Отправлено: 07.04.08 12:37. Заголовок: Teaching English-2 or Who Wants to be an English Grammar Wiz

Ladies and Gentlemen

This topic is open for anybody who wants to practice the English grammar. It is well known
that people often overlook their errors in writing and a fresh eye of someone else may come in handy.
Please feel free to post your pieces of writing and I am sure you would get a friendly feedback.
People of any level of proficiency are encouraged to participate. Therefore it is important
to avoid showing superiority and be respectful to your peers.
Thank you for your time and welcome to the Club.


Дамы и Господа

Эта тема открыта для любого кто хочет практикавать английскую грамматику.
Хорошо известно что люди часто не замечают своих ошибок и свежий взгляд может быть полезен.
Пожалуйста предлагайте свои pieces of writing и я уверен вы получите полезные комментарии.
Мы приглашаем участвовать людей с любой степенью подготовки, поэтому важно
не показывать превосходства над другими и уважать участников.
Спасибо за внимание и добро пожаловать в клуб.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 23:44. Заголовок: sterner1 пишет: Let..

sterner1 пишет:

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Let's do some dialogues

that is plural.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 01:19. Заголовок: Task thirtenn At t..

Task thirtenn


At the restaurant

Waiter: Good evening

Customer: Good evening: Do you have ____ table ____two?

W: Yes, we do. Would you like a table ______ the window ?
C: Yes, please

W: Here is the menu. Would like to see the wine ______?

C: Yes, please

C: We’ll have the soup of _____ _____ and pork for the _____course.
For dessert we’ll have Pavlova.

W: Sorry, Pavlova is ______.

After dinner

C: Can I have _____ bill please?
W: Yes, here you are.
C: The _____ is for you.
W: Thank you, have a nice evening.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 02:38. Заголовок: Task thirtenn (I gue..

Task thirtenn (I guess it schould be 13(thirteen) instead of this strange word:) )


At the restaurant

Waiter: Good evening

Customer: Good evening: Do you have _ free___ table _for___two?

W: Yes, we do. Would you like a table __next to ____ the window ? (sounds strange,is it possible that "would you like to sit at the table next to the window" sounds better?)
C: Yes, please

W: Here is the menu. Would like to see the wine _card_____? (Would YOU like to see the wine card?)

C: Yes, please

C: We’ll have the soup of _____(...very interesting...I thought it's usually chicken soup,potato soup or whatever,but soup of ...sounds like a dialogue between bisunessmen and not just a customer and a waiter) _____ and pork for the _second____course.
For dessert we’ll have Pavlova.

W: Sorry, Pavlova is ___gone___.

After dinner

C: Can I have ___the __ bill please?
W: Yes, here you are.
C: The _rest____ is for you.
W: Thank you, have a nice evening.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 09:33. Заголовок: XXL пишет: W: Here ..

XXL пишет:

цитата:

W: Here is the menu. Would like to see the wine _card_____? Amigo пишет: [quote] W: Here is the menu. Would you like to see the wine first?

Amigo's version is incorrect. XXL"s version is OK, People also say WINE LIST.

XXL: 0.5

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 09:42. Заголовок: XXL пишет: C: We’ll..

XXL пишет:

цитата:

C: We’ll have the soup of _____(...very interesting...I thought it's usually chicken soup,potato soup or whatever,but soup of ...sounds like a dialogue between bisunessmen and not just a customer and a waiter) _____ and pork for the _second____course.

There is a common expression " the soup of the day" which means the soup offered by a restaurant on a particular day.

"the second course " is OK but not as common as "main course".

XXL: 0.25

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 15:57. Заголовок: XXL пишет: C: Can I..

XXL пишет:

цитата:

C: Can I have ___the __ bill please?

XXL пишет:

цитата:

C: The _rest____ is for you.

Correct

XXL:1.0

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 02:54. Заголовок: Can I add some dialo..

Can I add some dialogue for you guys too?

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 11:22. Заголовок: Amigo You are from ..

Amigo
You are from KG,aren't you?May I ask you in what area did you live?What school did you visit?
Maybe we know each other,I lived there too....

