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Would you like me to evaluate some other parts of your site?

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Would you like me to evaluate some other parts of your site?

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Sure :) I feel like commiting a sin if what I provide to the users is something misleading :p. But somehow I know something needs to be corrected or polished to make it better.
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  • http://www.englishdaily626.com/c-mistakes.php (Common Mistakes in English, page one)

    Chinese Style Would you mind posting this letter for me ? Yes, certainly.

    American Style Would you mind posting this letter for me ? Of course not.

You could also say, "Not at all."
  • Chinese Style The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's about eleven now, Hurry up !

    American Style The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's nearly eleven now, Hurry up !

You could also say, "It's almost eleven."

(Don't put a space between the last word of the sentence and the final punctuation.)

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  • http://www.englishdaily626.com/stories.php (Ancient Chinese stories--The Frog in the Well)


    A frog live in a shallow well.

Say: "A frog lived in a shallow well."
Even better: "There was a frog that lived in a shallow well."

("Ivory Chopsticks" didn't show up. Instead, I got an error message. :( )

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  • http://www.englishdaily626.com/idioms.php#Stick%20Out%20One%20s%20Neck (Stick Out One's Neck)

    They know that you would be taking a great risk and could possible get hurt,

Say: "They know that you would be taking a great risk and could possibly get hurt"

I read several of the idioms and only found one mistake. :)
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