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#2 (permalink) Wed May 31, 2006 16:22 pm Pleas can you correct my write |
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Hi In the first .can you repair my write and tell my why, pleas I'll write small article has some tenses which I know. I have borne in capital my country in 1979. And I finished my study in 2001 After graduate, I was learning English when I worked and I have been working in my job for two years. I am going to visit UAE this year. I have been live with my parents 26 years. I did study English 16 years a go. I'll marry if I earn a lot of money Oh yes now I am writing this article but when you read it I was written it With my respect.  |
Hi Dark Magician 
I've made corrections and changes to your text. Please look at what I wrote and then tell me specifically which changes you don't understand. I think you will understand some changes without a lot of explanation. (It's possible that some of my changes are not factually correct because I didn't understand what you wrote.)
Amy  --------------------------
First, can you repair my writing and tell my why, please? I'll write a small article which has some tenses that I know.
I was born in the capital of my country in 1979. And I finished my studies in 2001. Since graduating, I have been learning English at work and I have been working in my job for two years. I am going to visit UAE this year. I have been living with my parents for 26 years. I studied English 16 years ago. I'll get married if I earn a lot of money. Oh, yes, now I am writing this article, but when you read it, I will have already written it. |
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#4 (permalink) Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:53 am Pleas can you correct my write |
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Hi Dark Magician
Here are some answers to your questions:
The sententence "Could you help me?" is more polite or formal than "Can you help me?" Basically, you can say "Can you help me" when you talk to a friend or when you ask for just a little help. "Can you" also means "Do you have the ability (to do something)".
The sentence "I want to marry" isn't wrong, but I would always say "I want to get married". In both of these sentences the word "want" is now or in general. "Marry/get married" is what you want to do in the future. Also, you need the word "to" when there is a verb after "want". When there is a noun after "want", then you don't need the word "to".
The best time to use the present perfect continuous is when you want to describe "how long up to now".
The two most important tenses are the simple present and the simple past. I suggest you focus on these two tenses first. But don't forget, grammar is more than verb tenses.
Another suggestion: read my corrected text out loud. That will help you learn and also help speaking in English.
Why don't you write about your last vacation? Where did you go? What did you do? etc. That will be practice with simple past tense.
Talk to you later!  Amy |
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