[trumbantia2012]

Originally Posted by vnzhugeliang

Can I write Vietnamese at there?

No, english only, or you will be banned immediately

[Chilln]

Yesterday I realized that my first (secret) love was in the show The Voice. She looks more beautiful since the last time I saw her.

[Choxin1ve]

Originally Posted by blackbuddha

"Mid-lel management and operation risk management skills"

"Operation risk management" or "operational risk management" ??

[mrloyal1005]

Originally Posted by Chilln

Yesterday I realized that my first (secret) love was in the show The Voice. She looks more beautiful since the last time I saw her.

Who is she? Which team?

[beautifu.l.ife]

Originally Posted by Chilln

Yesterday I realized that my first (secret) love was in the show The Voice. She looks more beautiful since the last time I saw her.

you're happier than me. When i realized my first love, she got married and has a son. we just looked at each other and there was no words at all

[Coming-soon]

Originally Posted by tranhieuamg

for casual conversations people dont often put 'in the past' after 'used to', it sounds weird and out of place as 'used to' already indicates the aforementioned action already happened and finished in the past.

that being said, it's like saying 'she quit being a nurse in the past', which is messed up, since she already stopped being a nurse already and everyone knows that that change-of-state-of-being-a-nurse finished way before the subject is brought up.

if my memory serves me well they do use that kind of wording in literature, old classic novels probably. remember reading stuff like that somewhere long ago but not entirely sure since classic english novels are not my cup of tea. they wrecked my brain even before I turned the page.

Excellent backup! mate I'd call the abuse of the phrase within a sentence which is already put in the past tense (in daily speech) as "duplicated structure". It is, I surmise, both wordy and illogical.

I myself wouldn't use "in-the-past" so much in casual speech and writing, either. Except when saying something like: "I'd got bitten by his bulldog over 15 times 'in the past' 2 moths'. The three-word phrase has now more or less given way to many various terms like: long ago, years ago..etc And some more tructures used in particular contexts as: from/in the childhood (refering to children) or in her/his young age (refering to the youth).

Since I'm talking too much over the "duplicated structure" I'm gonna give some thought about the words in bold in the quotation box. Could it have been as I considered it have been?? "unintentionally doulbled" or just "stammering"?? For god! I can't love a stutterer.

[Coming-soon]

Originally Posted by blackbuddha

Do not hide behind your laziness mate ! Every major publisher has their own simplified or reader-friendly edition of classic literature available on shelves . Admittedly it does take a few tries to get around ... your first novel . Even now I don't understand what drove me to finish "War and Peace" the first time .

1. did you mean to use "laziness" as an adj?
2. I think you mean get around to...

I'm not a solid grammar expert. Therefore, I apologise if I didn't make myself clear enough to you.

haha.. no worries, I have no doubt about your comprehension of English. I did understand it after I worked out on it a little..
You're right! We. People, are all human beings and we all make mistakes. That's why we are always learning and practice would make perfect. don't ever let others pass that unconfidence along to you.

Best regard.
Coming-soon

[Chilln]

Originally Posted by mrloyal1005

Who is she? Which team?

The girl who sang Masquerade in Tran Lap's team. Maybe she has a boyfriend now...

[blackbuddha]

Originally Posted by Coming-soon

Could it have been as I considered it have been?? "unintentionally doulbled" or just "stammering"?? For god! I can't love a stutterer.

I'm a natural stutterer. I haven't been able to get rid of it completely. Problem ?

Originally Posted by Coming-soon

haha.. no worries, I have no doubt about your comprehension of English. I did understand it after I worked out on it a little..

You needed to work out to understand what I'd said, that was dangerous there !

Originally Posted by Chilln

The girl who sang Masquerade in Tran Lap's team. Maybe she has a boyfriend now...

Man yourself up and confess to her !

[trumbantia2012]

I think we should get rid of using Facebook any ideas bros