well known."

Adverb-adjective compounds, as you have here, are often not hyphenated, even when they precede a noun. For example: "clearly defined rule", not "clearly-defined rule".

I've never really thought about it too much before, but off the top of my head it seems that shorter adverbs, especially those not ending "-ly", are more likely to be hyphenated in combination. For example, I think I would use a hyphen in "often-quoted passage" but I definitely wouldn't in "frequently quoted passage". "Well" is normally hyphenated in compounds peceding the noun, as in your example.

I would always use a hyphen when there is otherwise a risk of ambiguity or misassociation. For example, "fast-talking politician", not "fast talking politician".

dtran1119
Which one is correct?

1) "We should have school year-round."
2) "We should have school year round."

In this case I would definitely use a hyphen. Otherwise there is a real risk of "school year" being read as one unit. However, in "We should leave the building perfectly intact" I would not use a hyphen.

A good rule of thumb in cases of doubt: if the sentence is significantly easier to parse with a hyphen, then use one.

Re: Alternately vs. Alternatively

Mr Wordy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:02 GMT

Cool Breeze
Then I checked Webster's and according to it "alternate" can mean the same as "alternative":

Different people have different opinions on this, so you pays your money and you takes your choice I guess. Here are a few (randomly Googled) definitions that agree with my position:

San Diego State University Style Guide (http://bfa.sdsu.edu/editorial/section2.htm):

"Alternately" means one after the other, in time or space. "Alternatively" means one instead of the other.

"250 Often Confused Words" (http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/confused_words.html):

Alternately means "taking turns": We paddled alternately so neither of us would get too tired.
Alternatively means "as an option": Instead of going by train, we could have gone alternatively by car.

"Easily Confused or Misused Words" (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0200807.html):

Alternately is an adverb that means in turn; one after the other: âWe alternately spun the wheel in the game.â Alternatively is an adverb that means on the other hand; one or the other: âYou can choose a large bookcase or, alternatively, you can buy two small ones.â

Re: approval of / approval for ?

anglista2008 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:50:49 GMT

oh! that's what I wanted to know really... that (as far as I understand) I can't use a verb + -ing after approval (?)

so it's wrong to say approval of studying at your University (?)

would it be ok to say approval to study at your University ?

Re: The Coca Cola company

Cool Breeze — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:56:54 GMT

MaverickK
The correct answer is D. But I still can not understand why is A incorrect?

I think you have encountered a grammar "expert" who has very strong opinions about correct usage and little understanding of anything or anyone who disagrees with him. I once met a British teacher of English, an Oxford University graduate, who thought this is the only way to do it was wrong. In his opinion only this is the only way of doing it was correct. Everyone is entitled to his opinion, of course.

Any good grammar book and/or grammar expert will tell you that after the verb demand both the present subjunctive and should are correct in a that clause:

He demanded that I gravel the sidewalk. He demanded that I should gravel the sidewalk.

any better topic for writing a thesis

sebayanpendam — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:06:24 GMT

hi,

I'm a teacher in a local school in Malaysia. I teach english subject. my first degree was social science and diploma was tesl. english taught in my country is communicative. teaching english in a rural school is a great challenge.at the moment, i am considering to pursue my studies to a master's level. in fact i am waiting for a reply from a local university about my application. i chose to do tesl. the thing is i need to write a thesis and the topic i could think of at this point is 'using newspaper is an approach in teaching writing. in my opinion, a person can learn to write proper sentences by observing sentences constructed in an article. people can learn on how a good sentence is built around a newly-learnt verb. furthermore, newspapers contain various columns ranging from general news to sports from which students are able to read and learn how to write essays of different genre. Do you think that this topic has somewhat been written too often? could anyone give me advice on what topic i should write for my thesis or should i keep on with this topic?

thanks.

Re: grammar questions

Clive — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:26:32 GMT

Hi,

(1) Professor Beverly Keever of the School of Communications at the University of Hawaii told us there is an inverse relationship to what is considered news and what is important.

Should "that" be inserted before "there is an..." Please advise It's optional. Instead of 'to what', I'd say 'between'.

(2) Speaking opportunity range from public forums organized by politicians to TV programs to elementary school presentations.

Should it be ranges or range? A singular subject needs a singular verb. However, the sentence really needs to say

Speaking opportunities range from public forums organized by politicians to TV programs to elementary school presentations.

Best wishes, Clive

the middle voice option

Avangi — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:04:16 GMT

ganesh77 started a thread which wrapped up on April 25, called "how to explain the usage of the ergative verb?" She's teaching ESL in an Asian country and her superior is Asian, I think.

I had never heard the expression "ergative," which she defined as verbs having both a transitive and an intransitive use. Her understanding was that to use these verbs in the passive is incorrect.

This seemed plausible on the face of it, but a controversy erupted and I was persuaded to take the other side. In Googling this, I found that "ergative" was usually coupled with "the middle voice option," I broke the window (active) The window was broken [by me] (passive) & The window broke (middle).

I brought this up in the thread, as it seemed to shed light on her problem in a couple of ways. She replied that indeed, this was what her superior had mentioned. I tried to coax some of our members to comment, but no one would bite.

I noticed that the majority of the Google references were from Asian sources (universities and professors) eg. Univ. of Hong Kong.

I've never found the ESL community to be shy about embracing non-traditional approaches to things. On the contrary, they seem to invent them.

Could someone comment on this? Do we mean to disparage "the middle voice option"? Does the "ergative verb" concept have a life of its own apart from the "middle voice" discussion?

Thanks for your consideration. - A.