Writing 567

Sir
Ma'am

Mr. Wong
Ms. Nishizawa

Teacher /Sensei/ Laoshu

Excuse me, teacher. NOT ENGLISH

Professor Smith,

Adult Ed, first name is OK - casual culture

titles Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Professor, Doctor, President, Officer, General, Corporal, Private, Sergeant, Prime Minister, Mayor
teacher

"Call me whatever you like; just don't call me late for supper."

Dear, Darling, Honey, nickname, term of endearment


Irregular verbs 

regular verb
walk walked
talk talked
watch watched

irregular verbs
drive drived drove
run runned little kid "I runned to the school."
ran

was forgiven
forgive - let the anger go, tolerate, understand, 
I forgave my sister for eating my candy.
"Forgive, but don't forget."

Have you written the letter of complaint to the company?

What the action had done was anger the already frustrated homeowners.

had done - past perfect, subsitute simple past

What the action did was anger the already frustrated homeowners. Much more natural sounding.

What the action had done was - noun clause

The little kid angered his sister. new way to say it?
The little kid made his sister angry. more natural

took tooked
had taken - past perfect, very unusual

Forget past perfect, nobody uses it.

He has given all his money to charity.

Sarah has begun to pack up her apartment. She's going to move next week.