Subj : Speaking tandem. To : Ardith Hinton From : alexander koryagin Date : Fri Jul 06 2018 22:01:02 From: "alexander koryagin" Hi, Ardith Hinton! I read your message from 02.04.2014 23:56 DM>> My name is Denis. I'm Russian student and I want to improve my DM>> English skills. I can help with Russian and I'm looking for DM>> someone who help me with English. If you or your friends are DM>> intrested in it, let me know! AH> I replied to this message on March 22nd. AH> I'm not sure if you've received my reply or understood what I said AH> when you don't answer directly. AH> I see three errors above. Would you like someone to correct them? I would suggest to Denis to be more active in this echoarea. It is a nice place to practice his English. He should write as much as he could and even more ;). He should provoke discussions; he should ask anything he doesn't understand. If a person studies to speak English, he should be never be afraid to make errors, and he should be happy when people point out where he was wrong or inaccurate. Of course, he needs to buy an English Grammar textbook and read it. I strongly believe, that his textbook should be in Russian. Only a Russian author can understand what is especially difficult for a Russian person. ;) As for checking Denis' message: -----Beginning of the citation----- My name is Denis. I'm Russian student and I want to improve my English skills. I can help with Russian and I'm looking for someone who help me with English. If you or your friends are interested in it, let me know! -----The end of the citation----- I would write it in the following way: My name is Denis. I'm a Russian student, and I want to improve my English skills. I'm looking for someone who will help me with learning English, and I can help him learn Russian. PS: I believe, there is no need for "to + infinitive" after the verb "help"? Bye, Ardith! Alexander Koryagin fido7.english-tutor 2014 --- ifmail v.2.15dev5.4 * Origin: Demos online service (2:5020/400) .