Good Luck! I hope you find your conversation partner! If I can help, feel free to send me an email. I'm a native English speaking teacher.

you could check out English star. it's in Beta right now- www.englishstar.com they offer ESL videos (graded) AND subtitles on all their videos... in English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German...etc. you could try there...lots of interesting

How about: "Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a successful year of business in 2009! Yours Sincerly, (your name here)"

Essentially what new sounds (think of the development of modern English) have effected the way we write the language? This is an extremely tough question. I can only think of doh. (A new entry into the language from "The Simpson's")

If it's confusing - chances are that it's incorrect. So, no the sentence is not correct. First decide what you want to say - then try to say it the simplest way possible.

cds is correct. ex - I have many CDs. CD's shows ownership. EX - The CD's liner notes were very comprehensive. cheers, Nick

All of your examples are correct! Howover - use of "couldn't" and "couldn't" is much more conversational. At least from a North American point of view! Cheers, Nick

This is a very cool idea! Just be careful that you're not researching words that people don't use in natural daily conversation. For example "savvy" is a popular term used in print media - articles talking about fashion, music,

The first part is fine. But you need rough and shaggy. Loose just doens't work here. rough and rugged, rough and interesting, rough and scratchy; all work, but loose just doesn't. HOWEVER - what a strange sentence! who goes around

So then, why not just say that? But by developers - do you mean artists? Artists can create picturesque content easily. (this is a perfectly fine sentence!)