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@Cristiana.Starnotti this is good work.
Here you’ll find some suggestions to make things sound more natural:
2. Take away ‘that’ – it’s more fluent: Good morning everyone and sorry Iām late.
3. Replace Excuse me with – sorry about that
I just saw that I muted some of you accidentally. Sorry about that, now everyone can hear you.
4. Word order: Sally, I can only see your browser window.
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@Mattia.Rosi this is good.
I have a question: do Sintra create digital products for all kinds of companies? Or only companies that do e-commerce?
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Well written @Cristiana.Starnotti
Please see my corrections below. If you need anything clarified, please don’t hesitate to ask me.
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@Diego.Magionami thank you for sharing – absolutely true about the States. I’ve noticed this in TV series, such as The Wire, where sometimes I needed to put subtitles. I think it makes life more interesting to abandon our idea of a ‘correct’ English, especially the one taught here in schools – as you’ve said, it is rarely used!
Diego, this is nicely written. Here are some notes to help you improve:
> when we say countries that are ‘plural’ we always need to use ‘the’, the UK, the US, the Netherlands etc (Plus watch your verb agreement) : I wasnāt aware that in THE UK there WERE so many accents
> Actually I donāt care about accents AS LONG AS they donāt hinder communication
until is not correct here, we can’t use it like ‘finche: “As long as [x]” means that the condition will be met when [x] ends.”Until [x]” means that the condition will be met when [x] begins.
Let me know if this isn’t clear.
> I feel quite annoyed when someone use a local accents …. can you try and correct this phrase? š
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Thank you for you 5 facts! š¤
I have to disagree with you though … September is most definitely the best birthday monthš
If you like football, you may know my team – Aberdeen F.C. They were good in the 80’S!!!
> I have a master degree in economics and I like too much numbers, maths, and MANAGINGā money.
(We don’t really say “I like too much” – you can say; I love, I’m a big fan of, I’m really into ….
e.g I have a master degree in economics and I’m really into numbers, maths, and MANAGING money )
> 4. I like travelling and visiting every kind of places in the world. My best holiday was in Thailand 3 years ago (too much time ago!) Instead of too much time ago; say too long ago š
> 5. You are what we call “a fussy eater!”
Good job Alessio – keep going!
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I enjoyed reading this very much and I found what you say insightful. You’ve brought up some points that I hadn’t thought about before. Great!
Some feedback, very well written, smooth structures and varied vocab. Good job š
Prepositions (they are dreadful, aren’t they?!!)
> I donāt think there is a clear snobbery around accents in Italy, if BY the term snobbery we mean …
> so that every place IN Italy (a region or a municipality) has developed its own independent language
Lexical changes
> We can also ASSUME(?) that the term āsnobā ….
> the ādialectsā PRIMARILY highlight their different origins …
Keep going Giovanni, this is great!
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Well done! Great use of vocabulary ššš
When we make a question in English, we have to follow a formula:
Auxiliary verb + subject + verb
so instead of: itās your first day of work here? ā
say: Is it your first day of work here? ā
We have lunch together today? ā
Can we have lunch together? ā or: Do you want to have lunch together?
Hope that’s clearš
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@Riccardo.Gai this is excellent, your vocabulary is spot on, well done!
Just a grammar point:
B: Iām John, pleased to meet you Riccardo. ā ļøI didnāt see you before, is IT your first day of job?
A: No, ā ļøiām working at the company since 2019, but i live in Florence so i work remotely from there.
In both cases, we have to use the present perfect = have + past participle
This is because we need to show that we are talking about something that started in the past, but continues into the present>
B: Iām John, pleased to meet you Riccardo. I haven’t seen you before, is IT your first day of job?
A: No, I’ve worked at the company since 2019, but i live in Florence so i work remotely from there.
ps. š” remember to always put “I” with a capital letter: I, I’m, I’ve etc š
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Annalisa, this month try to do the units present simple, negatives and countable in the elementary section. This will help you a lot!
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Hi Emanuele,
Nice to meet you and thank you for your 5 facts! š
Prato di Strada sounds lovelyš³ and i can only imagine how much your life has changed since the arrival of your daughter š
Let’s have a look at some improvements:
2. Last November (without ‘on’) my daughter was born (word order) and my life has changed (present perfect) a little! Before, I had A LOT of free time …
3. I studied in Florence where i getā a masterās degree in mathematics > I studied in Florence where I GOTā a masterās degree in mathematics. (past simple)
4. . I love rally, and every years I partecipates to ā three/four raceā around Italy > .
> I love rally, and every year (singular) I take part in three/four races around Italy
5. This made me laugh, I know the dog situation very well š
I have two dogs very lively, every days they do some āguaioā – get into some trouble!
Good @emanuele.bucarelli , you have some nice vocabulary. I want you to focus on the grammar course, this month try to do units present simple, negatives and countable in the elementary section. this will help you a lot.
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Thanks for sharing! I’m glad you’ve never suffered any discrimination because of your accent @manu
I’m not familiar with the dialect in Arezzo, I find Florentines easy enough to understand, but already people from Prato I find more difficult. I think it is just a matter of tuning in and getting used to someone’s accent.
Feedback:
> Word order: Yes, I think that pronunciation in Tuscany, as a rule, has been always considered > … has always been considered
> Tuscany dialect > the Tuscan dialect
> Instead of using talk, use: dialect spoken: …is the dialect SPOKEN in Siena, which is the clearest dialect SPOKEN in Tuscany.
> I havenāt personally felt discriminated AGAINST for my accent – this link is interesting: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/discriminate
Good work š
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Good work Annalisaš
I am dog crazy too, unfortunately we had to say goodbye to our dog a few months ago – she was very old and not well. I hope to get another one soon!
Here are some notes:
> āiā should always be spelled with a capital letter; I love, Iām working, Iām form etc
Iām Annalisa, i come from Ravenna AND iām working in Sintra AS AN HR Specialist.
Iām a tipical TYPICAL Italian girl, i like fashion things, i like so much eating pizza itās my FAVOURITE. I love dogs then i have (delete: it) one, i was born with A dog. I donāt like superficial and SELFISH PEOPLE. I consider my self altruist, genuine, extrovert, open minded.
Ask me if you need anything explained or if you have any questions.
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Hi crazy girl! I’m so happy to see you here. š¤
I think you have the right priorities in life!
Watch out for these mistakes
> iām feel sometimes a little crazy girl, i love nature and relaxing into there.
I feel (not I’m feel – because feel is a verb) and you don’t need ‘into’
> I love THE beach and drinkING aperitif under the sunshine.
After the verbs like, love, don’t like, hate we can use the gerund (ing form)
e.g. I love dancing, I hate swimming, I don’t like cleaning my house etc
Here you go:
I feel sometimes a little crazy girl, I love nature and relaxing there. I love the beach and drinking aperitif under the sunshine. š“
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@Diego.Magionami ā š
