Kerin
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okay, let’s have a look @Lu_Corde !
It should read like this:
So as not to be forced to talk with Max anymore, she didn’t have any lunch, telling him a load of bollocks and running away before he could stop her.
1. you just need the past simple
2. the mistake is in the vocabulary (I can’t say: saying ‘him’)
The dreaded say or tell!!! Check this out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/upper-intermediate/unit-2/session-4
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Well done @Lu_Corde – you’ll see a lot of green marks 👏
In blue are suggestions to make it more natural sounding.
Can you try and correct 1 and 2?
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Ahahaha! …. sometimes wine can help!
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Thanks @Antonella – well expressed.
I think if you aren’t sure if the context is right for using slang yourself, always safer not to use it or to take your cue from the person speaking (i.e. if he/she isn’t using slang, best not to use it yourself.)
As you say, if you want to understand native speakers fluently, there’s no getting away from it.
note: this phrase needs a little tidy up!
>Sometimes IT is difficult to catch slang expressions, but even more difficult for me is USING slang in my English.
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Absolutely perfect @Lu_Corde 🇬🇧🍾 brava!
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Thoughtful @Lu_Corde 🌸
Can you try and fix these for me:
> …. of laziness nor intrinsically negative (clue: laziness is a noun and is correct. Negative?)
> … you should consider also the people you are talking to (clue: word order!)
> … if you use some expression that not all the people you are talking to understand, is a rude behaviour. (clue: a plural and a pronoun are missing)
> … so if they are able to understand what are you saying. (‘if’ is the wrong word)
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Word order is a beast @Lu_Corde – and often there isn’t a grammar rule behind it. It’s one of those things – the more you practise, the better you’ll get at it (and reading too! Reading helps with this a lot).
Yes, verbs in -ing form can be used as adjectives, but unfortunately this doesn’t apply to all verbs. (There is no fast rule for this either I’m afraid! 😧 )
Agree – unsettling works wells here
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Good read @Lu_Corde 👍
Just a few notes to help you:
> impressing is not an adjective. The correct word is impressive … in English impressive only ever has a very positive meaning. Maybe a better word could be shocking, unsettling, disturbing …. what do you think?
⚠️ watch out for some word order:
Nevertheless not everywhere it can be categorized a mania, although the importance of English is worldwide recognized
> Nevertheless not everywhere CAN IT BE categorized a mania, although the importance of English is recognized worldwide
Whichever is the approach of your society to English
> Whatever THE approach IS of your society to English
Lastly: …... in the opinion of Jay Walker as well, the English mania is good. Don’t need ‘the’ with mania.
Look out for an email from me – I’m sending you a PDF with grammar practice on articles from Language Practice (C1 and C2) with the answers. (I know -grammar exercises = 😟 … but I think they will help you!) 😍
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No way! What a small world. And a good ending!
Have a look at my corrections. Please let me know if you need clarification about any of it
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Morning @onorati66
Hope you are surviving day 2 of lockdown!
Let’s have a look:
1. a source of discrimination ✅
2. million people – millionS of people
3. in search of work ✅ or you could say: searching WORK or searching FOR A job
NB: As nouns, work is uncountable and job is countable (so when you use job you have to ‘a’ or make it plural)
4. Southern people ✅. you can also say: Southerners
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Excellent slang @victorpereira – am sure you’re learning a lot in real life too!
Watch these:
> “you bloody jammy” said John. – “you’re bloody jammy” said John.
> taking the piss about us and we almost had a fight – taking the piss OUT OF us and we almost had a fight
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Thank you @JoRu – well written essay (if somewhat bleak! Culture is indeed at risk 😟)
Please look at my feedback. In red I have made corrections and in blue I have made suggestions to bring the level up.
Can you try to fix points 1-3?
1 and 3 are grammar errors. 2 – Can you think of a synonym for ‘often’? (as you used it in the previous line)
Please let me know if you have any questions and when you have time, can you fill in the welcome survey for me? It will help me understand your language needs and goals.
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Thanks Victor –
watch out with the word ‘slang’ – it’s an uncountable noun, so we don’t say ‘slangs’
Have a look:
> No, slang is more related to social ….
> I don’t think I use IT that much. I understand SOME of IT, probably most of IT IS American.
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This is excellent @Lu_Corde – poised and hardly any errors. Am really happy with this 👏
> as THE economy began to arise, (I’ve posted a link to a grammar lesson in the other essay you wrote)
> the so-called trash TV acquired importance – I suggest replacing ‘acquired’ with ‘gained’
> steal audience from traditional TV – audienceS
> to go in talk or reality shows – to go ON talk or reality shows
> the income (not plural)
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all good! ✅
