english homework

[Jay-X]

hi everybody, my teacher assigned this homework to the class:

"Write a thank-you letter to someone you have stayed with"


Do you think this one will get me a good grade or is there poor grammar or something missed or whatever? is the lay-out good for an informal letter?




24th April 2005




Dear Uncle Chuck and Aunt Annie,

I’ve been home for five days now and I already miss Brighton! I really enjoyed my holiday over there and I hope I will get back next year. Everything was wonderful, besides food. I’m joking, but I would be hypocritical, if I lied and told you that I prefer puddy over pasta! Alright, I’m quitting my complaining now! I really appreciated your kindness and your disposability towards me and I hope I can pay you back, inviting you over for Christmas’ Holiday.
I’m happy since I have known lots of new and interesting people while I stayed by you and I can’t wait to meet them again! Mum is calling me to dinner, so I have to kiss you goodbye now. Once again, I’m really thankful and I hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

Alberto


P.S.: I hope you can forget the accident that occurred at the airport, when I threatened to kill the police officer; I can swear it wasn’t my fault, I just had forgotten to take my pills. You can be sure it’s not going to happen again!

 

[flyinshark]

Overall it's pretty good. You should get a good mark. By the way, it's spelled "mom" not "mum". There are other little mistakes, but i dont wanna be accused of helping you with your homework, which can be considered cheating from your part

 

[JSH]

no, it is spelled mum not mom if he is learning english. What kind of retard are you, he is Italian, doing English homework. Plus disposability is not the right word, it means getting rid of.

 

[Jay-X]

both mom and mum are correct and used, but we are learning proper english, so mum is more adapt.

what word do you use instead of disposability?

 

[JohnJones]

"hospitality" would work.

On "mum," I'd give the teacher whatever you think she wants (but since America conquered the English language long ago, I dunno if that little colloquialism is best...)

 

[Jay-X]

Originally posted by JohnJones
"hospitality" would work.

On "mum," I'd give the teacher whatever you think she wants (but since America conquered the English language long ago, I dunno if that little colloquialism is best...)

i'm sure she would accept them both, but, to be sure, i'll write mum... any other mispells, puntuaction mistakes, general mistakes, LETTER'S LAYOUT MISTAKES?!?!

 

[diablo]

Here's what you should turn in. By the way, to all of the people fighting over whether to use "mom" or "mum"... if you're going to use the Queen's English in a paper you're submitting for a grade, you have to either use it for everything or nothing. You can't just use American English throughout the paper and mix it with Queen's English... as for what I fixed, it was basically words that were used incorrectly, sentences that sounded disjointed, or minor technical mistakes. Your spelling is spot on with the exception of "disposability". I hope you meant hospitality, because if something is "disposable" then it means you can throw it away.


Dear Uncle Chuck and Aunt Annie,

I’ve been home for five days now and I already miss Brighton! I really enjoyed my holiday over there and I hope I can come back next year. Everything was wonderful, besides the food. I’m joking, but I would be lying if I told you that I prefer pudding over pasta! Alright, I’ll quit my complaining now! I really appreciated your kindness and your hospitality towards me and I hope I can pay you back by inviting you over for the Christmas holiday. I’m happy that I got a chance to meet a lot of new and interesting people while I stayed with you and I can’t wait to see them again! Mom is calling me to dinner, so I have to kiss you goodbye now. Once again, I’m really thankful for all that you've done and I hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

Alberto


P.S.: I hope you'll forget the mishap at the airport when I threatened to kill the police officer; I swear it wasn’t my fault! I'd just forgotten to take my pills. You can be sure it’s not going to happen again! Haha...

 

[Jay-X]

thanks diablo, i just corrected it all

 

[rgeere]

Re: Re: english homework

Originally posted by flyinshark
Overall it's pretty good. You should get a good mark. By the way, it's spelled "mom" not "mum". There are other little mistakes, but i dont wanna be accused of helping you with your homework, which can be considered cheating from your part

It is spelled "Mum" in british english ... In american english it is spelled "Mom."

I am assuming this is a british english class ...

 

[flyinshark]

Re: Re: Re: english homework

Originally posted by rgeere
It is spelled "Mum" in british english ... In american english it is spelled "Mom."

I am assuming this is a british english class ...

I didn't know that. Diablo also clarified this point, so now it all depends on which kind of English Jay-X is learning.

As for my new buddy JSH, who called me a retard, i hope you now acknowledge the fact that BOTH spellings are acceptable and will take back what you said.

 

[Fitch]

I already miss Brighton

Where is Brighton?

 

[Jay-X]

Re: Re: Re: Re: english homework

Originally posted by flyinshark
I didn't know that. Diablo also clarified this point, so now it all depends on which kind of English Jay-X is learning.

As for my new buddy JSH, who called me a retard, i hope you now acknowledge the fact that BOTH spellings are acceptable and will take back what you said.

he was not saying that mom is wrong, he was just saying that proper english spells mum... he should just be sorry about the "retard" part... but nowadays it seems common opinion that insulting somebody that makes a little mistake is an acceptable thing...


anyway, brighton is in england, fitch, right in front of the chanel

 

[JohnJones]

There goes that UK-USA etymology war I was hoping for...

 

[WesCottII]

Umm...you might want to get rid of "quit" as well. It's not something we generaly tend to say.

 

[Jay-X]

Originally posted by WesCottII
Umm...you might want to get rid of "quit" as well. It's not something we generaly tend to say.

too late, i already given the essay to teacher

 

[SELF-MASTERY]

there be no such thang as proper english.