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Is this a good introduction?

Pleasecorrectme — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:36:45 GMT

I am wondering how to write a good introduction. What is needed in order to write a good introduction? How can i leave a good first impression on the examiner? Is this a good introduction? Or is it too long? How can i shorten it? Is there any mistake?

Oh, do i need to leave a line and start a new paragraph when one person talks? Or can i combine it into the paragraph? There is something wrong with the paragraphing, i cant leave a paragraph. sorry.

âHey, you are such an imbecile brat!â I called out to my little brother, âquiet down will you! Iâm studying!â

âOh, imbecile, is that a good word?â He stopped bouncing his basketball and looked at me.âYes, it is. Now, scram!â I waved him away.âWhat does it mean?â He raised his eyebrow suspiciously.âIt means that you are a nice little boy. Now, stop bothering me!â I stared. My little brother nodded in agreement. Then, he turned his body around and screamed, âMom! Sister called me an imbecile brat! I know it is a bad word!â I rolled my eyes, âMom! She needs to be severely punished!â Fortunately, Mother ignored him. I am a sixteen-year-old teenage girl with short black hair. I am not a girl whom people considered as attractive. I have this irritating eight-year-old brother, Nat, who loves to disturb me, simply because he has got nothing else to do. Later that day, I figured out why Mother had been ignoring Nat. She was having her earphones on, listening to her favorite songs sang by Lionel Richie. What a clever Mother! I have this mother whom I consider as a hero. She is a very clever woman - clever at handling Nat. While I was studying for my major exam in the afternoon, Mother suddenly appeared out of nowhere. âVanessa, Iâll be out for a while! Remember to look after Nat!â and Mother ran out of the house.âOh no, not babysitting him again!â I slapped my hand against my forehead. The last time I babysat Nat, he blasted the television screen into smithereens with his green metal ball.âNat Ong Yi Wei! You better not try anything funny this time!â Nat turned around with three fingers up.âCross my heart,â he smiled, showing his two little sharp rabbit teeth. âI donât believe you,â I returned to do my revision.

Re: relative clause

26TMNTJG2PG — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:43:04 GMT

1. The name of the man who Tom called uncle is Bobby Brown.
If you rewrite "man who (subjective case) Tom called uncle", it becomes "Tom called he (subjective case) uncle". It should be "Tom called him (objective case) uncle" from the choice "man whom"; but there is no such choice.

Therefore, A is not correct. (For a simple guideline for the use of "who"/"whom", kindly refer to "Who" or "Whom" (relative pronouns).

2. Jonny is the only __ I know in the meeting.
(A) cannot be used as per the above explanation but (B) is correct to some as "that" for human is a disputed usage. (For a little bit more on "that", you can read The relative pronoun - that.

Regards.

Re: sacred to

Avangi — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:29 GMT

"Sacred to" the XXX people means that these people consider something to have special religious significance. It may be worshipped as an object or it may be used in some kind of worship service.

In the case of the sun, the XXX people over time became convinced that there was a sun god to whom copper had a great religious significance.

I'm not sure how you're using "attributed" here. Do you possibly mean that these people thought that because of its color, copper has come from the sun, and therefore is sacred?

Re: Please what's so funny on this story?

Avangi — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:52:13 GMT

My guess would be that the old man is telling this story to his daughter as if it's just about a bunch of guys. But when he says, "My boss fired him," it becomes clear that the father who's telling the story was in fact the driver of the car who decided to play hookey from work. It sounds like the others in the car were workmates whom he usually drove to work, but in this case took with him to the beach for a day off.

light = traffic light

boardwalk = a typical elevated board sidewalk at very commercialized beaches, where people stroll and gain access to the amusements and restaurants etc. There's a very famous one in Atlantic City, New Jersey. There's a famous 50's or 60's song Underneath the Boardwalk, which is the singer's favorite spot for making love.

get a tan = the reason many people go to the beach - to catch some rays.

I can't comment on how funny it is. When he was young, he and his workmates decided to take the day off. As the instigator, he was the one who got fired, but it was not a complete loss, since he got a tan. I suppose the thing that makes it funny is that the old man pretends to be telling his daughter a joke, but it fact it's a true story about himself.

- A.

Re: Letter of recommendation check

Grammar Geek — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:20:10 GMT

Hi tazeri, and welcome to the forums.

