How to improve? Hello everybody, I’m thinking about to improve my written English. I need to improve it for the future. Our company is going to expand, or better to spread out in Europe. So, we need an English-speaking team. It’s more complicate to write business English than to speak in a normal way. Off course it’s more formal. I work in the support office, and I already have first experience to communicate with an IT service from a big customer, and it was fun by the way. Have you some suggestion for me? Greetings, Christian

Why do you want to learn German? Hello together,

I’ve been learning English for more than three years now. My personal intention is to learn more about other people, especially about the American culture. My English was not so good during my school time, so I decided to improve it by myself.

I often surprised how many people want to learn German, and I’m also surprised how many people out the USA want to learn German.

Why do you want to learn German, or why do you want to learn a second language? Please let me know.

Greetings,
Christian

Usage of the serial comma  Hello together,

I often use a comma before a conjunction like "or" or/and "and".

Example: "Writing can be so much more difficult than reading, listening, or talking."

Do you use the serial comma?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

Greetings,
Christian

Writing can be... Writing can be so much more difficult than reading, listening, or talking ;-(

A book who can change your live Hello, I’m reading a book called “How to Win Friends & Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. It has already changed my live. It tells you to think more positive, and to stop complaining about everything. I can really recommend that book if you want to impress your friends, or if you want to be more friendly to your fellow man. Greetings Christian

Why Did English Become the International Language?

I would like to recommend that very nice video on YouTube about English!


https://youtu.be/iqDFPU9YeQM

Have a lot of fun!
Christian

What does it mean: "The air was cold and snappy"? What does "snappy" mean here?

present perfect vs. past perfect

Hello together,

Let’s imagine a friend was on a party, and someone took a picture off him while he was posing like Sherlock Holmes with a pipe in his mouth. Now you want to write a comment, but you aren’t sure with tense to use. The party was in the past, but you still have the picture. Which tense is right, or can I use both?

“Sherlock had never been so sexy before”
(past perfect)

“Sherlock has never been so sexy before”
(present perfect)

Greetings,
Christian

CEFR (A1 - C2) on italki

Hello,

I'm pretty sure the most people lie to themselves here. If you really think about it, you will see it's not linear. Maybe it's more progressive, but I also think it depends strong from the learner itself.

What is your opinion about it? Please let me know.

Greetings,
Christian