From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Aug 20 05:57:42 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:57:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GEmr3-0007Cy-Jq for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:56:43 -0700 Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GEmqm-0007Cn-Bt for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:56:35 -0700 Received: from localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA8AFEBC6B for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:32:10 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42350-01 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:32:08 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mail.211.ru (mail [10.5.1.2]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20EBEBC65 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:32:08 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from localhost (host-102-2-129.211.ru [10.102.2.129]) by mail.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF7C35C15 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:56:19 +0700 (NOVST) Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:56:19 +0700 From: Yanis Batura X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.5.30) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <486241670.20060820195619@mail.ru> To: Wang Xuerui Subject: [lojban] Intermediate English In-Reply-To: <492596e80608200457t4f1e33dau1746b148b90323f9@mail.gmail.com> References: <997079364.20060820150033@mail.ru> <492596e80608200331j94962f8h880b999430ebaaa8@mail.gmail.com> <1427226709.20060820175939@mail.ru> <492596e80608200457t4f1e33dau1746b148b90323f9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------BA1E823530AECFDA" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 12513 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ybatura@mail.ru Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list ------------BA1E823530AECFDA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 20.08.2006, 18:57, Wang Xuerui wrote: > -- > Feel free to tell me if there's anything needs improvement. You're kidding! Should be "if there anything needs improvement" or "if there is anything in need of improvement". By the way, the native English speakers (who actually *should* extend helping hands to us in improving our English) prefer to leave it as it is. Maybe they think it is not very polite to correct mistakes of others :) Or maybe just tired of doing it before. mi'e .ianis. --------------------- Lojban: A Language With *Intelligent* Design ------------BA1E823530AECFDA Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

On 20.08.2006, 18:57, Wang Xuerui wrote:


> -- 

> Feel free to tell me if there's anything needs improvement.


You're kidding!


Should be "if there anything needs improvement" or "if there is anything in need of improvement".


By the way, the native English speakers (who actually *should* extend helping hands to us in improving our English) prefer to leave it as it is. Maybe they think it is not very polite to correct mistakes of others :) Or maybe just tired of doing it before.


mi'e .ianis.


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