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pianotrio: konnichiwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
nanako: i don't know
jovelyn_0604_: is it really borrow?
beenbetrayed_1: iof me
nanako: continue please, mohajeri
beenbetrayed_1: it must be (of) me
a mohajeri: in the following sentence:
a mohajeri: she was, of course, surely justified in her request for a security gu
ard in the parking.
a mohajeri: is the word justified an adjective following the linking verb was wi
th the adverb surely modifying justified? your assistance with this is apprec
iated.
skywalker_vn: what is the longest word in the english language?
beenbetrayed_1: adj
a mohajeri: p.s. is there the possiblity that justified is part of the verb with a
prepositional phrase being used as a direct object?
nanako: possibility
skywalker_vn: "smiles". because there is a mile between its first and last letter
s!
nanako: hard one for me
punishment07: it needs a specialist
punishment07: a linguists
a mohajeri: question. is it correct to say: "i hope you haven't forgot about m
e." or "i hope you haven't forgotten about me." i think "forgotten" is correct,
but both almost sound right. thanks.
nanako: i hope you didn't forget about me.
punishment07: 2
beenbetrayed_1: second
nanako: oh which one is correct
skywalker_vn: how many letters are there in the english alphabet?
jitij_love4ever_jidij: second one
punishment07: present perfect the second is correct
scrivenor -: 26
beenbetrayed_1: sky,it's 26
a mohajeri: my dictionary lists "forgot" as preferred over "forgotten," but eith
er is quite acceptable. the next time you're in a library that has a copy of th
e oxford english dictionary, you might look up the history of this word's usa
ge.
skywalker_vn: 18 letters! 3 in "the", 7 in "english", and 8 in "alphabet". note

skywalker_vn:
nanako: no emoticons, skywalker!
bexy2: very witty sky..
punishment07: what do you do for living mohajeri?
nanako: what are those numbers?
beenbetrayed_1: seems he went for a walk,lol
bexy2: haha moha
bexy2: continue sir moha
a mohajeri: which example is correct?
a mohajeri: any of you is welcome to attend. any of you are welcome to atten
d.
punishment07: i told you
sarah_nade_1: hello everyone
nanako: hello sarah!
sarah_nade_1: hi mohajeri
beenbetrayed_1: are
scrivenor -: his work is so secret that he doesn't even know, himself what he i
s doing.
sarah_nade_1: hi nanako. ~~~~~
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sarah_nade_1: hi bexy.
punishment07: first one
scrivenor -: hi sarah!...
beenbetrayed_1: lol,scrivenor
sarah_nade_1: hello scrivenor
bexy2: any can be singular/plural
a mohajeri: any of you is welcome to attend. any of you are welcome to atten
d.
bexy2: both are correct moha
beenbetrayed_1: are is correct
lion602: hi sarah, hugsssss
bexy2: "any" can be sing/plu
beenbetrayed_1: hello sara
sarah_nade_1: lion hello ! ! !
nanako: is/ are both acceptable
sarah_nade_1: beenbetrayed? howdy! ! !
beenbetrayed_1: but you is puloral
bexy2: maybe?
punishment07: the linking verb refere to the subject "any"
bexy2: make it bexy is correct sir moha, lol!
bexy2: sir moha?
a mohajeri: in that context, i'm sure the intent of the sentence is to make "an
y" plural, countable, so we want "are welcome." it's still not a very happy se
ntence, though. can we say, "you're all quite welcome to attend," instead?
scrivenor -: if you have "you" in second person plural, it can refer to two or m
ore people.
a mohajeri: any of you is welcome to attend. any of you are welcome to atten
d.
scrivenor -: ..and if you live in texas you can say, y'all....
beenbetrayed_1: 2
bexy2: sir moha, update me..brb boss is calling
a mohajeri: 1- please contact the registrar's office at your campus, if you have
any questions about dropping course(s) or withdrawing from the college.
a mohajeri: 2- please contact the registrar's office at your campus if you have
any questions regarding dropping course(s) or withdrawing from the colleg
e.
sarah_nade_1: correct
beenbetrayed_1: 2
nanako: regarding
nanako: and about
beenbetrayed_1: regarding = about
beenbetrayed_1: both
punishment07: i like vague sentencesthe 2nd is more formal
punishment07: 2nd is more formal
nanako: yes, i agree with the 2nd one
beenbetrayed_1: 2 looks better
roadstar_53: hello
a mohajeri: the adverbial clause beginning with "if" is essential to the meanin
g of your sentence, so you definitely do not want to set it off with a comma.
whether "about" is better than "regarding," i leave to your judgment, but ca
n't we just say "courses" and forget about that parenthetical "(s)"?
lion602: time for me to leave, merry christmas to everybody in the room
lion602: bye nanako, moha
nanako: bye bye lion!!
lion602: auf wiedersehne scrivenor
beenbetrayed_1: bye lion
sarah_nade_1: thank you lion, merry christmas to you too. hugsss
lion602: bye all
jovelyn_0604_: hi sarah
sarah_nade_1: gloriaaaaaa hello.
