Sonata, don't criticize yourself! "I am tired" is a Present Passive Voice, I think.
This topic is for us, for those, who learn English. Unfortunately, all of us could make a mistake. Don't worry, be happy!
Рыжа, thank you again! You are very good at explaining the rules! Really!
Please, read my story anybody... it was a text for our English lesson.
LAST YEAR TRICK
Everything was quite O.K. that evening, nothing seemed to be strange or unusual. Tommy closed the door and went down the street, tottering at every hillock, because he was rather on a bender.
It was very foggy and he could hardly see the outline of the nearest building. Suddenly he realised somebody was pursuing him… He looked back, but saw nobody. “I shouldn’t pay attention to such stupid things,” – Tommy said to himself. He continued going, but then heard a couple of strange sounds, it seemed that a wild animal produced them. Tommy didn’t want to admit that he was frightened, he thought only young boys can be so scared.
Unfortunately, the street was silent and empty, so nobody would help him if something really dangerous was about to happen… Oh, how he would have been glad to see there even his hateful and odious chief at that moment!
Tom controlled himself, looked back again, and gave a start… A very tall grey figure stood in front of him. It was difficult to say whether it was a man or a woman, and how old he or she was. The figure was dressed in a kind of grey gown. The face was grey, too… and it was really impossible to see something on it apart from big black holes… instead of eyes. Tommy opened his mouth as if he was going to cry, but he didn’t. He couldn’t… just like in infant nightmares. He wasn’t able even to stir a finger because of the horror. His heart was beating very quickly.
Suddenly a strange thought rushed through his mind. He decided to seize a figure. Tom made himself to lift his hand… and touched it…
He felt nothing, really, really nothing. He closed his eyes for a second and when he opened them he saw nobody. Nobody and nothing reminding him of that strange figure. He was absolutely alone in the street. “I’m took in excess with drink,” –thought Tomas. But his gloomy ideas were interrupted by a familiar voice.
- Hey, what a good meeting! – screamed a stranger.
- Alex!!! – cried Tom with hope in words. He recognized his friend. – What are you doing here?
- Oh, I am looking for my younger brother, he took my Halloween costume of a ghost. I’m afraid he decided to frighten people in the street just like he did it last year. Then a policeman fined us for his pranks. By the way, haven’t you seen him?
KI$$KA, that's fine! Have you made it up yourself?
I can read English books, and have read quite a few (that's my hobby), but I can't speak and write... At least, I've never tried.
Incorrect I would say "Please, correct me if you can" . The word "fix" is a synonim to "repair" But I do not insist on this whay of correction, maybe I am wrong too I speak English much than I write or type, that is why I build sentences spontaniously, in a way I use to hear them Despite of a course of academic English not that long time ago in my background
You are not entirely wrong, although personally I would not go with "if you can" type of phrase in this situation, as this expression has some presumption in it that the certain person might not be fit to do the job (can = able to).
Something like "You are welcome to correct my mistakes" sounds a little better.
Some tiny spelling errors:
"way" instead of "whay"
"synonym" instead of "synonim,"
and "spontaneously" instead of "spontaniously."
As for building sentences spontaneously, it is a great way to go with almost any foreign language. _________________ Cats make poor catholics. They refuse to accept guilt, and it is almost impossible to make them kneel without force.
You are not entirely wrong, although personally I would not go with "if you can" type of phrase in this situation, as this expression has some presumption in it that the certain person might not be fit to do the job (can = able to).
Something like "You are welcome to correct my mistakes" sounds a little better.
Some tiny spelling errors:
"way" instead of "whay"
"synonym" instead of "synonim,"
and "spontaneously" instead of "spontaniously."
As for building sentences spontaneously, it is a great way to go with almost any foreign language.
Well, my mistake was that I have tried to find some expression that would be very close to a phrase that KI$$KA wrote. Otherwise, it might be difficult to explain what has the sentence "You are welcome to correct my mistakes" to do with "Who can, please, fix them" to a beginner Most probably, they have no idea what are we talking with you about right now
As for correction of my mistakes- thank a lot! "whay" and "synonim" was just mistyping and "spontaniously" was a spontaneous word I was not sure how to spell it and was lazy to use a dictionary _________________ Счастье- это когда тебя понимают
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