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Jiangyueming Posted 14 years ago
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Please help me by correcting these sentences. Thank you so much!
My team member Tom always cheated other team members that he was ill and hoped others help him complete his work. Once Jack was lazy and reluctant to do his work, so he asked me again to program his part of work. I couldn't bear that and refused. In the end, my boss knew it and sacked him immediately.
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My team member Tom always cheated other team members by saying that he was ill and hoped others would help him complete his work. Once Jack was lazy and reluctant to do his work, so he asked me again to program his part of work. I couldn't bear that and refused.
- My team member Tom always cheated other team members by saying that he was ill and hoped others would help him complete his work.
- Once Jack was lazy and reluctant to do his work, so he asked me again to program his part of work.
- I couldn't bear that and refused.
- In the end, my boss came to know about it and sacked him immediately.
- Prajwal
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My team member Tom always cheated other team members by saying that he was ill and hoped others would help him complete his work.
Once Jack was lazy and reluctant to do his work, so he asked me again to program his part of work. I couldn't bear that and refused. In the end, my boss came to know about it and sacked him immediately.
Prajwal
Once Jack was lazy and reluctant to do his work, so he asked me again to program his part of work. I couldn't bear that and refused. In the end, my boss came to know about it and sacked him immediately.
Prajwal
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Hi,
My team member Tom always cheated other team members that he was ill and hoped others help him complete his work. Once Jack was lazy and reluctant to do his work, so he asked me again to program his part of work. I couldn't bear that and refused. In the end, my boss knew it and sacked him immediately.
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My team member Tom always cheated other team members that he was ill and hoped others help him complete his work. Once Jack was lazy and reluctant to do his work, so he asked me again to program his part of work. I couldn't bear that and refused. In the end, my boss knew it and sacked him immediately.
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CliveA member of my team, called Tom, always lied to the rest of the team that he was ill, and asked us to help him complete his work. Once, he was lazy and asked me again to do his programming.I suppose you can't use that he over there. It refers to Jack, not Tom.
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Prajwal
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Hi,
I assumed that 'Jack' was a 'typo' for 'Tom'. The way the original paragraph was written suggested to me that it was all about one person.
Clive
I assumed that 'Jack' was a 'typo' for 'Tom'. The way the original paragraph was written suggested to me that it was all about one person.
Clive
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Hi jiangyuemingm
Your version is workable and understood but it is not syntactically smooth and has a bumpy feel to it.
Reasons: punctuation, cheated - not exactly the right verb for the context, No very clear, what team member means, coworkers? or your work evolves in a defined team environment? "Once Jack was lazy..." - That's not a fair statement to call Jack lazy if he felt reluctant
Your version is workable and understood but it is not syntactically smooth and has a bumpy feel to it.
Reasons: punctuation, cheated - not exactly the right verb for the context, No very clear, what team member means, coworkers? or your work evolves in a defined team environment? "Once Jack was lazy..." - That's not a fair statement to call Jack lazy if he felt reluctant
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Hi,
The paragraph begins by being critical of Tom. To say that 'Jack was lazy' is now critical of another person, as it suggests that Jack should have done Tom's work. That's why I assumed 'Jack' was a mistake.
In addition, Tom is carefully introduced as a team member, but Jack just ap
The paragraph begins by being critical of Tom. To say that 'Jack was lazy' is now critical of another person, as it suggests that Jack should have done Tom's work. That's why I assumed 'Jack' was a mistake.
In addition, Tom is carefully introduced as a team member, but Jack just ap
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Thank you for your help. I am sorry that "Jack" was a typo for "Tom".
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