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Describe your ideal in-laws. What would your perfect mother-in-law be like?

My ideal in-laws are able to love, and we can forgive one another. We can forgive one another, because we are only human beings, who sometimes make mistakes. We can understand one another, because we talk to each other. I hope we can smile to each other. I hope we like to be together. Well, I hope we love spent time together. I believe we are on the ground in order to learn to love the world, and one other. My perfect mother-in-law will live by the maxim "Love and do what you want". She will not be perfect but she will be perfect for me. Perfection kills freedom, creativity and love. I loudly proclaim to all and sundry: Freedom from perfection. Let everyone live their unique life by the way they want!

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 05:14

My ideal in-laws are able to love, and we can forgive one another. We can forgive one another, because we are only human beings, who sometimes make mistakes. We can understand one another, because we talk to each other. I hope we can smile at each other. I hope we like to be together. Well, I hope we love spending time together. I believe we are on this earth in order to learn to love the world, and one other. My perfect mother-in-law will live by the maxim "Love and do what you want". She will not be perfect but she will be perfect for me. Perfection kills freedom, creativity and love. I loudly proclaim to all and sundry*: Freedom from perfection. Let everyone live their unique life in the way they want!

*all and sundry is correct, but not frequently used.

Excellent exercise, again!!

05/02/2013 04:14

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Tue, 02/05/2013 - 09:59

Excellent correction! Thank you very much for helping me. :-) Have a wonderful day...

05/02/2013 08:59

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Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:10

My ideal in-laws are able to love, and we can forgive one another. We can forgive one another, because we are only human beings, who sometimes make mistakes. We can understand one another, because we talk to each other. I hope we can smile at to each other. I hope we like to be together. Well, I hope we love to spend time together. I believe we are on ~~the~~ [this] earth ~~ground~~ in order to learn to love the world, and one other. My perfect mother-in-law will live by the maxim "Love and do what you want". She will not be perfect, but she will be perfect for me. Perfection kills freedom, creativity and love. I loudly proclaim to [everyone/(all collectively/all and sundry)]: Freedom from perfection. Let everyone live their unique life in by the way they want!

Very good! Remember that no comma is needed before "because", nor is one needed before "who sometimes make mistakes". We smile "at" each other, not "to" each other. It's "we love to spend time together", not "love to spent time together". I think instead of "we are on the ground", you meant "we are on earth"/ You could say "on this earth", but that is kind of obvious that it is "this" earth. What other earth do we have? Remember that you do need a comma before the conjunction "but". The idiom "all and sundry" means "everyone" or "all collectively". So it's not used that much? It doesn't matter. Do what you want. :) Perfection kills freedom. Live your unique life "in" the way you want, not "by" the way you want. :)

05/02/2013 07:10

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Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:11

My ideal in-laws are able to love, and we can forgive one another. We can forgive one another, because we are only human beings, who sometimes make mistakes. We can understand one another, because we talk to each other. I hope we can smile at to each other. I hope we like to be together. Well, I hope we love to spend time together. I believe we are on ~~the~~ [this] earth ~~ground~~ in order to learn to love the world, and one other. My perfect mother-in-law will live by the maxim "Love and do what you want". She will not be perfect, but she will be perfect for me. Perfection kills freedom, creativity and love. I loudly proclaim to [everyone/(all collectively/all and sundry)]: Freedom from perfection. Let everyone live their unique life in by the way they want!

05/02/2013 07:11

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Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:12

Oops. Double post. I am not perfect, so I guess I am still free, creative and loving. :)

05/02/2013 07:12

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Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:26

Oh, yes :))) You're still free... You're not a copy nor a substitute. I'm more than sure, you're an original man :-)))

05/02/2013 07:26

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Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:42

My ideal in-laws are able to love, and we can forgive one another. We (can) forgive one another, because we are (only) human beings, who sometimes make mistakes. We (can) understand one another, because we talk to each other. I hope we (can) smile at each other. I hope we like to be together. Well, I hope we love to spend time together. I believe we are on Earth in order to learn to love the world, and one other. My perfect mother-in-law will live by the maxim "Love and do what you want". She will not be perfect but she will be perfect for me. Perfection kills freedom, creativity and love. I loudly proclaim to all and sundry: Freedom from perfection. Let everyone live their unique life in the way that they want!

05/02/2013 07:42

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Tue, 02/05/2013 - 09:54

Thank you Danya! I'm glad of your corrections. :-):-)

05/02/2013 08:54

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 10:47

KOREKTY

We (can) forgive one another because we are (only) human beings who sometimes make mistakes.
We (can) understand one another because we talk to each other.
I hope we (can) smile at each other.
Well, I hope we love to spend time together.
I believe we are on Earth in order to learn to love the world and one other.
Let everyone live their unique life in the way that they want!

Nie stawiać przecinka przed "because" ani przed "who"

smile AT each other

"each other" and "one other"

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2417302&langid=21

There is (or has been?) a rule - you use “one another” when you talk about more than two persons and “each other” when you talk about two persons. Is it strict? Or, as some say, the first variant is a bit archaic and “each other” can freely be used in both cases?

"usage Some handbooks and textbooks recommend that each other be restricted to reference to two and one another to reference to three or more. The distinction, while neat, is not observed in actual usage. Each other and one another are used interchangeably by good writers and have been since at least the 16th century."

Some of us disagree with the Merriam-Webster editor's point of view. The American Heritage Dictionary also has a usage note on this subject and reports that 64 percent of its professional panel (writers and editors) would use "each other" only when two are involved, "one another" if more than two. Still, that means more than one-third of the group wouldn't draw that distinction. In my own writing, I side with the 64 percent. But clearly, neither position can be called "wrong".

05/02/2013 09:47

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 09:02

I'm still free? Well, then, in that case, as Abba says, "Honey, I;m still free. Take a chance on me." :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0

05/02/2013 08:02

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