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Paraman Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Is this gramatically correct?

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00I have found this sample letter in this link.02p

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00I feel some grammatical errors are there in the center paragaraph. can any body throw some light?02p

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00You have proven the skeptics wrong and accomplished what02br
00most said was impossible.02br
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00There is no doubt that your recent achievements will be02br
00spoken of for some time to come and that the admiration02br
00for your accomplishments is felt by all of us within the02br
00industry as well as the general public.02br
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00Please accept my heartiest congratulations for your success.02p

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0 Fine to me. What "errors" do you have in mind? 0-
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0Please accept my heartiest congratulations 01b00for02b00 your success.02br
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00In BrE, it should be 'congratulations 01b00on02b00 ... "02br
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00I remember having read that the preposition is '01b00for02b00' in AmE. 02br
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10Please accept my heartiest congratulations 11b10for12b10 your success.12br
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10In BrE, it should be 'congratulations 11b10on12b10 ... "12br
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10I remember having read that the preposition is '11b10for12b
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0You have 01b00proven02b00 the skeptics wrong and accomplished what02br
00most said was impossible.02br
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01b00In BrE 'proved'02b00 is the more common form for the past participle of 'prove'. I would say that 01b00'proven' is AmE.02b0-
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0 Americans also use "proved" for the past participle. I've noticed that the news anchors on the CBS network tend to use "have proved", for example. In everyday conversation I hear "have proven" a lot.02br
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0In BrE, 'proven' is also an adjective: 01i00a student of proven ability.02i02br
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00A person is innocent unless s/he is proven guilty. I believe this is BrE. Is it also used in AmE?0-
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0 01i00unless / until proven guilty02i00 is certainly used in AmE, yes!02br
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01i00proven02i00 is used as an adjective in AmE, yes!02br
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10In BrE, 'proven' is also an adjective: 11i10a student of proven ability.12i12br
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10A person is innocent unless s/he 01font00is proven02font00 guilty. I believe this is BrE. Is it also used in AmE?02br
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