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tomverlaine

tomverlaine

Native language:
English
Total orders:
2103
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 teacher from the US, living in Japan
Hobbies/Travel
My favorite hobbies are music, weightlifting, and studying Japanese. 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.
  • goodmorning084

    goodmorning084

    Dear Tom Thank you for your correcting my sentences. I noticed that it is important to decide the outline before making sentences. Thank you for your detail explanation. I keep exercising a lot. Best regards GM084

    ★★★★★
  • m-yoshiro

    m-yoshiro

    Dear Tom, I'm sorry for being late because I had stayed in Tokyo for business last week. Thank you for your help. I didn't know that there is a difference between "talk" and "talks" in meaning. It's good to hear that you live in Japan and you've got goldfish at a festival. I used to have goldfish as pets when I was a child. I look forward to working with you soon. Best regards, m-yoshiro

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thank you as always. The use of the definite and indefinite articles is very difficult for us, Japanese learners.

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thank you as always.

    ★★★★★
  • goodmorning084

    goodmorning084

    I appreciate that you correct in detail so quickly. I was surprised to find your grammatical detailed explanation but I was very glad and encouraged to study harder. I understand to make more sophisticated essay needs accurate grammatical knowledge.Thank you for your support. Best regards.

    ★★★★★
  • mikapecia

    mikapecia

    Thank you again for today. I learn so much from all the details you point out.

    ★★★★★
  • mikapecia

    mikapecia

    That's very informative. I've learned a lot from you.

    ★★★★★
  • junya17

    junya17

    Thank you!

    ★★★★★
  • Tucker

    Tucker

    Dear Tom-san Thank you for your polite explanation. It was very logical and helpful to improve my English composition skills. Regarding the phrase “dominant poison”, you’re correct, it was a misspelling word by automatic completion function. Sorry… Anyway, I always appreciate your kind and cheerful message. I’m looking forward to working with you again. Best Regards, Tucker

    ★★★★★
  • Tucker

    Tucker

    Dear Tom Thank you for your detail review. It was easy for me to understand, especially the explanation about the usage of “by” and “of”. I’m really looking forward to working with you soon. Best Regards, Tucker

    ★★★★★
  • Yuichi0228

    Yuichi0228

    I really appreciated your very detailed explanation of the use of "the"." It is very interesting to hear that the "Internet" will also change in time. Your careful explanations are always very useful for my review.

    ★★★★★
  • Yuichi0228

    Yuichi0228

    Tom, Thank you for correcting my entry so logically. I will review the mistakes you have taught me.

    ★★★★★
  • mashroom

    mashroom

    Dear Tom, I appreciate your advice! Have a nice day. Mashroom

    ★★★★★
  • mint-chocolate

    mint-chocolate

    Dear Tom, Thank you for the detailed correction! I try to write my compositions with 50-word limitation because of my course in IDIY. However, your supplementary phrases are always helpful. I have learned a lot of exciting phrases from your correction. Thankfully, mint-chocolate

    ★★★★★
  • mashroom

    mashroom

    Dear Tom, I appreciate your advice. Have a wonderful week. Mashroom

    ★★★★★

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