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Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:34 am Paragraph correction: I felt The Shawshank Redemption was the best movie ever... |
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. Don't use 'goddamn'; and I suspect as well that 'pikey' is derogatory. . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach

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Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:18 am Paragraph correction: I felt The Shawshank Redemption was the best movie ever... |
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Thanks Mister Micawber for your suggestions. I'll make sure I won't use goddamn again.
As for pikey, I didn't know it was derogatory. Sorry about that.
May I know if there are any grammatical mistakes in it? Please suggest improvements, if any. |
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daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 14:49 pm Paragraph correction: I felt The Shawshank Redemption was the best movie ever... |
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. I don't know what 'pikey' means-- it just sounds derogatory to me.
If your writing is intended to be a school report, then its English is too informal. I see no mistakes in grammar to correct, except perhaps a change to this: Morgan Freeman acted... . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 15:00 pm Paragraph correction: I felt The Shawshank Redemption was the best movie ever... |
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Here's some information on pikey.
Pikey is a pejorative slang term used primarily in the United Kingdom, originally referring to travellers, sometimes known as gypsys.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikey |
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daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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