Can you type? Certainly. Well, I should have thought you wouldn't. [<--- That might be UK English. It sounds odd to this US speaker (me). Instead, "I would have thought you couldn't."] I should have thought wouldn't agree. [Again, UK? "I thought you wouldn't agree."] I thought he lived in San Francisco. [correct] I thought you didn't like moving out and living off campus. [<--- This is grammatically correct, but it probably doesn't mean what you want to say. It is phrased like "moving out" is a habitual past action. I'm not sure how to rephrase. Probably just drop the first part entirely and say, "I thought you didn't like living off campus."] Suzanne thought (that) they were angry. ["That" is optional.] If a job lets you exert your strengths, make achievements and get promoted. This is a promising job. [Mostly correct, but the word choices sound odd. Try, "If your job lets you show your strengths, take advantage of that to achieve great things and get promoted. That is a good job." This is not the only way to say it.] Writers like Shakespeare are harder to find these days. [Correct, and perhaps true. Maybe we aren't looking for them anymore. :)] The enemy was defeated by the soldier who lost his life. [Correct use of the passive voice, but active voice is preferable when possible. For example, "The soldier who lost his life is the same who defeated the enemy."] Normally the first clause above makes a statement, and then the second clause introduces something contrary, generally in the form of a negative comment. Although this clothing is brand-name, the quality is not so good. In particular, this means that rather than joining two statements, it goes inside a statement (within the second clause). Sometimes the subject of the second clause will be omitted. I'm your best friend, but you didn't invite me. His family is rich, but he never flaunts it.