sarah_nade_1: hi jovelyn, nice to see you again.
scrivenor -: auf wiedersehen, lion...habst du eine sch鰊 ta g.
skywalker_vn: a
jovelyn_0604_: same here
a mohajeri: 1- please contact the registrar's office at your campus, if you have
any questions about dropping course(s) or withdrawing from the college.
a mohajeri: 2- please contact the registrar's office at your campus if you have
any questions regarding dropping course(s) or withdrawing from the colleg
e.
punishment07: you mean the possesive s
dea_agent: hi
sarah_nade_1: hello dea agent
dea_agent: hi
nanako: hm....
nanako: ok
nanako: why not
punishment07: if the sentence begins with "if" we can put a comma
a mohajeri: question---- which sentence is correct:
china pink666: hi, all
a mohajeri: the only party that benefits in such cases is lawyers. or the only p
arty that benefit in such cases are lawyers.
peshwar_kurd_: is
punishment07: first one
sarah_nade_1: are
scrivenor -: sometimes the lawyers are the most honest people involved in a c
ase.
nanako: are
bexy2: are
nanako: that's lawyers' job, lol
sarah_nade_1: brb
scrivenor -: i have a wonderful doctor too.....he never operated on you unless
he really needs the money.
punishment07: the only party in such cases is lawyers.
a mohajeri: "the only party" is your subject, and that's singular, so you want "i
s." can you change "party" to "people" so it would read "the only people tha
t benefit in such cases are lawyers"?
punishment07: so the first one is correct
vincent lynn_3: hi everyone
punishment07: i studied english for 4 years
vincent lynn_3: terry o, mohajeri, nanako, espoir, ou la la,
nanako: hello vincent
vincent lynn_3: hi scrivenor,
a mohajeri: a forecaster wrote:
nanako: ok
a light west winds will increase to 10-20 knots and gusty today.
mohajeri:
a he complained because an editor changed it to:
mohajeri:
a light west winds turning gusty, increasing to 10-20 knots today.
mohajeri:
a forecaster claimed the meaning had been changed. i say that the f
mohajeri:
irst sentence was gramatically incorrect and awkward; the meaning was not
changed. what do you think?
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nanako: 2nd one is better
nanako: meaning the same, but the 2nd one is smooth sentence for me
a mohajeri: the first sentence is saying that "winds will increase to gusty," whi
ch i don't think makes sense. the rewrite is a huge improvement. or "light w
est winds will turn gusty today, increasing to 10 ?20 knots." or ""light west
winds will increase to 10 to 20 knots today and turn gusty." in any case, we
have to split up those two ideas.
jovelyn_0604_: hello vincent lynn
jovelyn_0604_: how are you?
nanako: ok
a mohajeri: question - is it correct to say, "unfortunates such as i were saddle
d with bad football teams", or, "unfortunates such as me were saddled with
bad football teams"?
a mohajeri: in other words, should the form of the adjective phrase agree with
the subject or the predicate?
nanako: i
punishment07: first one
a mohajeri: you want "i." there's an understood verb that goes along with the
"as" here ?something like "unfortunates such as i [have been} ?" i don't thi
nk i have ever seen the word "unfortunate" used as a noun-class before. do
es it mean something like "many unlucky players ?and i was one of them ?w
ere saddled with bad football teams." or "ended up joining" might be an im
provement over "were saddled with."
vincent lynn_3: both sentences are, from the syntactically incorrect. the seco
nd sentence is gramatically incorreact because it has not auxialiary verb!
vincent lynn_3: from the syntactical point of view, incorrect.
a mohajeri: guildford, uk
a mohajeri: fairfax, virginia
punishment07: let's try it
kareem_43: hi
a mohajeri: we're debating about the words submission and submittal. which
one is the act of submitting something, and which one is the item submitte
d? or may they be used interchangeably?
a mohajeri: the dictionary and several style guides have provided no help.
nanako: what is submittal?
nanako: oh ok
nanako: lol
a mohajeri: bryan garner calls "submittal" a "needless variant" of "submissio
n" ?which i take to mean that he thinks "submittal" is technically acceptabl
e but "not ok".
a mohajeri: is the following sentence structure correct?
a mohajeri: since becoming a supervisor in april 2001, i have been working for
the eastern office.
a mohajeri: specifically, is using "since becoming" proper grammar?
punishment07: correct
jitij_love4ever_jidij: wrong
jitij_love4ever_jidij: i had been working
punishment07: gerund
a mohajeri: all those "-ing" forms create a sense of standing around the water
cooler, not accomplishing anything in particular. what about something like
"i have worked at the eastern office [of ________] since april 2001, when i be
came [or "was named"] supervisor of that office." and maybe we could chan
ge the rather vague "have worked" to something like "i have been responsi
ble for ______ "
nanako: something is wrong, but i can't point it out
nanako: 1
silvercosma: 1
nanako: 1+
punishment07: 1
jitij_love4ever_jidij: 1
nanako: i can't believe people can't find the " 1" on the keyboard
punishment07: some friends they leave their nick in the room
margy07: hello room
margy07: hello mohajeri
nanako: hello margy!