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 22:41. Заголовок: Amigo пишет: I thin..

Amigo пишет:

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I think that Sterner actually has a very good English

+1

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 22:57. Заголовок: Amigo пишет: I thin..

Amigo пишет:

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I think that Sterner actually has a very good English

Thanks. Also please note that English is an uncountable noun.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 23:04. Заголовок: Oh,I knew so much pe..

Oh Amigo,I knew so much people that were much much older than me in Bishkek...so nothing is impossible.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 23:07. Заголовок: XXL пишет: unpossib..

XXL пишет:

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unpossible

impossible

XXL пишет:

цитата:

that were much mucholder than me in Bishkek

This I don't understand at all.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 17:03. Заголовок: XXL пишет: Can I ad..

XXL пишет:

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Can I add some dialogue for you guys too?

Welcome on board.

please note "dialogue" should be plural.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 23:56. Заголовок: XXL пишет: Can I ad..

XXL пишет:

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Can I add some dialogue for you guys too?

You may want to look again at what you wrote. The plural form of "dialogue" is dialogues.

Hope it helps

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 09:18. Заголовок: XXL пишет: Customer..

XXL пишет:

цитата:

Customer: Good evening: Do you have _ free___ table _for___two?

Incorrect

Amigo пишет:

цитата:

Customer: Good evening: Do you have a table for two?

Correct.
в реале обычно спрашивают по варианту Амиго, поскольку вопрос уже подразумевает что стол свободен.
Amigo: 0.5
XXL пишет:

цитата:

W: Yes, we do. Would you like a table __next to ____ the window ? (sounds strange,is it possible that "would you like to sit at the table next to the window" sounds better?)

Amigo пишет:

цитата:

W: Yes, we do. Would you like a table by the window ?

вариант ХХЛ (next to) грамматически правилен, но малоутпотребителен. вариант Амиго (by) исползуется натив спикерами намного чаще.
уточнение "sit" здесь лишнее, поскольку и так ясно что за столом будут сидеть а не скажем лежать.
XXL: 0.25
Amigo: 0.5

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 15:53. Заголовок: Amigo пишет: W: Sor..

Amigo пишет:

цитата:

W: Sorry, Pavlova is gone.

Amigo пишет:

цитата:

W: Sorry, Pavlova is gone.

Incorrect.

The model answer: Pavlova is off.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 16:01. Заголовок: Total marks to date:..

Total marks to date:
Nimfa-manka 5.5
Amigo 16.5
Comma` 2.5
XXL: 2.0

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 17:41. Заголовок: Dear Sterner1, have..

Dear Sterner1,

I don't think your English is that good as you'd like it to be.You are sucking all the mistakes out from your finger just to show that you are better in English as anyone esle here.But you are wrong.

I meant one dialogue,so it's not plural.

It's also uncorrect to write that you would like a table by the window......Nobody says like this,doesn't matter if you are going to sit at it or to dance on it.It's still not correct.But anyway,have a nice day.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 17:49. Заголовок: XXL пишет: I meant ..

XXL пишет:

цитата:

I meant one dialogue,so it's not plural.

Well, then it should be A dialogue, not SOME dialogue

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 23:42. Заголовок: sterner1 пишет: Wel..

sterner1 пишет:

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Well, then it should be A dialogue, not SOME dialogue

any or some dialogue.Who did say you that some can be plural only?What a crap you are writting here!

 Отправлено: 01.07.08 12:22. Заголовок: XXL пишет: What a c..

XXL пишет:

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What a crap you are writting here!

There is a mistake in this sentence (disregard the typo in the word "writting). Can you find it?

 Отправлено: 02.07.08 16:02. Заголовок: sterner1 пишет: XXL..

sterner1 пишет:

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XXL пишет: цитата: What a crap you are writting here! There is a mistake in this sentence (disregard the typo in the word "writting). Can you find it?

The model answer:
What crap you are writing here.

Or could say : What a load of crap you are writing here.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 18:00. Заголовок: XXL пишет: It's..

