I cherish the moment they’re online and…

Silverobama

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The following conversation took place between my friend and me.

Martin: Mate, you spend more than four hours reading posts on UE every day, right?
Silver: Not really, three hours and fifty minutes.
Martin: You just check your phone and refresh the page, are you waiting for anyone there?
Silver: Yeah, those teachers. They’ve spent a lot of time on UE helping me and they’re not paid to do that. I feel really happy when they respond to me.
Martin: But they’re online every day and I don’t. Think you need to keep waiting there.
Silver: I just cherish the moments they’re teaching me and wishing to learn much as I can.

I wonder if the italic sentence is okay. The intended meaning is: I hope I can stay on the forum longer and once they’re online, I can learn from them and I know every day they’re online but they’re busy too so they can’t stay there for a long time. I cherish the time they’re there and wish I could learn much as possible.

Edited: change everyday to every day.
 
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For a start, change ‘everyday’ to ‘every day’.

’Everyday’ exists, but only as an adjective — ‘an everyday occurrence’.
 
Done.
 
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For a start, change ‘everyday’ to ‘every day’.

’Everyday’ exists, but only as an adjective — ‘an everyday occurrence’.
Is the italic sentence okay?
 
I see no italics.
 
I believe Silverobama is still referring to the final line of dialogue in post #1.
Yes, could you please help me with that? Or are there any mistakes in the OP besides the italic sentence that I need to correct before you help me? I'd love to correct it/them.
 
@Silverobama Well, there is no "there". We're all in different places. Otherwise, I'd say, "I want to learn as much as possible."
 
I think the present continuous sense is not appropriate. You started with the simple present tense; there's no need to change to the continuous.
 
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