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Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...)



 
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Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) #1 (permalink) Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:23 am   Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...)
 

Dears:

I wanna express that I won't spend any time, any effort to solve one
technical issue. so I write:

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For this problem, I won't put more effort into solving it ?
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Is it a natural eng writing ? thanks.
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Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) #2 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:44 am   Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...)
 

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.

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Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) #3 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:37 am   Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...)
 

Dear Alan, thanks for your advice. I'll keep it in mind.
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Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) #4 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:13 am   Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...)
 

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,
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Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) #5 (permalink) Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:16 am   Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...)
 

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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Is this a natural english writing? (For this problem, I won't put more effort...) #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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Is it a natural eng writing ? thanks.

"Wanna" is natural English. It's used by many native speakers in certain contexts/registers.
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