Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Correggere

Hi all.
Dopo alcune esperienze con traduttori (pagati) in inglese, mi sono messo a
scrivere le mie cose da solo, tanto devo sempre rifare tutto da capo. E poi pare
che io sia di una capziositą intollerabile. Qualche buona e anche ottima dritta
l'ho avuta qui, ma non posso certo postare tutti i miei testi (ammetto che
vorrei).
C'č un sito dove un puo' controllare la correttezza, tanto grammaticale quanto
sintattica, di brevi testi? Diciamo un paragrafo di cinque o sei frasi per
volta?
Chi volesse darmi una mano a ridurre gli strafalcioni č benvenuto a
www.lablablab.com
.
Fran.


www.lablablab.com
.
What happened to the scroll bars?  I opened up with both aol and the explorere
and was not able to scroll down, so I got as far as the eigth bullet
A pleasant, natural, relaxant 
I'd use "relaxing" instead of relaxant.
and nearly unnoticeable way to learn. According to a classic technic, 
It sounds a little strange.  How about "according to a well-established
learning theory"
remembering a large number of things is easier than remember
than remembering
 just a few. This is the very dream of anyone willing to speak languages and
understanding 
and understand (not understanding)
people. Try once and you will find out. 
How about "experience *it* once"?
bye
ari

 learning theory"
It is actually a classic technic. No theory, just technic. "Classic" seems
better than "well-established". People use this technic since old ages (cfr
Yates, The Art of Memory). Can I express this better?
By the way, if something "sounds a little strange" people should not pass on it
without noticing, should'nt they? Sometimes is is useful to write down a "big
black hairy spider" only to get attention of the reader. Art of memory, always.
Ian Fleming's in this example.
I accept all your other suggestions with a huge salam-aleiku. Give me a ring if
in Brussels, I will drive you toward a Belgian geuze.
Fran.

 By the way, if something "sounds a little strange"
In my opinion, that might work sometimes, not on a page about language
courses though.
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 How about "a traditional technic" ?
Technique.
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Mary

 Technique.
Thank you!
[I don't know why my spell-checker didn't show any red underline under
that word, though].
Anyway, how about "a traditional technique"? :)
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 Ma perché suona male?
"A classic technic" sounds wrong because although the word "technic"
appears in some dictionaries, nobody ever uses it.
"A classic technique" sounds OK.
- 
Mary

 that word, though].
Because "technic" is an adjective. :)
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Maria Luisa C - 24/03/04 10.41.28, here.
please, point out my English errors!

 Because "technic" is an adjective. :)
No, it's a noun (the adjective is "technical"), but as I said in an
earlier message, it's never used in English; or at least, I've never
seen or heard it.
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Mary

 MLC wrote:
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I trust you more than Babylon English-English :)
that gave me:
technic: adj. 
of technics, of technology; practical, useful
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Maria Luisa C - 24/03/04 11.19.12, here.
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 of technics, of technology; practical, useful
I'm afraid that's rubbish; I wonder who wrote their dictionary?
-- 
Mary

 of technics, of technology; practical, useful
L'Hazon has both  :)
technic ['teknιk / tech·nic] agg. (rar.) tecnico ◆ s. 1 → technique 2
(gener. pl.) tecnica 3 pl. terminologia tecnica.
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No, it's a noun (the adjective is "technical"), 
I'm sure it's a noun as you say, but when I read it, although my eyes see
*technic*, my brain interprets it as technical.
I was finally able to scroll down and found other errors.  Has anybody seen the
rest?
bye
Ari 

