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Kenta Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Would you correct my English. please? ( June 11 )
Hello. I wrote two dialogues. Would you check them, please?
No. 1
M: Hi, Bethany. I hear the bank's transferring you to our Madrid branch.
F: Yeah, my sister's friend is helping me learn Spanish now.
M: Good. You're always positive, aren't you.
No. 2
M: There's something wrong with this computer.
F: You( 'd ) better make sure we have all our data backed up.
M: Right. I'll make some backup disks.
Thank you. kenta
No. 1
M: Hi, Bethany. I hear the bank's transferring you to our Madrid branch.
F: Yeah, my sister's friend is helping me learn Spanish now.
M: Good. You're always positive, aren't you.
No. 2
M: There's something wrong with this computer.
F: You( 'd ) better make sure we have all our data backed up.
M: Right. I'll make some backup disks.
Thank you. kenta
Top answer
Looks great to me! Well done. The only comment I would have concerns your use of "You're always positive".
- Looks great to me!
- Well done.
- The only comment I would have concerns your use of "You're always positive".
- Some readers may take that to mean that "you are always certain".
- My guess is that you wish it to convey that "you always have such a positive outlook on life".
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Looks great to me! Well done.
The only comment I would have concerns your use of "You're always positive". Some readers may take that to mean that "you are always certain".
My guess is that you wish it to convey that "you always have such a positive outlook on life".
While you can say "You're always negative" and it will always signify that a person possesses a negative
The only comment I would have concerns your use of "You're always positive". Some readers may take that to mean that "you are always certain".
My guess is that you wish it to convey that "you always have such a positive outlook on life".
While you can say "You're always negative" and it will always signify that a person possesses a negative
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Hi, JohnParis. As you said, I wanted to say "have a positive outlook on life."
You explained it to me precisely. Thank you very much. kenta
You explained it to me precisely. Thank you very much. kenta
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