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The 'i' is incorrect in both.
The pronoun 'I' is always written as a capital letter.
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:22 pm iare thses two different? |
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| Thanks for your remark,Beeesneees.I was just in a hurry,so I neglected capitalization.I will be more careful next time. |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:27 pm iare thses two different? |
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Something else that will improve your typed replies is to follow the convention of placing a space after a full stop, comma, etc, like this:
Thanks for your remark, Beeesneees. I was just in a hurry, so I neglected capitalization. I will be more careful next time.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:32 pm iare thses two different? |
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| Thanks again, Beeesneees. I did not know that information before. Anyway, would youi mind telling me about whether there is any difference between the two sentences above or not, please? |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:37 pm iare thses two different? |
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Why is this mistake with spaces around punctuation so widespread? Sometimes it seems almost universal among learners here. It really puzzles me when it is (no offence to anyone) such a simple rule that one could hardly fail to notice even after reading a few paragraphs of English.
Lama, are you able to explain why you missed out the spaces? I'd be really interested to know. Have you never been taught, or never noticed, that spaces are needed? Do you know that they are needed but just think it doesn't really matter? |
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:45 pm iare thses two different? |
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| Hi Dozy, I have never been told about this before. Acually, I read so many articles but I never pay attention to this small detail, though it seems important. I never know that spaces are needed but till now. |
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 13:05 pm iare thses two different? |
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| Lama1 wrote: |
| Thanks again, Beeesneees. I did not know that information before. Anyway, would youi mind telling me about whether there is any difference between the two sentences above or not, please? |
The only difference between the sentences is that mine is correctly spaced. Other than that, it is an exact replica of your sentence.
Spacing is important for the reader, rather than for the writer (though a good writer will always read what they have written, so it's important for them too). It's easier to read a block of text if it is correctly spaced.
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| #9 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 13:15 pm iare thses two different? |
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I mean, is there any difference between: I hope to see you soon and I hope I will see you soon grammatically speaking.
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| #10 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 13:28 pm iare thses two different? |
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| Lama1 wrote: |
| Hi Dozy, I have never been told about this before. Acually, I read so many articles but I never pay attention to this small detail, though it seems important. I never know that spaces are needed but till now. |
Thanks for your reply Lama. I see that you effectively answered my question even before I asked it, in your reply to Beeesneees, which I hadn't seen when I posted the question.
To answer your other question, I do not detect any difference in meaning between "I hope to see you soon" and "I hope I will see you soon", but the former seems more idiomatic and more natural in most conversational situations. In conversation, the latter, if you did choose to use it, would usually be contracted to "I hope I'll see you soon". |
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| #11 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 13:31 pm iare thses two different? |
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| Thanks a lot, Dozy. I really appreciate that. |
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