Email Service Notes (Jesse)
Your Original Email
Hi Teacher,
Here are the homework from last class, I need to fix the sentences that I have said in last class by myself, can you please review and correct?
Original : They request us to give them feedback about this.
Correction 1: They requested us to give them feedback about this.
Correction 2: They requested us to give them feedback on this.
Original: They have some record of we have been using unlicensed software for several months.
Correction 1: They have some records showing that we’ve been using unlicensed software for months.
Correction 2: They said they had evidence that we’ve been using unauthorized software for months.
Original:I asked them back, what do you want to do with us?
Correction 1:I asked them what do you want to do to us?
Correction 2: I asked them what do you want?
Original: If we will use AUTOCAD for our business, we need to buy a licensed software from them as soon as possible.
Correction:If our business needs to use AUTOCAD, then we need to buy licensed software from them as soon as possible.
Original: Otherwise they will do the lawsuit.
Correction: Otherwise they will sue us for infringement
Thank you and have a nice day
Nicole
Your Edited Email
Hi Teacher,
Here is the homework from last class. I need to fix the sentences that I said in my last class by myself, can you please review and correct them / it?
Original : They request us to give them feedback about this.
Correction 1: They requested us to give them feedback about this.
Correction 2: They requested us to give them feedback on this.
Correction 3: They requested that we give them feedback on this
Original: They have some record of we have been using unlicensed software for several months.
Correction 1: They have some records showing that we’ve been using unlicensed software for months.
Correction 2: They said they had evidence that we’ve been using unauthorized software for months.
Original:I asked them back, what do you want to do with us?
Correction 1:I asked them what do you want to do to us?
Correction 2: I asked them what do you want?
Hmm the meanings of these 3 are different – we can discuss next class.
Original: If we will use AUTOCAD for our business, we need to buy a licensed software from them as soon as possible.
Correction:If our business needs to use AUTOCAD, then we need to buy (some) licensed software from them as soon as possible.
Original: Otherwise they will do the lawsuit.
Correction: Otherwise they will sue us for infringement / Otherwise they will file a lawsuit against us
Thank you and have a nice day
Nicole
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