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Essays by Joe Carillo / Re: A Father’s Letter to His Son’s Teacher

« on: May 02, 2009, 03:51:48 PM »

Whoever wrote that letter must be a very good parent. For all we know it may have been a mother who wrote it. In any case, the letter is something I would love to receive as a teacher.

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Use and Misuse / Re: "Alright" question

« on: May 02, 2009, 03:37:26 PM »

The way the English language has evolved, I guess it's just a matter of time before "alright" becomes the norm.

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Site Announcements / Re: Welcome to Jose Carillo's English Forum!

« on: May 02, 2009, 03:33:23 PM »

Hi. Your forum looks almost exactly like ours which isn't so bad. It's just easier for me to find my way around.    I'm glad to be a member of this site since this will  be of great help to me in helping my students be better communicators in English.

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Getting to Know English / Re: Simply to Get the Ball Rolling

« on: May 02, 2009, 03:21:52 PM »

Hi, Mr. Carillo!

I'm happy you invited me to your Forum. Now I have another place to run to in case my students have any questions I couldn't answer.

Anyway, as I was browsing through the sample questions, the last one caught my attention. It concerns your reply to the last inquiry. One of your sentences went: That reminds me of an anecdote told to me by one of my staff.

Isn't it when using the word tell it must be followed by a direct personal object?

I went to several English grammar websites to make sure they all said the same thing, and they did. So your sentence should be: That reminds me of an anecdote one of my staff told me.

I could be wrong, though. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv12.shtml
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/cw-say-tell.htm
http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/tellsay.html