[Grammar] I'm impressed with your passon for teaching. Is that right?

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yjso21

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Hi teachers!

I'm writing short card for my English teacher and I wonder my writing is correct.

Here's the writing I wrote.


'I'm impressed with your passion for teaching. Thank you for teaching us. Love.'



Is this grammatically correct? Is this expression proper in English culture?
 

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[strike]Hi teachers![/strike] Unnecessary

I'm writing a short card for my English teacher and I wonder if [strike]my writing[/strike] what I have written is correct.

Here's [strike]the writing[/strike] what I wrote.


'I'm impressed with your passion for teaching. Thank you for teaching us. Love from [your name].'


Is this grammatically correct? Is this expression proper in English culture?

I think it's fine. Some people might say that putting "Love from ..." at the end is overly friendly but if I were a teacher, I would be quite happy to receive that. You might be able to make "I'm impressed" sound a little less formal. You could try "Your passion for teaching really shines through!" or something similar.
 

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I note you're in Australia. "Love" is wrong, unless you are really close friends or family ... or unless you're trying to hit on him/her (making a play for him/her).
 

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The sentence is fine except for the "love" part. I find it to be overly familiar. You might try "with respect", "respectfully", "with appreciation", etc.
 
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