[General] shrink from the toil

[Ashiuhto]

Please help me correct the sentences. Thanks!

What a pleasant surprise to receive your phonecall! I can hardly believe that you manage to know my office through many hands. Thanks for your enthusiasm that you don’t shrink from the toil and hardship in kept inquiring our whereabouts.

 

[Matthew Wai]

... manage to know my office through many hands.

Do you mean 'manage to find my office through many people'?

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[MikeNewYork]

I don't really know what you are trying to say, but I am convinced you can say it better with fewer words.

 

[Barb_D]

I'm so happy you worked so hard to find me.

 

[Ashiuhto]

What a pleasant surprise to receive your phonecall! I can hardly believe that you manage to know my office through many people. I'm so happy you worked so hard to find me.

 

[Matthew Wai]

you manage to know my office

If the person being addressed has already found the office, should the past tense 'managed' be used?

Not a teacher.

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes.

Ashiuhto, note that "you managed to find my office through so many hands" is completely ungrammatical and unnatural. We still don't really know what you mean.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I guess the OP means 'through the information from many people's hands', it is Chinglish used by us Chinese people.

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[Ashiuhto]

It originally means that you asked A whether he/she knows my office. Then, A asked B. Next, B asked C. Later, C asked D. Finally, D told you about my office. So you get connect with me.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Does it have anything to do with 'hands', which was used in your original sentence?

Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

That is a good question, Matthew.

 

[Ashiuhto]

It has nothing to do with 'hands', just a metaphor.

 

[Barb_D]

I can hardly believe you asked so many people to find out where I am working now. I am very happy you did not give up until you found me.