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dexa

Ever since I stayed with my parent ,I started to gain weight since last 4 months.Well,after saw such a dramatic changed to my body,i determine to reduce weight and decided to become a pescatarian.

I want to eat :
- less meat,rice,dairy ,oily,spicy food(maybe once a week).
- stop eating chicken as I am allergic as my easily gets itchy everytime i eat it.
-more fruit,veggie.

if only your mom or dad - parent is correct
if you stayed with both - parents

about 4 months ago
I saw
determined
to chicken. My skin will be itchy if i eat it.
fruits and veggies


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i am sure you will lose some weight very soon if you follow
a good diet religiously PLUS some exercises -
a brisk walk would be great -
20 minutes, 3 times / week should be good -

sunshine66

What is bc?

dexa

Originally posted by sunshine66 at 26-10-2008 08:51 PM
What is bc?

oh... BC - British Columbia, Canada -

i lived in Victoria, BC -

i am going back next year again for a holiday -

very beautiful place -

bit

Originally posted by sunshine66 at 25-10-2008 07:10 PM
Thanks...!!

Which one is  correct..

A simple girl with big aim

                or
A simple girl with a big aim

Could u explain more abput 'a' & 'the'.I'm confused.

Both are correct, the use of 'a' in the second sentence become a bit redundant unless you want to state that the girl only has ONE aim.

You use 'the' when you refer to a 'particular' things. Something definite. e.g. the moon, the earth, the guy with red hair.
All these refer to a certain thing.

You use 'a' when you refer to general things, not something particular. Its indefinite. e.g. i. She was chased by a dog. ii. Have you got a pen.
In both sentence there are no specific reference to a type of dog or or a certain type of pen. You are just making a general description.

Check these examples:
Aidan wants to buy a book
Aidan is looking for the book

In the first sentence, it means Aidan want to buy a book but nothing in particular, just a book, any book.
In the second sentence, it said that Aidan is looking for the book meaning he is looking for a particular book, not just any book, a certain book.

[ Last edited by  bit at 27-10-2008 01:17 PM ]

sunshine66

thanks!!

aireen24

oh, hullo..
i'm new here..
we arent allow to type in any other language issnt it?
i'm still learning english..
when i was in primary school my english was excellent, but nowadays i'm having problem to digest english..(in other words keep reading malay books)..
my english worsen and i'm having problem in inserting the s's..

dexa

oh, hullo..
i'm new here..
we arent allow to type in any other language issnt it?
i'm still learning english..
when i was in primary school my english was excellent, but nowadays i'm having problem to digest english..(in other words keep reading malay books)..
my english worsen and i'm having problem in inserting the s's..

aren't
isn't (sp)
concentrating in
I keep
my problem is i am not sure about using the (apostrophe) s's

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hi aireen -
glad to have you here -
i think your english is not bad at all -
regarding problem of using the s's....
you just oughta know which noun that you refer
to everytime you want to explain the 'belonging'

example: siti has nice dress. her brother always make fun of her.
last week he ripped off siti's new dress.

but i am sure as the time passes by you will get a hang of it -

keep up the good job -

bit

Originally posted by aireen24 at 2-11-2008 12:53 AM
my english worsen and i'm having problem in inserting the s's..

Ok lets check the Apostrophe 's', it is ussually added to show a possesive case of nouns. But in other case it is also used to shows that a word is shortened.

Case 1: 's is ussually added to singular nouns (i.e one person or animal) but beware, you use it when speaking of persons and animals. You don't ussually use it for things.
e.g: The man's shoes, a bird's nest, the boy's toys.
You don't say the book's pages (it should be the pages of the book).

Case 2: You only add the Apostrope (') when the noun is plural and it ends with S. Other cases are when the noun ends with S or sounded like S
e.g Those girls' dolls, these wives' paraphernalias, the two dogs' cages.
for conscience' sake, for goodness' sake.

However you revert back to case 1 when the plural didn't end with S. e.g children's, women's men's etc.

