My friend told me, there is a who can get him get a government job but he wants some

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My friend told me, there is a who can get him get a government job but he wants some money for that.

That person wants money in lieu of the job he is going to help my friend to get.

Please check my sentences.
 

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... and you should correct the "... get him get ..." part as well.
 

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And he doesn't want money in lieu of the job. He wants to be paid for getting him the job.
 

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You checked your sentence, did you?

My friend told me, there is a person who can help him get a government job but he wants some money for that.

That person wants to be paid (can we also use money here?) for getting him the job.

Please check my sentences.
 

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You checked your sentence, did you?

No sorry, actually as soon as I posted the question the electricity went off. I read it once after I have posted it.
 

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My friend told me (no comma) there is a person who can help him get a government job but he wants some money for that.

That person wants to be paid (can we also use money here?) for getting him the job.
They're both OK with the little correction I made. You can say the person wants to be paid money,​ but it adds a word without adding any meaning to the sentence.
 

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No sorry, actually as soon as I posted the question the electricity went off. I read it once after I have posted it.

Delete "have" there.
 

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No sorry, actually as soon as I posted the question the electricity went off.

Doesn't your computer have a battery?
 

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Or he might have a desktop PC.
 

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My desktop used to run on an internal battery in a power cut but it's a good point about the router!
 

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Delete "have" there.

No sorry, actually as soon as I posted the question the electricity went off. I read the questions once, after I post them.
 

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No sorry, actually as soon as I posted the question the electricity went off. I read the questions once, after I post them.

OK. I think you're getting better. I think your hard work is paying off.
 
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