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tomverlaine

tomverlaine

Native language:
English
Total orders:
1503
Nationality:
United States
Residence:
Japan
Skills
  • Exam Preparation
  • Business English
  • American English
  • Beginner
  • Kids
  • Advanced
  • EIKEN
  • TOEIC
  • TOEFL
  • IELTS
  • Teaching License
Certifications
TEFL/TESOL certified.
Announcements
Experienced English proofreader/teacher/tutor from the US, living in Japan. Dear customers, I apologize for extending my request deadline from 72 hours to five days, and now to even seven days. Unfortunately, I have a lot of business to take care of, and I would rather give customers the option of choosing me or someone else than limit the number of orders I will accept. I will probably get many done early anyway, and I will try my best to do so. However, the deadlines for already-submitted orders will remain the same. I can't change them anyway, and even if I could, it would be very unfair, especially if someone urgently needs their order completed by a specific date or time. So, don't worry if you've already submitted an order.
Hobbies/Travel
My favorite hobbies are music and weightlifting. My favorite country is Japan, where I live, although I'm from the USA and have family and many friends there. My most interesting visit to another country (besides Japan) was to South Korea in 2011. The highlight of that vacation was visiting the DMZ border of North Korea, which was a very intense experience.
Message from the instructor
My text correction style is somewhat minimalistic, unless a "drastic change" or "formal," etc. is requested, as I do my best to preserve customers' words and ideas, and although I'm strict about grammar and punctuation, I also try to be as intuitive as possible so that my corrections don't result in failing to get the point across that they're trying to make.
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you fr your feedback and suggestions. I read them through and found them very helpful to know how I can improve my sentences!

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thank you, as always.

    ★★★★★
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you for your feedback with the flow of your consideration to improve my sentences! And I’m happy that you’ve gotten well.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. Please take care of yourself. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I am sorry to hear about your injury. I hope you will recover quickly. I don’t have any plans to ride the Ferris wheel for now, but your message reminded me of the time when I rode it for my first time as a high school student. Thankfully, I have never had an experience like yours. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. Actually, the announcement is what I translated from Japanese, not what was announced in English. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I learned a lot about prepositions “through” your message. (Is this correct?) I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I will write the continuation. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. It is interesting to me that the eyesight criteria is different between the U.S and Japan. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thank you, as always.

    ★★★★★
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you for your feedback and detailed explanation about each correction as always. How to differ “reducing” and “decreasing” is now clear to me!

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • makomako2023

    makomako2023

    Dear Tom I'm grateful for your kind advices. I will try to use simple sentence. Your passion encourages my motivation of learning English.

    ★★★★★

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