Hello, teachers. Do these sentences make sense? Can you improve them for me please? Thank you in advance.
Oh, for goodness sake. It’s simply too big.
I disagree. It’s only a millimetre smaller than the last dress. The hem looks perfect. It frames your figure. Look, perfection personified.
Now, you look here, my daughter has an important interview tomorrow at a highly prestigious company. I would hate for her not to look her best. Take this – yes, it’s a lot of money – and go find, or better still, make her a dress that frames her slender silhouette perfectly.
Certainly, madam.
Take that off. Don’t crease it. You’re doing it all wrong.
You know, mother, it might help if you were a tad politer.
Nonsense. I know his kind. Well, he’s not having money like that. He can work for it.
Really, mother? He’s merely an assistant – paid a pittance probably.
Ah, you took your time.
My apologies, madam. Although it seems a very small building, many times do I find myself getting lost in it.
Yes, this labyrinth, if you will, is not a Georgian house – that I know. It seems to be some tawdry breed of Victorian. It’s very much not to my liking at all.
Well, mother, fortunately for its sake, you’re not here to like it.
I am very glad to write to you these letter.
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