hey, I am new here - hello

[Ace]

Hello =)

my real name is Linda, i am 21 and i´m here because i want to learn English.
It´s a long time ago that i have speak or write English. If i remember right, it´s
now ca. more than 3 years ago.

I want to learn to speak it better because i like the language and now i have a
new job, where i musn´t work so much and have a bit more freetime.
I work in an office as a Personal Assisten. There i need only german and
Nederlands and little English, not so much.

So i hope that i can learn from this Website a lot. Please excuse my really
bad English, i try to make it better next time.

Greetings
Linda

[Delfino]

Here is a quick correction of your post:


Hello everybody,

My name is Linda. I am 21 and I´m here because I want to learn more English.
It´s a long time ago that I have spoken or written in English. If I remember correctly,
it´s now more than 3 years ago.

I want to learn to speak better English because I like this language.
Now I have a new job, where I have to work less. So I have a bit more free time.
I work in an office as a Personal Assistant. There I need to speak only German,
Dutch and only a little bit English once in a while.

So I hope that I can learn a lot from this webpage. Please excuse my really bad English,
I'll try to do better next time.

Greetings
Linda

[Kliapatra]

Here is a quick correction of your post:


Hello everybody,

My name is Linda. I am 21 and I´m here because I want to learn more English.
It´s a long time ago that I have spoken or written in English. If I remember correctly,
it´s now more than 3 years ago.

I want to learn to speak better English because I like this language.
Now I have a new job, where I have to work less. So I have a bit more free time.
I work in an office as a Personal Assistant. There I need to speak only German,
Dutch and only a little bit of English once in a while.

So I hope that I can learn a lot from this webpage. Please excuse my really bad English,
I'll try to do better next time.

Greetings
Linda

"Website" is actually more accurate, from my experiences... "webpage" refers to a single page within a website.

Anyway, welcome to the board. (: Your English is still looking pretty good.

[Delfino]

Anyway, welcome to the board. (: Your English is still looking pretty good.

Thank you and btw. I'm a registered user for a few month now.

"Website" is actually more accurate, from my experiences... "webpage" refers to a single page within a website.

I just noticed the capitalised word "Website", which is a German noun...
So my first though focused on using an English word.
Anyway, thank you for correcting me.

Is there any situation when you would recommend using the capitalised word in English?

[Ace]

Thank both of you, it´s really nice that you corrected my Text. I think I will have some fun in this Board. Now I know that I have to work more at my grammer.

Oh and I have a question -I swore after that I won´t nerve you more
- in wich Area could I request for pen pals ?
I am not sure and don´t want to make mistakes =)
I wish to write with people, who came from England, because
I want to know more about England traditions.

greetings Linda

[Keswick]

Thank you both, it´s really nice that you corrected my text. I think I will have some fun on this board. Now I know that I have to work more at my grammar.

Oh and I have a question -I swear after that I won´t bother you anymore
- where could I look for pen pals ?
I am not sure and don´t want to make mistakes =)
I wish to write with people, who come from England, because I want to know more about English traditions.

Today I am correcting your posting, I hope that is okay with you and the other two helpers .
There is no specific sub-forum for pen pals and for people who are looking for pen pals. However you could post it here in the thread. There are some website out there for people trying to find people to write to but unfortunately most of them have to be taken with a pinch of salt.

[Ace]

Hey Keswick,
thanks that you corrected my text,too. Of course it´s o.k, it´s great that you take the time
to corrected. It´s truly awkward, that I made so much mistakes in a tiny text. But I'll try to do better.

And thanks for the Information and the warning. I will search in the Internet for serious
webpages to find people.
greetings
Linda

[Keswick]

Hey Keswick,
thanks that you corrected my text,too. Of course it´s o.k, it´s great that you take the time
to correct it. It´s truly awkward, that I made so much mistakes in a tiny text. But I'll try to do better.

And thanks for the information and the warning. I will search in the internet for serious websites to find people.
Regards
Linda

Hi Linda, no problem. You don't have to thank me/us for correcting your posts although a little thank you every now and again is very much appreciated . And don't worry about making mistakes. You try your best and that is all that counts. So keep on writing English and your English will improve soon!

[Kliapatra]

I just noticed the capitalised word "Website", which is a German noun...
So my first though focused on using an English word.
Anyway, thank you for correcting me.

Is there any situation when you would recommend using the capitalised word in English?

I realize that I was slightly unclear because I used the word to begin the sentence. It should be "website", with a lowercase w. The only cases in which it should be capitalized are when it's part of a title or at the beginning of a sentence, like the one that I used.

Sorry for any confusion!