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@monaliu (344)
June 15, 2008 10:50pm CST
Day after day,half a year past since I was became a member of our company.I love there,there are beautiful environment,friendly colleagues and kindly leaders.life is very comfortable,work is very simple,I learn is very less.How can I do? One thing is sure,I have much time.Time is money,how to spend it from now on? I make my mind today.I should learn something everyday. Reading more, writing more and practice more of my English here.I want to improve it in here.Is it a good place for me?
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• United States
27 Jun 08
Since you are looking for help to improve your English here on myLot, I would like to offer you some suggestions about what you have posted. I realize that you did not write your words with the intention that someone would go over them "with a fine toothed comb", but perhaps it would be helpful for you to have a native English speaker take a look at what you have written and offer some comments and suggestions? Please do not take my comments as a negative criticism of what you have written; if you expressing a desire for help to improve your English, I am simply trying to be helpful. (Others who wish to offer good-natured criticisms of my English will be received constructively by me as well.) :) Overall, I can understand the general sense of what you are trying to say. "Day after day, half a year past since I became a member of our company." It seems that the verb in this sentence is incomplete by itself. There is the past, the present, and the future. Time has passed. Time passes. Time will pass. So I think that what you are going for here is that, "Day after day, half a year *has passed* since..." "... since I became a member of our company." "Member" is an ok word to use here, although it is not very specific in English. "Member" could mean anything from being a "part-owner" to an "employee" or even a "customer". My guess from what you have written is that half a year has passed since you became an employee at the company where you are now working. "I love (it) there(;) (it is a) beautiful environment (and has) friendly colleagues and kindly leaders. Life is very comfortable, (and the) work is very simple." Ok. I'm following what you're saying. :) "I learn is very less" This phrase confused me. My best guess at what you are saying up until this point is that life is generally great at the company where you have been working for the past six months, but now you are dissatisfied because your company is not a very intellectually stimulating place to work. Is this what you're saying? "How can I do?" should be "How can I do *something to improve my situation*". In English, the more commonly used phrase is: "What can I do?" or "What should I do?" "One thing is sure, I have much time." Ok. "Time is money, how to spend it from now on?" should be "*Since* time is money, how *should I (or can I)* spend it from now on?" -- something along those lines. (You are saying that everyone knows that "time is money", and you want to know how you should spend your time from now on.) "I make my mind today." This would probably be better if expressed: "I *will* make *up* my mind today" or "Today, I have made up my mind" or something like that. My response to your question: I think that myLot can be a great place to read, write, practice and learn English. What you'll find on myLot, though, is that people tend to "write" here much like they "talk" - which is great if you are simply trying to learn "conversational" English. Participation on myLot can help you gather together a general ability to follow what people write and give you a chance to improve in your understanding of the English language. Nothing negative or critical of you has been intended in my reply. I hope that my friendly intentions have been received as helpful to you. I have enjoyed your posts here and hope that mine can be helpful to you as well.
@monaliu (344)
28 Jun 08
Dear Highlyclever: I am glad to see your response here and I can understand you very well.Thank you very much! I will write more and I also wish you could give some comments and suggestions.I will try my best to learn English here with your helping. thank you again! Thank you for spending so much time on teaching me!
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• United States
29 Jun 08
That is a very polished reply! I think I've said it elsewhere, but it bears repeating: I think that one of the best ways to grow and improve in a language is to continue to use it. (Hopefully I have not made you self-conscious!) :)
@mtsandeep (1586)
• India
25 Jun 08
I think you can read and write a lot in mylot and your typing speed also. I love mylot because its better to help others and discuss something than just chatting and scrapping in those social networking sites like orkut. Mylot also gives some money as a bonus to our effort. I love mylot.
@ajayrekha (491)
• India
16 Jun 08
Good that you have taken a short tern agenda of learning english. My lot is a good place to do it. I would suggest you to spend more and more time reading and talking english. You should read Enlish novels and inspirational stories. You may no be knowing the exact grammer and meaning of many of the words you come across. In the beginning try to make the meaning of whole sentences and then try to do in grammer of sentence. I wish you good lcuk. Don't stop here, after achieveing this goal, set a new one for you.