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#16 (**permalink**) 01-Mar-2004, 04:40

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Originally Posted by lucyarliwu

hi all

i think i met the most headache trouble on english studying so far since
i m not a native english speaker but still are so interested in it.

ya, i found that,after studying english for a while, i can speak, i can write,
i can read, and even i can talk with native-english friends, but the next
and more difficult thing thrown to me, i can describe something in very simple way, but its not easy to say them in more details, so i m trying to find out the cause for it and owe it to my limited vacabulary. but how to remember all those boring new words in such short time? and its also so easy to forget them totally even after i have looked them up from dictionary from word to word..... and i still canot make it successfully!

any one can help me to overcome those aweful problems for me? and
i ll be appreicate for your suggestions.

lucy ( in great eager to make it)

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Susie told me about getting a new bicycle. I asked her how she liked her new bicycle. She told me that it is a red bicycle and she likes riding her new bicycle. She said that she rides her bicycle to the market. she rides her bicycle to school. She rides her bicycle to the park. She said she likes her new bicycle and she is glad she has a bicycle. I told her that I am glad she likes her new bicycle.
Thats your line

For the" Susie told me about getting a new bicycle" --> "Yesterday Susie told me that she brought a new bicycle."

"I asked her how she liked her new bicycle."-->"I asked her whether she likes her new bicycle"

"She told me that it is a red bicycle and she likes riding her new bicycle."-->note that you repeat the word bicycle 2 times in a sentence. it should be "She said that it's a red bicycle and she like ridding it."

She said that she rides her bicycle to the market. she rides her bicycle to school. She rides her bicycle to the park. note that you split the words in 3 sentences. This can be done by link the 3 sentences together She rides the bicycle to the market, park and school.

I told her that I am glad she likes her new bicycle. if it's a conversation it's right.. -->

soo it should end up like this....
(assume it's yesterday)

Yesterday Susie told me that she brought a new bicycle. I asked her whether she likes her new bicycle. She said that it's a red bicycle and she like ridding it, she rides the bicycle to the market, park and school. I told her that I am glad she likes her new bicycle.

The above sentences a perfectly suitable for letter writing because the way of writting and the intonation. If it's an essay--> well... different story

yours truly
CARTERLIM

01 March 2004
1.38PM (Malaysia Time)

Plagarism is a Crime..... :mad:

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