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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

correct this please

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00This is a short e-mail message. Please correct it.02br
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00Hi all,02br
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00This is ZZZ. How have you been? I hope you all have been doing well and those of you who have businesses, I hope they are propering.I am witing this because it has been quite a while since we got together. I feel this is the right time to meet up to talk about our goals for this year and work on the details to accomplish those goals. How about it, members? Are you up to it? I want to let you know that it just happen to be that I bought a new house in a scenic mountain and feel that having a meeting there 01u00might (would??)02u00 be a great idea. It will help you relieve some of your tiresome bodies and give some of you a rest that might be needed desperately. If you are willing to take up on my offer, please let me know by e-mail by the end of this month, so I can proceed to work on the rest of the detail to set up this meeting in my house.02br
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00I hope to hear from you all soon.02br
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00If you think the underlined part shoud be 'would', why? 02br
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00Truly,02br
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Top answer

0You have a few spelling typos but I'm sure you can find those. 02br 02br 00I would use would in that sentence. You clearly think it is a great idea to meet there.

  • 0You have a few spelling typos but I'm sure you can find those.
  • 02br 02br 00I would use would in that sentence.
  • You clearly think it is a great idea to meet there.
  • 02br 02br 00It will help you 00relieve some of your tiresome bodies00 and give some of you a rest that might be needed desperately.
  • 02br 02br 00this needs re-phrasing.
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0You have a few spelling typos but I'm sure you can find those. 02br
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00I would use would in that sentence. You clearly think it is a great idea to meet there. If you say 'might' it sounds as though you are doubtful about whether it is a great idea or not.02br
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00It will help you 00relieve some of your tiresome bodies00 and give some of you
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0Thank you, Nona.02br
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00Why did you change the verb 'will' to 'would' in this part of my sentence "If you 01u00would02u00 like to tyake me up on my offer"? Is 'will' unduly strong of a word for the context given? I must say, on a second thought, 'would' is a popular choice (as it seems to me at this time). 0-
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0We just don't ever use 'will' in that context.02br
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00Really you are asking them a question very indirectly.02br
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00Would you like to take me up on my offer?02br
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00not02br
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00Will you like to take me up on my offer?0-
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0We just don't ever use 'will' in that context.02br
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00Really you are asking them a question very indirectly.02br
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00Would you like to take me up on my offer?02br
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00not02br
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00Will you like to take me up on my offer?02br
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00Yes, I would like to come02br
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