infinitive with vs. without 'to'

[lost_soul]

Hi edison_chen_e_c,

When I was saying about laughing I didnt mean this site in any way. Of course we are gathered here to learn and teach, not to laugh at other mistakes
As Alan said, making errors is an important part of learning, you cannot avoid it and dont be afraid of it
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A native speaker of Russian

[Sean Priestley]

Understood Alan, I'am out.. only I have two questions before I leave, and they both are addressed at all participants of this discussion.. 1. can an esl person know english better than a native speaker. in other words, do you only judge english speakers by their native/non-native status? 2. regarding the "If one claims they can speak English they are obliged to do so impeccably." Have you noticed at least one mistake in my posts in this thread (expect the typos and teh purposeful "yes it do")? mistakes on the site are a different issue. waiting for your comments.. thanks
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[Torsten]

Hi Sean,

First of all -- welcome to english-test.net and many thanks for changing your signature. I hope you understand what Alan and Charles (Mr. Micawber) are trying to say. It's all about learning and exchanging experiences. To answer your first question, yes it's probably possible for an ESL speaker to achieve an excellent command of English -- you are living proof of that fact. I think the issue at hand is not so much your English, it's more the way you tried to promote your business.

Now that we know you are offering essay writing services, some of us simply scrutinized your website and found some room for improvement. As you will certainly agree, any service can and should be constantly improved. So, we actually might have two issues here -- your comments on the forum and your online essay writing services. Both are linked to each other since you're promoting your website through our forum.

One solution to the current situation is for you to leave our forum. The question however is, how will this affect your business and your customers? Another solution would be for us to exchange experiences as to how your and our website can be improved. What do you think?

Regards,
Torsten
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[Sean Priestley]

thanks for clarification and positive feedback.. (and your comments about my command of english).. as for the improvement of services, you are definitely right: constant improvement and growth is a must.. however, I did not fully understand waht you meant in your last paragraph.. do you mean we can think of cross-promotion and cooperation? please clarify.. if yes, we can surely discuss that..

thanks again for a friendly comment
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[Torsten]

Hi Sean,

Thanks a lot for mentioning our site on your blog. Regarding your question, I think we can start by telling each other how our sites can be improved and what features might be added.
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[Sean Priestley]

sounds good to me, Torsten, however, I believe discussing these issues is irrelevant in a topic called "infinitive with vs. without 'to'".. i think we should either start a new topic, or communicate by email... what do you say?
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[Torsten]

You are right, we can start a new topic any time.
Regards,
Torsten
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