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#2 (permalink) Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:12 am Meaning of attendence ("people like you dance attendence on me") |
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. Please remember that I told you not to use that greeting-- save it for your girlfriend (if you are a boy) or boyfriend (if you are a girl) or significant other (if you are gay). Use 'Dear Teacher' or 'Dear English-test.net' or something similar; in these, 'Dear' is not an endearment, but a stylized salutation.
Look at some of the other posts here. Posters here use such casual, friendly greetings as 'Hi, everyone' or just 'Hello'. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach

Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 8391 Location: Yokohama, Japan
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#3 (permalink) Mon Oct 27, 2008 15:21 pm Meaning of attendence ("people like you dance attendence on me") |
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I have joined other forums. i wrote the same.they never insult me as you are doing.please i want to learn English from Uk and American teachers not Japani one who doesn't know anything but to write everything by using a dictionary.where are other teachers.tell me if it's wrong to say ''sweet and respected'' should i bring a british teacher here to explain for you.or maybe his English is different :shock: What if someone uses ''love'' for you what will you say? You'll call him a gay. let me explain. ''love'' is used to address somebody in a friendly way. we can''t be a teacher by buying two dictionaries. Where are other teachers please? |
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Twilit1988 I'm here quite often ;-)
Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 149
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#4 (permalink) Mon Oct 27, 2008 16:28 pm Meaning of attendence ("people like you dance attendence on me") |
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Hi Twilit
Mister Micawber was not insulting you. He was giving you some very good advice. In the UK and in the US, it would be inappropriate and unnatural to begin a letter or an e-mail or a forum post with "My sweet and dear teachers". . |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 8265 Location: USA
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#5 (permalink) Mon Oct 27, 2008 17:00 pm Meaning of attendence ("people like you dance attendence on me") |
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Hi Twilit
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| ''people like you dance attendance on me'' means they do what I tell them right? |
I'd say there is a little more to it than that. People who dance attendance on Person X probably do many things for the Person X without Person X even saying anything at all. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dance%20attendance?r=14
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| "I want to upchuck over you or on you? |
It's an odd sort of sentence and the word "upchuck" is (to me) extremely informal, but theoretically you could say either "I want to upchuck all over you" OR "I want to upchuck on you", and the meaning would then be about the same. . |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 8265 Location: USA
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#6 (permalink) Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:44 pm Meaning of attendence ("people like you dance attendence on me") |
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Hi Twilit
Just for the record, I've not seen Mr. Micawber insult anyone here or on other forums. He is a very decent teacher, and hundreds of students benefit from his vast expertise every single day.
He's given you some very good advice; please make the most of it.
Tom |
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Tom I'm a Communicator ;-)
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