My dear friends! My new task will be about English proverbs. The idea of the task is the following. I am posting five proverbs asking you to tell what they mean. Sure, I will help you as always. When you realize their meanings, I will ask you to use each of them in your writing. It may be any kind of writing: a dialogue, a monologue, a short story, whatever you like. If someone knows the meaning of the proverb for sure, he/she can start writing at once. Your texts shouldn’t be long for us to be able to correct them and to explain your mistakes. Is your task clear? Hope so!
Well, here are the proverbs:
1. Every cloud has a silver lining.
2. Two is a company, but three is none.
3. Dog eat dog.
4. Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
5. As you brew, so much you drink.
Have a great time!
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Dear Afro! I am sorry, but here you all are expected to use the given proverbs correctly. You can post as many stories as you like, but only with the given provebs. So, if you like to write on some other topic, you can do it here:
http://www.myenglishclub.com/group/improving-grammar-with-tanya-and...
We also correct the texts there, but they shouldn't be long, OK?
Welcome, dear Afro! I hope, next week the connction with the EC will be better
Dear Afro! As Danny is so very busy these days with graduation of his students, I will post my corrections of your story and thanks for sharing it with us! I hope next week we will not have such great communication problems in the EC
So, here are my corrections:
It is always hard to forget our ___ grief (a wrong epithet). But, we have to live our lives. Even though__ it seems impossible, it’s true that every cloud has a silver lining. So, live your life in full swing (this idiom is wrong here! It means AT THE HEIGHT OF ACTIVITY, but in different sense of the word. For example: by nine-thirty the dance was in full swing. It is better to say “live your full lives”).
It always a mass if we allow more people in our lives, especially in terms of starting a new business. I have found many problems arise in sharing business (I would say “When you start sharing your business with someone, there arise many problems). So, two is a company and three is a crowd. Because, the more people are involved, the more ideas, more opinions we get/have (or something like this) and it brings in more complexity.
But, starting a new business is not that easy. Nowadays people are more interested in having a restaurant or a company. So, there is no mercy, dog eat dog.
Anyway, how tough it may be, experienced people know how to survive. And despite many bites (I don’t like this verb as birds don’t bite!), old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
It is always tough to forget our past grief. But, we have to live our life. Even though, how impossible it seems , it’s true that every cloud has a silver lining. So, live your life in full swing!
It always a mass if we allow more people in our life. Specially in terms of starting a new business. I have found many problems arise in sharing business. So, two is a company and three is none. Because, more people means more ideas, more opinions eventually which brings more complexity.
But, starting a new business is not that easy. Nowadays people are more interested to have a restaurant or company. So, there is no mercy, dog eat dog.
Anyway, how tough it may be, experienced people know how to survive. And, whereas there are many bites, old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
My dear friends! I have to correct myself here! The first sentence in my story should be "When I met him I was dating __ another man". The verb DATE shouldn't be folllowed by any preposition. As to my epithet, I used the one I meant. Danny is kidding as always!
My dear Tanya! I haven't expected to read your story here! Ha-ha! I do like this story and I do know who that man was! (A VERY BIG SMILE!!!!) And could you only say he was "impressive"? I stiil believe, he was stunning, astotishing, charming and so inimitable! Ha-ha-ha! To be serious, you should read the first sentence. I see, you somethimes think Russian, no prob, but will you correct it for learners, please? Thanks!
Always yours!
Dear Shoba! They were not mistakes in fact. I've just made your story sound better! Thank you!
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