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Hi,

I am wondering whether these sentences are correct.

- We will start doing it today
* will is future, still can add -ing

- make money out of our services at no cost
* can we place at no cost like that ?

- look forward to seeing you?
* after to can add -ing?

- I remember I took it from ...
* should say I remembered or without using -ed?

- sometimes I feel hot
* or we use sometime?

thanks.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

- We will start doing it today-- OK. 'Doing' has nothing to do with the verb tense: will start doing, started doing, had started doing, might start doing, etc.

- make money on our services at no cost to us.

* can we place at no cost like that ?-- Yes

- look forward to seeing you?
* after to can add -ing?-- You must in this case. This phrasal verb's structure is 'look forward to' + -ing verb form or noun.

- I remember I took it from ...
* should say I remembered or without using -ed?-- Use '-ed' if you mean past and no '-ed' if you mean present.

- sometimes I feel hot
* or we use sometime?-- No. 'Sometimes' = occasionally. 'Sometime' = at one unspecified future time.

Anonymous · Answer

- make money on our services at no cost to us.
* can we place at no cost like that ?-- Yes

why we have to add to us at the end of the sentence? doesn't make money on our services at no cost means somebody can make money by using the services offered by the provider without paying anything?

p.s : by the way, can by be used twice as what I have used above? <- in this case I should use I have/had used? thanks.

Avangi · Answer

Anonymous- make money on our services at no cost to us.
* can we place at no cost like that ?-- Yes

why we have to add to us at the end of the sentence? doesn't make money on our services at no cost means somebody can make money by using the services offered by the provider without paying anything?

p.s : by the way, can by be used twice as what I have used above? <- in this case I should use I have/had used?

I think you have it backward.
We are the company. We want to make money on the services we "offer." We want you, the customer, to lose money (to us.)
If we can convince you that you will save money by using our services instead of the services of our competetor, that's great!

We wouldn't say this to the customer, BUT, we can now offer the customer BETTER service AT NO COST TO US!

If we're advertising a "work-at-home scam," yes, we want to convince the customer he's going to make money by using our services. - BUT SO ARE WE! (Maybe this is what you're thinking about.)
Sure, there are deals where you don't have to put up any money in order to start making money for yourself and the company.

In most advertisements, it's the company which makes the money, not the customer. True, they always try to convince you that you'll SAVE money by using their service/product.

The world is full of advertisements promising stuff "at no cost to you."
But, like they say, there's no free lunch.

can by be used twice?

Absolutely!

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