It's not clear if X actually created the advertising campagns, wrote the leaflets and brochures, etc., or if she coordinated their delivery. It's a big difference, but I can't tell from your description.

To whom it may concern: There is a lot of discussion about the use of this phrase. Grammatically it's correct, but some advocate for Dear Sir or Madam:

X.Y. has been with our company's marketing department for a year, working as a paid intern as a Brand Manager trainee, under my direct management. I enthusiastically recommend her to postgraduate Mass Communications programme at the University of Leicester.

[Company name] is one of the largest producers of medical equipment and hygiene products in the Czech Republic. X has worked on advertising campaigns and the creation of marketing materials, including leaflets and product brochures. Her skills and understanding of our business was such that I placed her in charge of developing some of our new product launch packets. She has repeatedly demonstrated both her creativity and her sense of responsiblity. Her studies have enabled her to offer very useful tips and on-point recommendations concerning our media activities. As just one example, her rating analysis of radio stations helped us in our selection of the right station and advertising time slot to reach our target audiences.

X has put into practice the theory she had learned about research methods, preparing surveys and questionnaires for our customer briefs. I'm not sure what a customer brief is. Her most recently research project was our regional "mystery shopper," focusing on pharmacies. X created the questionnaires for our mystery shopping agents and analysis of the data obtained, and also provided administrative support for the whole project.

I'm confident that Xâs tenure at our company has been extremely beneficial to both parties. She is a valued asset to our company. We will be sorry to see her move on and continue her studies. I'm also confident in her future success, both in business and academically in your programme.

If you have any questions concerning my recommendation or require further information on Xâs work performance, please donât hesitate to contact me.

Best regards, There has also been a lot of comment about closings in letters. As an American, I use "sincerely" for everything, but I think that "Yours truly," is correct in this case. You'll want to confirm that though!

Ing. A.B.

X is lucky that she had a great manager in her internship and should be very happy with this letter.

Letter of recommendation check

tazeri — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:59:37 GMT

Hi everybody,

this is my first letter of recommendation. As I'm not a native speaker I would be really glad if somebody could help me with proofreading and general correction...

Thanx!

To whom it may concern:

X.Y. has been with our companies marketing department for a year. X.Y is one of the largest producers of medical equipment and hygiene products in the Czech Republic. X is taking part in a paid internship program as a Brand Manager trainee. As her manager she is directly accountable to me.

X is responsible for provisions to advertising campaigns and management of promotional materials such as leaflets and product brochures. She was also in charge of developing and capitalizing for some of our new product launch packs. During her work she proved to be creative and responsible. Her field of study has empowered her to offer very useful tips and recommendations concerning our media activities. For example her rating analysis of radio stations has helped us to choose right station and time to reach our target group with advertisements.

Practical theory development within research methods has enabled X to comprehensively prepare surveys and questionnaires for our customer briefs. Last research task X was involved in was our regional mystery shopping project focused on pharmacies. X responsibilities were creating the questionnaires for our mystery shopping agents, general administrative support for the whole project and final processing of the obtained data.

As Iâve outlined above Xâs stay within our company has been extremely beneficial to both parties. She is a valued asset to our company. Although we would be sorry to see her go I realize X is a very ambitious young lady and therefore I understand her intentions to carry on with her studies. I wish her all the best in her future endeavours and recommend her with no hesitation for your postgraduate Mass Communications programme at the University of Leicester.

If you have any questions concerning my recommendation or require further information on Xâs work performance, please donât hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,

Ing. A.B.

Re: compensation

Taka — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:59:39 GMT

English text not found? Hmm...strange. It appears right next to the Japanese text on my screen.

Here is what I find in that page:

But to return to the problems with which this book is concerned, the full joy of parenthood in the modern world is only to be obtained by those who can deeply feel this attitude of respect towards the child of which I have been speaking. For to them there will be noÂ irksome restraint uponÂ their love of power, and no need to dread the bitter disillusionment whichÂ despoticÂ parents experience when their children acquire freedom. And to the parent who has this attitude there is more joy in parenthood than ever was possible toÂ the despotÂ in thehey-dayÂ of parental power. For the love that has beenÂ purgedÂ byÂ gentlenessÂ ofÂ all tendency towards tyranny can give a joy more exquisite, more tender, more capable of transmuting the base metal of daily life into the pure gold of mystic ecstasy, than any emotion that is possible to the man still fighting and struggling to maintain hisascendancyÂ in this slippery world.

