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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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we were having no electricity supply

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001: Sorry for the belated email. Actually we were having electricity blackout.02br
002: Sorry for the belated email. Actually we were having no electricity supply.0-
  

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0I didn't like both of them. I would write: ... 0-

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0I didn't like both of them. I would write: ... we didn't have electricity supply for a while/ our electricity went off for a while.0-
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0 Hi Doll,02br
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00Is there any particular reason for not liking them? 0-
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0 The continuous works only if saying something like:02br
01i001: Sorry for the belated email. Actually 01b00we were having an electricity02b00 blackout 01b00at the time02b02i00. 02br
00Otherwise:02br
01i001: Sorry for the belated email. We 01b00had02b00 an (electrical)
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0Psst - Doll... 02br
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00I didn't like 01del00both02del00 either of them. 0-
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0 Thank you, Marius. 0-
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10Psst - Doll... 12br
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10I didn't like 11del10both12del10 either of them. 12br
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10*** do mercy on me please! I still make funny mistakes. 15012br
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0If I had a dollar for every time I typed "your" in my haste instead of "you're" I'd be going on another cruise! We all make mistakes!!0-
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0Hi jackson,02br
00I would just say "power outage" which is more mainstream. 00Power supply00 is a component in any electronics which converts the power from the wall socket to a designed DC voltage for the 02br
00device to work. i.e. 0012 v DC00 power supply is what is universally deisgned into the PC for the hard drive. The 005 volts00 Dc for the
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite12br
10If I had a dollar for every time I typed "your" in my haste instead of "you're" I'd be going on another cruise! We all make mistakes!!12br
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00Thanks for encouraging me.0-
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01cite10Goodman12cite10Hi jackson,12br
10I would just say "power outage" which is more mainstream. 10Power supply10 is a component in any electronics which converts the power from the wall socket to a designed DC voltage for the 12br
10device to work. i.e. 11span1012 v DC12

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