When you have several nouns together the Apostrophe (') is used with the last noun only.
e.g: Mr. Morgan, Mr Reidly and Mrs Quinn's report. Chairman of the Commitee's report.


English is a funny language; that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway- Unknown Author..
Happy re-learning, and here's an advice, start reading English materials again. It doesn't have to be long, a page a day can get you miles away.

[ Last edited by  bit at 2-11-2008 11:43 PM ]

mba

practice makes perfect.....

aireen24

i read english newspaper nowadays. i've started to read english book..my old books such as harry potter, series of unfortunate events and also a few other books.i even bought new english book title second chance by jane green...

i'll try my best to practice my english in future...

it'll be a great thing to do to past my time..
i shall fill my time with reading english book..

10q dexa for the point given..

10q bit for the explaination about the apostrophe 's'
it'll help me in future..

dexa

you are welcome and please don't be a stranger -
come in here  and post your thought -

bit

I was reading news about Barack Obama and I came across a few that use the word historical event rather than historic event. I just thought I share the grammar rule on these two words.

Historic - You use historic to say that something was important in history, or that it will be regarded as important in the future. It marks a memorable event.
e.g: Obama landslide win of the Presidential election was a historic event.
       It was a historic decision.


Historical - You use historical to say that someone or something really existed or happened in the past, rather than being invented by a writer.
e.g: Historical building
      Richard of Bordeaux, a historical play by Gordon Daviot.

The word historical  also occurs in the names of some organizations concerned with the subject of history.
eg: The Smithsonian Historical Institute

So in the case of Barack Obama, the news should use historic rather than historical.

dexa

yup - a historic event ---  when we won presidential seat -

sunshine66

These are the lists of our group members

bit

Originally posted by sunshine66 at 13-11-2008 09:43 PM
These are the lists of our group members

How many list do you have?

If you have more than one list, your sentence is correct.

But if you have only one list then the correct sentece would be:
This is the list of our group members.

A tip of trying to figure out whether to write something as singular or plural is by knowing the subject you are talking about. In your case it's the list not members. (in a group you usually have more that one person, so it is correct to use members)

Subject: list (singular) or lists (plural) - depending on how many list you have. The rest of your sentence structure should  be based on that.

[ Last edited by  bit at 14-11-2008 12:38 PM ]

dexa

Originally posted by sunshine66 at 13-11-2008 09:43 PM
These are the lists of our group members

i didn't reply earlier  - because that sentence is fine -

keep up the good work   

Neraka Bulan

Hai,im Neraka Bulan...

I would like to enhance my english comm.. I think this thread will be a good kick start for me so please let me join you guys..

dexa

glad to have you here. nb -
please utilize this thread to the maximum -
it would be great to have you on board -

Neraka Bulan

I have an exam today at 2:30 o'clock i the afternoon. Right now i am busy studying and revising the subject taken during this semester for today's paper. I hope I can do well in exam without much trouble.

Neraka Bulan

Originally posted by dexa at 16-11-2008 06:33
glad to have you here. nb -
please utilize this thread to the maximum -
it would be great to have you on board -

Thanks dex,

Having you and others with excellent  English proficiency as my online tutors will be like 'a bless from the sky'

Btw i want to ask you something. Is it a good thing to take dialogs from Hollywood movies as a tool to enhance our English proficiency? The father of my good friend said Hollywood movies do not make the best example for anyone who want to improve their English especially in verbal communication. They use too much jargons and some words do not compatible with standard international English. And personally I think the Americans(actor/actress/celebrity) tend to talk to fast, which make it hard for me to grasps the essence of the dialogs. Its even harder if they use ala cowboy(texas) dialect.

Brits for me are the best example for everyone who wish to improve their english communication, but beware of those variety of dialects especially someone who from Scotland or Ireland. Unfortunately there isn't much TV program from British in here. I think, English football and BBC are the only dominant TV programs from British that being broad casted here in Malaysia.

[ Last edited by  Neraka Bulan at 16-11-2008 07:38 AM ]