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#2 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:44 am Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) |
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Hi,
I would start with 'I want to express ....'
I would write as follows:
I won't put any more effort into solving this particular problem.
Alan _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:37 am Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) |
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| Dear Alan, thanks for your advice. I'll keep it in mind. |
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Lee12jan You can meet me at english-test.net
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#4 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:13 am Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) |
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Good morning Alan,
How do you feel about using "Dears" as a greeting line? Maybe it's just my untrained German ears that think something is missing here. For example, 'my dears' sounds much better to me. What about you?
Thanks, T
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Torsten Learning Coach

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#5 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:16 am Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) |
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| Torsten wrote: |
Good morning Alan,
How do you feel about using "Dears" as a greeting line? Maybe it's just my untrained German ears that think something is missing here. For example, 'my dears' sounds much better to me. What about you?
Thanks, T |
"Dears" is fine, there - unless you feel "offended" by the informality, familiarity, of the addresser.
We also hear: darlings, luvvies, sweethearts, comrades, etc. in varying contexts. No pronoun needed there. Conversational English often drops the pronoun and auxiliary.
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Molly I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:38 am Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) |
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"Wanna" is natural English. It's used by many native speakers in certain contexts/registers. |
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Molly I'm a Communicator ;-)
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