I can introduce clients to my friends....

[Silverobama]

Again, Hook and me were chitchatting about Silver's future.

Silver: I've already told my students and their parents that I would stop tutoring them.
Hook: I respect your decision! As long as you're happy.
Silver: I want to use this year to relax and travel.
Hook: That's a good idea. But, what will you do after your travelling?
Silver: I can introduce clients to my friends and get commission. I might be a sales.

Explanation of the italic sentence: Many of friends of Hook and I are teaching English, they are either self-employed or working in a language school. If someone who wants to study, say, the TOEFL test, I can introduce this so-and-so to a friend of mine who got 119 in his TOEFL test, then this 119-TOEFL friend would give me a 15% commission. This sounds like a good job.

Please help me with a natural sentence of the italic one.

 

[5jj]

Again, Hook and me were chitchatting about Silver's future.

Hook and I. The phrase is subject of the sentence.

Many of friends of Hook and I

Hook and me The phrase is the object of the preposition of.

 

[5jj]

I might be a sales.

This means nothing to me. Can you try to express your meaning in other words?

 

[Silverobama]

I might be a sales.

This means nothing to me. Can you try to express your meaning in other words?

I think "I might work as a salesperson" is perfectly natural. Are the whole italic sentences natural now?

I can introduce clients to my friends and get commission. I might work as a salesperson.

 

[Tarheel]

I think "I might work as a salesperson" is perfectly natural. Are the whole italic sentences natural now?

I can introduce clients to my friends and get commissionS. I might work as a salesperson.

I'm not sure what you mean by "might" there.

Can you get commissions just by introducing people, or do you have to make sales?

 

[Silverobama]

Can you get commissions just by introducing people, or do you have to make sales?

Just introduce people to my friends.

Might means I perhaps work as a salesperson because I can find some other jobs if I don’t want to work as a salesperson.

 

[Tarheel]

The word "because" doesn't work there.

Perhaps:

Maybe I will work as a salesperson, but I can find some other jobs if I don't want to work as a salesperson.

I'm not sure that's what you're trying to say.

 

[Silverobama]

Maybe I will work as a salesperson, but I can find some other jobs if I don't want to work as a salesperson.

Yes, but I still want the first part because that’s what I want to say.

 

[Tarheel]

Oh. OK. Perhaps:

I can introduce clients to my friends and get commissions for that. I might also want to be a salesperson.

 

[teechar]

Again, Hook and me I were chitchatting about Silver's my future.
Silver: I can introduce clients to my friends other tutors and get a commission. I might be I suppose it's like a sales job.

Explanation of the italic sentence: Many of friends of Hook and I have many friends who are teaching English. They are either self-employed or working in a language school. If someone who wants to study or, say, prepare for the TOEFL test, I can introduce this so-and-so * them to a friend of mine who got 119 in his TOEFL test, then this 119-TOEFL friend would give me a 15% commission. This sounds like a good job.

Please help me with a natural sentence of make the italic sentence natural. one.

Note that "so-and-so" is used when you don't know (or don't want to mention) a particular person's name, or if you have a low opinion of them.

 

[Silverobama]

Note that "so-and-so" is used when you don't know (or don't want to mention) a particular person's name, or if you have a low opinion of them.

Much appreciated.

But the second sentence is inteneded to mean that "If I don't work as a someone who introduces clients to other tutors, I might work as a salesperson". I think "I suppose it's like a sales job" means how I consider referring clients to other tutors instead of telling my friend what I might do in the future. Am I right?

I also wonder if "make .... natural" is correct. I never doubt you, teechar, but doesn't "make" involve "human labor", like "make a cake". And if I want to say sentence, I should "write a sentence"?

 

[teechar]

But the second sentence is inteneded intended to mean that "If I don't work as a someone who introduces clients to other tutors, I might work as a salesperson".

Then say:

Silver: I can introduce clients to my friends other tutors and get commission, or I might be get a sales job.

I think "I suppose it's like a sales job" means how I consider referring clients to other tutors instead of telling my friend what I might do in the future. Am I right?

I have no idea what that means, but see above!

I also wonder if "make .... natural" is correct.

Yes, it's correct.

I never doubt you, teechar, but doesn't "make" involve "human labor", like "make a cake".

"Make" does not necessarily involve human labour, and even if you think it does, making a sentence natural surely involves our "labour"/effort, doesn't it?

And if I want to say sentence, I should "write a sentence"?

I don't understand what you mean.

 

[Silverobama]

Thanks a lot for your corrections, teechar.

I can introduce clients to other tutors and get commission, or I get a sales job.

I can introduce clients to other tutors and get a commission.

The above are both your corrections. I wonder if "get a commission" and "get commission" are both natural.

 

[teechar]

Yes, both work, but I prefer the former.

 

[Tarheel]

Again, Hook and me were chitchatting about Silver's future.

Silver: I've already told my students and their parents that I would stop tutoring them.
Hook: I respect your decision! As long as you're happy.
Silver: I want to use this year to relax and travel.
Hook: That's a good idea. But, what will you do after your travelling?
Silver: I can introduce clients to my friends and get commission. I might be a sales.

Explanation of the italic sentence: Many of friends of Hook and I are teaching English, they are either self-employed or working in a language school. If someone who wants to study, say, the TOEFL test, I can introduce this so-and-so to a friend of mine who got 119 in his TOEFL test, then this 119-TOEFL friend would give me a 15% commission. This sounds like a good job.

Please help me with a natural sentence of the italic one.

Say:

Hook and I were talking about my future.

Are you in the habit of talking about yourself in the third person?

Try:

I've already told my students and their parents that I won't be tutoring them anymore.

Try:

Silver: I want to use this year to relax and travel.
Hook: That's a good idea, but what do you do after that?

Say:

Many of our friends are English teachers. They are either self-employed or work at a language school.

Say:

If someone wants to study, for example, in preparation for the TOEFL test, I p an introduce this person to someone who got 119 on his TOEFL test, then that person would give me a 15% commission. It seems like a good job.

I have no idea what that 15% would be based on, but it would have to be based on something.

 

[5jj]

They are either self-employed or work at a language lab.

I think it's far more likely that they will work at a language school than at a language lab.

 

[Tarheel]

I think it's far more likely that they will work at a language school than at a language lab.

Sorry. I don't have the perfect memory that you do

 

[5jj]

In which post?