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Linguistic research
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Language pair: English; Spanish
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Vladimir G.
October 19, 2021
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Hello
Hello I’m new here!!
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Language pair: English; Igbo (Ibo)
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Jessica c.
October 4, 2021
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Keen
September 25, 2021
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Hola!
Cómo empezar una conversación sencilla en inglés?
Como estás?
De dónde eres?
Cuabtos años tienes?...
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Language pair: Spanish; English
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Zoe D.
September 19, 2021
# Msgs: 1
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Asking questions
Hi, How do I ask where the museum is located?
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Language pair: Norwegian;
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Matt
September 14, 2021
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иврит
самостоятельно изучаю иврит. нет практики. нуждаюсь в помощи. могу помочь в изучении русского языка...
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Language pair: Russian;
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владимир т.
September 5, 2021
# Msgs: 1
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Re:Blake
I'm just learning English, but i believe Spanish is an amazing lenguage. If in the short i know i could help you, so i'll be glad to do it
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Language pair: Spanish; English
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Jhan Carlos G.
August 7, 2021
# Msgs: 2
Latest: August 7, 2021
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Blake
I speak English and I'm looking for someone who can exchange Spanish with me.
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Language pair: English; Spanish
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Blake
July 29, 2021
# Msgs: 2
Latest: August 7, 2021
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Blake
I speak English and I'm looking for someone who can exchange Spanish with me.
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Language pair: English; Spanish
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Blake
July 29, 2021
# Msgs: 1
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Re: How many grammatical errors in the article below and what are they? Pleeeeease help me!!!
Hello there,
here are some possible corrections (with explanations), not all of which are grammatical:
• “into the elevator in Hefei Metro Line 2” → “into the elevator on Hefei Metro Line 2” (“in” would be understood, but “on” would be preferable)
• “the owner of stolen cellphone” → “the owner of the stolen cellphone” (the extra “the” is necessary)
• “and been surrounded” → “and was surrounded” (the past perfect “had gotten” establishes the time of the scuffle and its current relevance; “was” keeps the time in the past, but the passengers surrounding the thief at that time is not as relevant in the present time)
• “was getting out of the platform” → “was leaving the platform” (one generally “gets off” a platform [if the platform is raised], and “gets out of”, “goes out of”, “leaves”, or “exits” a station; since I wasn’t sure whether this platform was raised, I chose the more generic “was leaving”)
• “after I arrived” → “after I had arrived” (use of the past perfect confirms that the platform is at Dadongmen station)
• “as I just stood” → “just as I was standing” (“as I just stood” has a different meaning: “since I only stood”)
• “a 5-ish girl” → “a five year old girl” (the “-ish” suffix is generally not used with the ages of young people, and small numbers are generally spelled out)
• “in the elevator crowd nearby” → “in the nearby elevator crowd” (“nearby” works better as an attributive adjective here)
• “rushed to” → either “rushed over to” or “rushed” (use “rushed over to” to emphasize the movement of the crowd towards the thief; use “rushed” to emphasize the crowd getting the thief onto the ground)
• “Witness Mr Chen said,” → “Mr Chen, a witness, said,” (“Witness Mr Chen” would be understood, but “witness” is an unusual apposition in English)
• “and at this point” → “and at that point” (“that” would tend to be favored because the event was in the past)
• “and proved that he owns it” → “and proved that he owned it” (the past tense “owned” is used because the event was in the past)
• “whose cellphone was stolen” → “had his cellphone stolen” (the original “whose cellphone … behind him” relative clause would require another verb to go with the subject “the victim”; using “had his cellphone stolen” instead eliminates the relative clause)
• “who was caught red-handed and now had been detained” → either “who was caught red-handed, is now detained” or “was caught red-handed and is now detained” (this “who” introduces a relative clause. If the relative clause is kept, then the main clause needs its own verb; the second option is to eliminate the relative clause. “Is now detained” is used because it is “indirect speech”, to report what someone else [in this case, the police] said at the time when it was said. If the intention was not to use indirect speech, then “has been detained” would be used [to note the past event of the police speaking, with current relevance in the story] instead of “is now detained”)
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Language pair: English; - Other -
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Chris
July 16, 2021
# Msgs: 2
Latest: July 16, 2021
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