While I attach a very high value to the parental emotion, I do not draw the inference, which is too commonly drawn, that mothers shouldÂ doÂ as much as possible themselvesÂ forÂ their children. There is a convention on this subject which was all very well in the days when nothing was known about the care of children except the unscientificÂ odds and endsÂ that old women handed on to younger ones. Nowadays there is a great deal in the care of children which is best done by those who have made a special study of someÂ departmentÂ of this subject. In relation to that part of their education which isÂ calledÂ 'education'Â thisÂ is recognised. A mother is not expected to teach her son theÂ calculus, however much she may love him. So far as the acquisition of book-learning is concerned, it is recognised that children can acquire it better from those who have it than from a mother who does not have it. But in regard to many other departments in the care of childrenÂ this is not recognjsed, because the experience required is not yet recognised. Undoubtedly certain things are better done by the mother, but as the child gets older, there will be an increasing number of things better done by someone else. If this were generally recognised, mothers would be saved a great deal of labour which is irksome to them, because it is notÂ thatÂ in which they have professional competence. A woman who has acquired any kind of professional skill ought, both for her own sake and for that of the community, to beÂ free to continue toÂ exercise this skill in spite of motherhood. She may be unable to do so during the later months of pregmancy and during lactation, but a child over nine months old ought not to form an insuperable barrier to its mother's professional activities. Whenever societyÂ demands ofÂ a mother sacrifices to her child which go beyond reason, the mother, if she is not unusually saintly, will expect from her child compensations exceeding those she has a right to expect. The mother who is conventionally called self-sacrificing is, in a great majority of cases, exceptionally selfish towards her children, for, importantÂ asÂ parenthood is an element in life, it is not satisfying if it is treated as the whole of life, and the unsatisfied parent is likely to be an emotionallyÂ graspingÂ parent.Â ItÂ is important, therefore, quiteÂ as muchÂ in the interests of the childrenÂ asÂ in those of the mother,Â thatÂ motherhood should not cut her off from all other interests andÂ pursuits. If she has a realÂ vocationfor the care of children and that amount of knowledge which will enable her to care adequately for her own children, her skill ought to be more widely used, and she ought to be engaged professionally in the care of some group of children which may be expected to include her own.Â It is rightÂ that parents, provided they fulfil the minimum requirements insisted upon by the State, should have a say as to how their children are cared for and by whom, so long as they do not go outside the ranks of qualified persons. But there should be noÂ conventionÂ demanding that every mother should do herself what some other woman can do better. Mothers who feel baffled and incompetent when faced with their children as many mothers do, should have no hesitation in having their children cared for by women who have anÂ aptitudeÂ for this work and have undergone the necessary training. There is noÂ heaven-sent instinctwhich teaches women the right thing to doÂ byÂ their children, andÂ solicitudeÂ when it goes beyond a point is a camouflage for possessiveness. Many a child is psychologically ruined by ignorant and sentimental handling on the part of its mother. It has always been recognised that fathers cannot be expected to do very much for their chiidren, and yet children are quite as apt to love their fathers as to love their mothers. The lelation of the mother to the child willÂ haveÂ in futureÂ toresemble more and more that which at present the father has, if women' s livesÂ are to beÂ freed from unnecessary slavery and childrenÂ are to be allowed toÂ profit by the scientific knowledge which is accumulating as to the care of their minds and bodies in early years.Â

Re: to the city/in the city

Mister Micawber — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:57:37 GMT

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I cannot judge from your context. Are the migrants displaying their strength to the city (i.e. demonstrating or voting), or are you speaking of the migrants who are in the city, all of whom are displaying their strength in general?

Re: relative clause

Teo — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:19:43 GMT

http://www.english-test.net/forum/sutra83477.html#83477

1. The name of the __ Tom called uncle is Bobby Brown.
(A) man who (B) man whose (C) man which (D) man

(A)
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2. Jonny is the only __ I know in the meeting.
(A) person who (B) person that (C) person which (D) person whom

(B)

Re: The Relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

Anonymous — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:27:19 GMT

it should also be 'who's got his pants', not whose!

you use 'who's' as a contraction of 'who has' or 'who is',

and you use 'whose' as a possesive form of who ("to whom do these pants belong?" = "whose pants are these?")

BL x