Writing and Application Dairy

Unfortunately

When you receive an incoming email, and it has the word “unfortunately” followed by a comma, we know that the person sending it is not being that sincere. It is a dismissive word – the sender is saying they have the power and unfortunately, you don’t!
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Unfortunately, I haven’t received an updated letter yet.

“Regrettably” is is a good replacement for “unfortunately” when you want to emphasize that you feel sorry about the outcome.

“haven’t … yet” and “didn’t start yet”

In view of that, “They didn’t start yet” sounds odd. “They didn’t start” is a complete idea, and “yet” tries to extend it in time in a way that the simple past doesn’t allow for.

“They haven’t started yet” is the negative of the perfect tense, “They have started.” As the article puts it, it is “used for describing a past action’s effect on the present.” It more or less requires that the idea gets extended in time, which “yet” does nicely.

I haven’t received an updated letter yet.

Undergraduate Dissertation

An undergraduate dissertation (or Bachelors dissertation) is essentially an extended piece of research and writing on a single subject. It is typically completed in the final year of a degree program, and the topic is chosen based on a student’s own area of interest.
Undergraduate Dissertation

Thesis Vs. Dissertation

A thesis is presented at the culmination of a master’s program, whereas, as dissertation is presented to earn a PhD.
Thesis Vs. Dissertation

one, the other, one another

‘I have two pens, one is red, the other is black.’ You cannot say ‘another’ because that suggests there is more than one.

But if I started out with three pens, I could say: ‘I have three pens, one is red, another is black’.

“In time” versus “on time”

Just in time means that something happened just before it would have been too late, e.g., “His arrival was just in time to catch the train before it departed.” Just on time refers to an occurrence exactly on schedule, but not earlier or later, e.g., “The train departed just on time at exactly 9:00 AM.”

How to Use “Could,” “Would,” and “Should”

Could is used to say that an action or event is possible. Would is used to talk about a possible or imagined situation, and is often used when that possible situation is not going to happen. Should is used to say that something is the proper or best thing to do, or to say that someone ought to do something or must do something.

• Adam could visit us on Monday. This tells us that it is possible Adam will visit on Monday, maybe he can visit us, but maybe he has other options, too. Visiting us is one possibility.
• Adam would visit us on Monday. This tells us that we can imagine a situation in which Adam wants to visit us on Monday, but maybe it is not actually possible. Adam is willing to visit us, under the right conditions or if he can.
• Adam should visit us on Monday. This tells us that Adam visiting on Monday is a good idea, or that it is something Adam is obligated to do. find more

“should” at the beginning of a sentence

We can use “should” at the beginning of a sentence when the action in the If-clause is unlikely to happen. We omit the if of the If-clause and put “should” first. Example :

If anyone calls, tell them I’ll be back in five minutes. = Should anyone call, tell them I’ll be back in five minutes.

email

It’s (nice/good/great) to hear from you.
Write this when someone who you haven’t communicated with in a long time writes to you. It’s a polite way to show that you’re happy to communicate with this person.

For example, imagine that you get an email from a colleague in a different department at work who you last spoke with two weeks ago. You can write back:

Hello Kumail,
It’s nice to hear from you.

This is how most business e-mails in English start out: with a simple greeting (“Hi”, “Good morning”, “Hello”) and the recipient’s first name:

Hi Lana,
Can you send me the proposal we discussed yesterday?

Thanks,
Liz

Depending on your culture, this might seem too casual for business e-mail, but this is the most appropriate style for writing to someone within your own company. It even works for writing to people outside your company if you know them or if your e-mail is just about something simple.

房产证翻译

A limited common element(专有面积) is a term related to condo ownership that refers to areas used exclusively by one or more owners, but not the entire community. It’s a subset of the umbrella term “common elements(公摊),” which refers to any public areas shared by all residents of a condo association.

https://www.thebalance.com/what-are-limited-common-elements-5214792