XXL пишет:

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It's also uncorrect to write that you would like a table by the window......Nobody says like this,doesn't matter if you are going to sit at it or to dance on it.

Please note that "uncorrect" is wrong. It should be incorrect.

Also it is perfectly OK to say " I would like a table by the window". People say this way all the time, at least in English speaking countries.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 19:31. Заголовок: sterner1 пишет: Als..

sterner1 пишет:

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Also it is perfectly OK to say

It is better to say "It is perfect", but not "It is perfectly"

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 20:58. Заголовок: FlyingHollander пише..

FlyingHollander пишет:

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It is better to say "It is perfect", but not "It is perfectly"

Hi Dutch
Good to see you here.

Are you positive about this?

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 21:31. Заголовок: sterner1 пишет: Are..

sterner1 пишет:

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Are you positive about this?

About what? About this post? Surely! I will surely join you!

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 21:56. Заголовок: FlyingHollander пише..

FlyingHollander пишет:

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About what? About this post? Surely! I will surely join you!

awesome, welcome on board

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 21:57. Заголовок: FlyingHollander пише..

FlyingHollander пишет:

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It is better to say "It is perfect", but not "It is perfectly"

Are you positive about this?

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 22:02. Заголовок: sterner1 пишет: Are..

sterner1 пишет:

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Are you positive about this

Yes. I'm sure.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 22:24. Заголовок: FlyingHollander пише..

FlyingHollander пишет:

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Yes. I'm sure.

Do you want to bet?

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 22:39. Заголовок: sterner1 пишет: Do ..

sterner1 пишет:

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Do you want to bet?

I'll bet my life.

 Отправлено: 30.06.08 22:52. Заголовок: FlyingHollander пише..

FlyingHollander пишет:

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I'll bet my life.

Oh man, you don"t appreciate your life very much.

Here is a deal, if you lose, you place here three exercises. How's that?

 Отправлено: 01.07.08 23:59. Заголовок: Amigo пишет: XXL S..

Amigo пишет:

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XXL So, you didn't tell me what area of Bishkek you were from and what school you studied...

So,I am the ex-student of the school N13, later I visited MUK.But I left KG nearly 6 years ago.I lived on the Bokonbaeva/Moskovskaya street.How long are you in Korea?Do you speak korean?

 Отправлено: 02.07.08 17:30. Заголовок: XXL пишет: I lived ..

XXL пишет:

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I lived on the Bokonbaeva/Moskovskaya street.

Can you find the error?

 Отправлено: 02.07.08 17:32. Заголовок: XXL пишет: So,I am ..

XXL пишет:

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So,I am the ex-student of the school N13

Can you find the error?

 Отправлено: 02.07.08 17:35. Заголовок: XXL пишет: How long..

XXL пишет:

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How long are you in Korea?

Can you rephrase this sentence?

 Отправлено: 01.07.08 14:22. Заголовок: XXL пишет: You are ..

XXL пишет:

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You are sucking all the mistakes out from your finger just to show that you are better in English as anyone esle here.

There also are some errors in this sentence. Can you find them? Please ignore spelling mistakes.

Actually we all should say thank you to Mr XXL for joining us. Since he came we have been having plenty of materials to practice on.

 Отправлено: 01.07.08 17:44. Заголовок: sterner1 it's e..

sterner1
it's easy to be smart siting on the other side of the Net...why does it take you so long to find some mistakes?I bet you sit full of books and with a dictionary in your hands, trying to find something that you could pass off as a mistake,something that satisfies your low self-esteem...It's easy to be a hero on the forum pages, being a failure in reality.There is no need to comment my message(your opinion means nothing for me),I'm not going to spend my spare time arguing with you.Have a nice day.

P.S:If you have any claim you are welcome to contact me via pm.

 Отправлено: 02.07.08 17:12. Заголовок: XXL пишет: There is..

XXL пишет:

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There is no need to comment my message

There is the mistake in this sentence. Can you find it?

 Отправлено: 02.07.08 00:01. Заголовок: Amigo пишет: I thou..

Amigo пишет:

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I thought XXL was a female...

that's right