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I'll be very grateful if any one could please help me correcting this letter

monish07 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:58:43 GMT

please some one help me to write a perfect request letter,please correct all the necessary sentences

To,

     The center head
      AA institute
Sub:(compensation of classes and attendance)

Respected Sir,
                    I request you to kindly compensate the lessons and
attendance as I was absent from dt.17.06.08 to dt.20.06.08 & dt.23.06.08
to dt.24.06.08 due to my grandfather's ill & serious conditions in the hospital,
I was unable applying a leave letter.
                   So,I am requesting you to kindly allow me joining my lessons,
For which I'll be grateful to you.
Thanking you,
Yours obediently

Re: Idiom: "I's" dotted, "t's" crossed

Grammar Geek — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:08:02 GMT

When you are writing in longhand, in "script" or "cursive" you keep writing letters and don't stop to dot the i's or the j's, or cross the t's. You go back and do that after you write the entire word. Sometimes, you write so fast that you forget to go back and do that. If you have made sure that all the i's are dotted and all the t's are crossed, you have performed your task carefully and made sure you did not miss anything.

It is almost never used as an actualy admonition to school children. It's used instead as a metaphor to mean that you did absolutely everything that is supposed to be done, usually as it relates to following a specific procedure.

A similar metaphor: I made sure nothing is going to fall through the cracks.

Re: Participles vs Gerunds

Cool Breeze — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:03:42 GMT

I have noticed that my way of analyzing English differs to an extent from what is taught in the Anglo-Saxon countries. This is how I see your examples:

There was never any stopping it. Stopping is a gerund. It is used (without a verb immediately before it) after a form of to be (was), and that is typical of gerunds. Stopping also has an object (it) in the sentence, which is quite common for a gerund.

He has the gall of a shoplifter returning an item for a refund. Returning is a present participle. He has the gall of a shoplifter is a complete main clause. By that I mean it has a subject (He), a finite verb / a main verb (has) and an object (the gall of a shoplifter). It qualifies as a sentence on its own; it is in no way incomplete. Returning an item for a refund is not a sentence or a clause because it has no finite verb. Returning connects it to the preceding clause and the meaning is thus made clear.

In traditional European grammar returning is said to begin a clause equivalent, but I know that that term is not used a lot in the UK and the USA. In your sentence we could have a subject and a finite verb instead of the participle: He has the gall of a shoplifter who returns an item for a refund. Participles are very often used to replace all manner of subordinate clauses. Some examples:

When turning a corner, I saw a lorry hit a car. (= When I was turning a corner, I saw a lorry hit a car.)

Although living in Spain for years, he didn't learn Spanish very well. (= Although he lived in Spain for years, he didn't learn Spanish very well.)

That's a good car compared with mine. (= That is a good car if it is compared with mine.) Compared is a past participle, not a present participle because the clause is in the passive voice.

He could never see a belt without hitting below it. Hitting is a gerund. This is perhaps the easiest of your sentences for a layman to analyze because without is a preposition and all prepositions must be followed by a gerund. Examples:

He had an opportunity of visiting his uncle. We succeeded in reaching our destination in time. I'm accustomed to getting up early.

Wrestling with words gave me my moments of greatest meaning. Wrestling is a gerund. It is the subject of the clause/sentence. Gave is the finite verb. A present participle cannot act as the subject of a clause. Similar examples:

Swimming is great fun! Reading detective stories was one of his hobbies. Writing letters isn't what I like.

Cheers, CB

Re: NEED HELP Writing Letter To Judge: Boyfriend Is In JAIL!!! :'(

Anonymous — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:47:10 GMT

well i think you should let him know write him a letter and save up money aside from raising the baby, to take trips up there to show him his baby . Write him a letter and send him atleast $10 atleast once a month so he can call you up and talk to you and his child. Don't be affraid because im going through something similar and and im looking at the bright side in about two months i plan on visiting him. But he's working on a home pass now so im happy to see that hes atleast working to come out. So tell him don't hide it because if you hide it until you see him he's not going to just welcome you being pregnant with "open arms" hes going to have a list of questions.......GOOD LUCK and stay strong for your child!!!

Re: Shall I write my name and address at the top right side of my Motivation Letter..?

Clive — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:06:11 GMT

Hi,

Send an application letter, for a job I presume, that begins with 'To whom it may concern'? Surely you jest! [:D]

For reasons that escape me, many of our learners here on the Forum seem endlessly fascinated with the idea of writing letters that start with 'To whom it may concern'.

A search will find a great deal of discussion about this, with many people telling them again and again about how rarely and in what special and uncommon circumstances this phrase is used.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: NEED HELP Writing Letter To Judge: Boyfriend Is In JAIL!!! :'(

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:56:48 GMT

I wish I knew what to write also. I am in just about the same boat except my boyfriend did not commit the crime. My lawyer told us we could only write letters pertaining to his character. He's caring, loving, generous, etc. Maybe that helps for you.

Re: Is this grammatically correct?

nona the brit — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:01:36 GMT

I am having fun taking your B.E. class.

Writing letters and essays still makes me sigh but I'll keep on trying.

Is this grammatically correct?

Ellisa — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:49:53 GMT

I am having fun taking your B.E. class.

Still writing letters and essays give me sigh first, I'm keep on trying.

- let me know the mistake, teacher~!

Thanks in advance!

Re: NEED HELP Writing Letter To Judge: Boyfriend Is In JAIL!!! :'(

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:25:30 GMT

wow. im really sorry for what your going through right now. i can see it might be hard. you need to have a big talk with the judge. tell him your pregnet and youneed help. This is a big issuse.i have a boyfriend and we fight alot . When you and your boyfriend fight you get mad.rightt?.

well pertend your boyfriend is the judge and yell at himm.

lovee,

audrey<3

Re: Correct order of professional titles after name

Clive — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:56:10 GMT

Hi,

I have a BSC (hons) degree and a SAC Dip, the degree was first then the diploma but I am in the process of joining goverening bodies for my profession. I am wondering what order do i need to write these titles in and also do i use the titles when filling in forms such as a passport or job application or do i just use them when writing letters. I am confused and cannot find any where online that provides the information.

The principle of 'lowest first, highest last' was suggested earlier in this thread.

I am currently renewing my passport, and I can tell you that, at least in Canada, educational information is not asked for.

For a job application, in my experience, educational qualifications are dealt with on one's resume/CV.

Generally speaking, people don't seem to list such things after their name when writing letters, with the occasional exceptuion of a doctorate. I guess it woud ultimately depend on what type of letter you are writing, and to whom.

Again generally speaking, such things are more commonly mentioned if you work in an academic setting.

Best wishes, Clive