Recent content by dervast

Dear all, you will find a first attempt of mine with a small taste of humor in it (actually the ps). This is an email I would send tomorrow morning to my colleagues. Please read the email and comment as needed Dear all, I would like to thank you for the nice birthday card I have received for...

Dear all, I am Greek (and really proud to be) living and working outside Greece (actually in some other European country) and the number of insulting verbal attacks (against me and my country) has increased lately. Although I understand most of the time the others arguments against my county, I...

Hello everyone, I know the word base which I usually find in mathematics context. I am not sure if the plural of this word is basis or bases (for me both are correct). Could you please shed some light? I would like to thank you in advance for your help Best Regards Alex

Hello everyone, I would like to write a comparison sentence with comparative and comparative. "the bigger hypotenuse gets the more the line impinges in the cell" Hows does it sound to you? Is it correct? I would like to thank you in advance for your help, Best Regards Alexandros PALAIOS

Hello. I would like to collect some adjectives that might be used to describe people. Then I would try to choose some of them that might describe me. Below you will find some of them Adjectives with positive meaning: hard-work (or hard-worker?), diligence, unpretentiousness, prudence...

Hello, I have heard that someone took his qualification with unanimous distinction.. What does it mean? Is it a phrase or is it completely wrong? I would like to thank you in advance for your help Best Regards Alex

Hello, I have heard someone that took his qualification with unanimous distinction.. What does it mean? Is it correct? I would like to thank you in advance for your help Best Regards Alex

Hello everyone. I will go to the bank today to ask about deposit accounts and their interest rate the accounts offer. Could you please help me what is correct for the bold letters? interest interest rate rate of interest. I would like to thank you in advance for your help. Best Regards

Hello I would like to ask you if there is any difference between a.My wife and I or b. My and my wife. Could you please let me know if they can be used interchangeably? I would like to thank you in advance for your help. Best Regards Alex.

Greetings everyone. I am trying to track down the differences and similarities between as early as and as soon as. Similarities: They can express sometimes the same meaning: let's do this as early /as soon as possible. Differences: If I am right one difference is that as soon as can be used...

Today I was on a plane that was shaking during the whole trip. During the trip I was feeling dizzy/dazzled/woozy. After the flight I wanted to vomit/ throw up. Could you please help me find the correct words? I would like to thank you in advance for your help Best Regards Alex

Hello everyone :) Could you please help me understand the difference between vicinity and neighborhood? When do you use each one of these two words? I would like to thank you in advance for your help. Best Regards Alex.

I would like to write into an email the following "Below you will find a short bio version(in English) while attached is the full version (in German)." I want to write "Below you will find" to express that the bio is written directly under my sentence. I do not also like the word bio... I...

Hello. When I am addressing two or more males (eg. colleagues) sometimes I can use the word "guys". There are people at work that use that. What if I want to address two or more female colleagues. Is then guys appropriate? I would like to thank you in advance for your help. Best Regards Alex.

Hello One of my colleagues goes back to his hometown as one of his relatives is seriously ill (he would probably die soon). I would like to apologize if my words above are too harsh but I need some help and guidance with this type of vocabulary. So here are a few questions that I would like...