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Old 12-Jun-2008, 06:49
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Default Re: correction of sentences requested
4.It is only four months since I came to Dubai.

5.Are your parents staying with you?

'ur' is messaging/email shorthand but has no place in correct English.

6.Why are you both chatting in contradiction to what I said?
'contradiction' is not appropriate here; and the sentence needs a little rephrasing:

"Why are you both chatting when I specifically asked for quiet/silence?"
"Why are you both chattering away and totally disregarding my request for quiet/silence?"
(this avoids a 'for'...'for' situation as in:
"Why are you both chattering away with total disregard for my request for quiet/silence?"

quiet: 'little or no noise' versus silence: 'complete absence of sound' - the choice depends on the degree of 'noiselessness' called for.
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