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  shivine April 13, 2013 15:47

  Dear Teacher,

  I want to join your group to improve my communication skills in English. How should I proceed. Please help me
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  Tanvir ibne Amin April 12, 2013 18:00

  skype: helloeshan..I need a partner to improve my english speaking...
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  bothaina ahmad April 3, 2013 20:34

  hi tanya, i want to improve my english language especially the conversation skills, so can u lead me?.thank you
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  Tanya March 26, 2013 9:46

  Hi, Hirak! Welcome to EC and to my group! You can master your English in different ways here. You can take part in different discussions, leave your comments, ask your questions, communicate with other members in the chatroom, make new friends and so on. I hope, you will like EC. Have a good time here!
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  U Shaikh (Umar) February 20, 2013 11:29

  Thanks
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  Avinash January 20, 2013 10:24

  hi tanya how are you, i have a problem in using be,being ,was ,were and been while writing and speaking with people. could please tel me how to use these worrds in english

  thanx
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  BADRI December 20, 2012 16:11

  how can i improve letter writing?
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  Scarlett December 7, 2012 16:47

  Dear Teacher Tanya,

  I can't thank you enough for your kindness of helping me.

  All of them are clear now, my dear Tanya.

  I wish you all the best in the world.

  Scarlett.
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  Wayne December 6, 2012 7:18

  People,we sell things to keep alive.What are you selling to keep alive dear friends?
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  Tanya December 1, 2012 14:08

  Dear Scarlett! I've got your questions. However, I am waiting for the workers who are supposed to fix my front door. So, I will start now and tell you as much as I am able until they arrive.

  Let's start with YET. This adverb is mostly used in the present perfect tense (in the negative sentences and negative questions):

  He hasn't come, yet.

  Haven't you been there, yet?

  
  However, it doesn't mean that we can use it in this tense only. Using math terms I would say that the English Tenses and adverbs can be considered as two different sets. They overlap but don't overlay completely. What I mean is that some adverb may be typical for some tense but it can be also used in some other tenses as well. Both tenses and adverbs decribe processes. That is why we can say that YET is typical for the Perfect Tenses: they both describe an action that hasn't (hadn't, won't have) taken place before some moment:

  By the time you come, I won't have finished this work, yet. (Future Perfect)

  By the time I called, he hadn't known the test results, yet. (Past Perfect)

  On the other hand, we often use YET in the Simple Tenses:

  He doesn't know about the accident, yet.

  She is not married, yet.

  
  Besides, YET can be used as a parenthesis, i.e., before a subject. In this case, its meaning is close to HOWEVER:

  It is hard for him to learn English. Yet (However), he is keeping on trying.

  
  Let me go on. Both SINCE and AS are the synonyms of BECAUSE. They are a little different but I am not sure of being able to explain this difference. But I will try to do my best.

  Well, AS and BECAUSE are almost the same. They both express a REASON:

  As I was busy, I refused from  coming to the party.

  I refused from coming to the party because I was busy.

  
  As to SINCE, it is related to time:

  Since he is still absent, we can't start our discussion.

  We can't start our discussion because he is still absent.

  
  Actually, SINCE is close to WHILE or WHEN. I don't think it is clear enough. I am sorry. If you give me some examples, I will try to explain them.