 Ian Fleming's in this example.
There's 'strange' and then there's 'Do I trust this site's ability to
do what it says, based on the level of English competencey or style
demonstrated?"  Since I haven't seen it I can't comment on that.
Cheers
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 of technics, of technology; practical, useful
So you should :-) Always trust Mary over an online dictionary.
I've never heard it either and I live and breathe English every day.
Sounds like jargon, (i.e. only used by geeks who hadn't realised
there were perfectly decent words to use, if only they had known more
about English and not just computers...)   
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Here is what I have to say:
1. there is no point in establishing a relationship between the quality of the
English used in the website (I am afraid that there are much more errors than
discovered until now) and the quality of the learning experience proposed.
2. the scheme offers the possibility to meet teachers and shipmates on line and
to verify what you are goind to buy before you buy it actually.
I know this is eresy, by any marketing point of view. For most language schools
the point is to have perfect advertising material and put you in a position
where you have to pay first, and find out how they are going to teach later.
Writing more about our way of teaching second languages would turn my message in
advertising. It was intended to find a site where I can correct the worst
errors. The site is changing every day and I am responsible of the worst errors,
since I add sentences every now and then.
I am content with decent communication of somehow complex contents.
Thank you all for your corrections and observations.
Fr.
"Loki" <lo...@aotearoa.invalid> a écrit dans le message news:
95806061373821...@news.clear.net.nz...
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 about English and not just computers...)
-- 
"The past resembles the future as water resembles water"  Ibn Khaldun
My .
mac.com
 address is a spam sink.
If you wish to email me, try atlothian at blueyonder dot co dot uk

 discovered until now) and the quality of the learning experience proposed.
Sorry, but I wouldn't enroll in a English course presenting itself in
sloppy or "strange" English [I am not saying that your English is
sloppy or that your web page  is bad: on the contrary, I quite liked
it :) ]
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 it :) ]
Thank you. What about a German course?
Fran.

 sloppy
*My* English was sloppy, instead :)
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Whatever. 
If your language sounds quirky or awkward, eligible clients might 
think  you aren't language pros, IMHO :)
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 my example is just that.)
Well, technique (thanks to Mary's beautyful fingers:-) is the little sister of
theory, if one can say so. It is situated midway between theory and practice.
Another word I considered was method, which is amid theory and technique. But
"method" is something language schools as the Bermuda Triangle (aka brltz)
usually sell... often boasting "a new method", "the perfect method" and so on.
We want to be something different. Only technique. But the working one. Ah, old
dog, advertising again...
By the way it takes a couple of minutes to me to set up a discussion group on
our site in order to develop the subjects related to this thread. Perhaps it is
more appropriate and there will be no burden of messages to read for not
interested people. If somebody teaches languages, or dream to master hundreds of
them, and finds that our delirium tremens is interesting, just drop me a line in
private to 
nost...@lablablab.com
 I have been dreaming sometimes about such a
group to blablabla with on line about our lablablab and it can be attractive to
customers.
Well, I've violated whatever ng rules now. Ready for the cat.
Fran.

 Fran.
A flogging?
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To Turkey
Verbo inventato da me per "to have a great time in Turkey in the Turkish way",
che è difficile dire in una parola sola... Mi pare che l'inglese permetta questo
tipo di invenzioni e se no, almeno in questo caso, pazienza. I turchi hanno
ereditato una antica saggezza ottomana e bizantina nel ricevere gli ospiti.
Esempio: quando in corriera ti danno una salviettina rinfrescante, hanno il buon
gusto di tirarla fuori dal frigorifero. E' un piccolo dettaglio che svanisce
subito, ma nel momento in cui te ne rendi conto non puoi non provare una certa
sottile gratitudine per chi mette in pratica simili delicatezze a tuo vantaggio.
Lo stesso succede nell'uso degli ingredienti in cucina. Chi ci è stato lo sa.
Insomma è un posto dove il piacere dei sensi è sovrano. E costa poco.
Capisco pero' che puo' esserci qualche confusione con i tacchini.
Fran.
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95816811720521...@news.clear.net.nz...
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 tipo di invenzioni
Sě, perň se lo sai solo tu...
Ciao, FB

 Fran.
Ahh. Grazie. I think it may be different from the one I saw
previously. It was some play on 'tachino' I believe.
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