punishment07: well done mohajeri
a mohajeri: hi margy
margy07: nanakoooo!!!
nanako: clap clap clap mohajeri!
a mohajeri: mic is free again
punishment07: you are a very helpful person
a mohajeri: rush to it everyone
scrivenor -: i have to go sleep....i'm dead tired tonight.
nanako: rush ?
nanako: oh good night, scrivenor!
vincent lynn_3: i have a very bad lag. have to go to paltalk help room. mohaje
ri is reading something which was 20 lines below the latest line.
margy07: good night, scrivenor
margy07: hello vincent
scrivenor -: goodnight, margy!
margy07: i've just got up, scrivenor, lol
jovelyn_0604_: hi margy
punishment07: 1
a mohajeri: 1
jitij_love4ever_jidij: a lot
jitij_love4ever_jidij: 111111
margy07: jovelyn, hiii how are u??
jitij_love4ever_jidij: i think so
margy07: no sound here
margy07: i have to reboot
silvercosma: 1
margy07: brb
punishment07: 1
a mohajeri: yes
jovelyn_0604_: 111
jovelyn_0604_: i'm fine margy, thanks
jovelyn_0604_: what about you?
margy07: yw jove
b1ll_jakarta: nanako...where are u at?
margy07: i'm ok, jove...a little tired for xmas day
nanako: 1
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nanako: yup
nanako: nope
nanako: only my name is japanese
silvercosma: 1
margy07: 11
nanako: i understand your english
nanako: oh casino city
nanako: me?
margy07: las vegas??
nanako: nope
nanako: 4 years plus
nanako: i am not teaching, i am learning
ronbo_15: hello
nanako: 6 years
nanako: teachers went to sleep already
jitij_love4ever_jidij: a mohajery
ronbo_15: no thay didn't
nanako: if you have exercise
jitij_love4ever_jidij: wowowowo
jitij_love4ever_jidij: very seft confidence
ronbo_15: yep
nanako: country?
ronbo_15: usa
nanako: can you type it?
ronbo_15: maby
margy07: italy....my country
ronbo_15: cool
silvercosma: malta
nanako: malta island?
margy07: yes, it is nanako
jitij_love4ever_jidij: can you repair his pronouciation nanako
punishment07: africa
nanako: jakarta, can you type the country's name?
natish: indonesia
b1ll_jakarta: suriname
nanako: oops, natish, please use smaller text here ok?
jitij_love4ever_jidij: can you sing a song b1ll?
punishment07: indian ocean
nanako: suriname
margy07: hahah
ronbo_15: man it is 3 in the morning here
nanako: suriname is a river
ronbo_15: sc
a mohajeri: you maybe pronucing country names incorrectly
punishment07: fatami
punishment07: i do
nanako: surinam in south america
nanako: without the e
margy07: brb
jovelyn_0604_: see u later margy
a mohajeri: marshal islands
nanako: thanks, jakarta!
nanako: geography book
nanako: there are so many countries i don't know
silvercosma: brb
jovelyn_0604_: brb
nanako: jakarta, if you have a talking dictionary it will help
nanako: las vegas
nanako: sin city, lol
nanako: i called it " light city" never sleep
nanako: sorry i don't take private message here
b1ll_jakarta: 5
b1ll_jakarta: 5 years
nanako: idioms
nanako: word
nanako: that's a song's lyric from " if"
a mohajeri: bye all
punishment07: a picture paints a thousand words
nanako: bye bye mohajeri
nanako: meaning the picture can tell lots of meaning
marys_26_1: hello everyone
nanako: hello marys!
punishment07: you have to mix with the american society
nanako: accountant degree
punishment07: nanako correct answer
nanako: part time student, why not
nanako: oh i know what you mean now
nanako: my first 2 years in usa was wasted, didn't learn english
nanako: philippines?
nanako: why philippines? jakarta
jitij_love4ever_jidij: how much does oneyear studying in us cost b1ll
b1ll_jakarta: phinliphina is cheap and they are speaking english
punishment07: a leopard can't change his spots
nanako: jakarta, philippines is the correct spelling
b1ll_jakarta: for master in usa take cost about $50.000....maybe more
b1ll_jakarta: ok
b1ll_jakarta: nanako
nanako: idioms
jitij_love4ever_jidij: thanks b1ll
nanako: i have the chinese version for that idiom, but i am not sure if i can tr
anslate it
nanako: a cow
nanako: beijing
b1ll_jakarta: in philipina about $.20.000 for 6 year study etc
punishment07: the capital city
china pink666: bing xin nan yi?
jitij_love4ever_jidij: yes
jitij_love4ever_jidij: capital
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china pink666: good luck to you,nanako
b1ll_jakarta: nana...whera re u from
nanako: i can speak japanese, but never been to japan, lol