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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.
  • yu44y

    yu44y

    Thank you for checking my essay! I appreciate your useful comments.

    ★★★★★
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you for sharing your feedback and useful comments as always. Your views about immigration issues in Japan are also insightful as they are overseen as a hidden problem by many Japanese!

    ★★★★★
  • yu44y

    yu44y

    Thank you for teaching me so nicely! Your comments were very helpful to me.

    ★★★★★
  • mashroom

    mashroom

    Dear Tom, Sorry for my delayed message. I appreciate your advice. Have a nice week! Best regards, Mashroom

    ★★★★★
  • acai91419

    acai91419

    Thank you for correcting my essay. I enjoyed reading your comments and really appreciated your attention to detail. I not only learned a lot about the proper choice of articles and conjunctions but also knew the thinking process behind them, which allowed me to understand those matters more deeply than when I had studied English textbooks. I hope you will check my essay again soon.

    ★★★★★
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you for your feedback and comments by kindly taking into account of what I wanted to mean here!

    ★★★★★
  • Tucker

    Tucker

    Dear Tom-san Thank you for your detail review as usual. Actually, I have kept sending the essay on the daily basis, but probably the other reviewers checked them sooner than you. Anyway, I'm happy to meet with you here. I'm looking forward to seeing you soon. Best Regards, Tucker

    ★★★★★
  • mashroom

    mashroom

    Dear Tom, Sorry for my delayed message. I appreciate your advice! Have a nice day. Best regards, Mashroom

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. Your message is also really interesting and engaging. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Your corrections are very informative for me. Thank you,as always.

    ★★★★★
  • makomako2023

    makomako2023

    Dear Tom Thank you for your kindly feedback. I realized the difference between singular form and plural form.

    ★★★★★
  • Ebiharumaki

    Ebiharumaki

    Dear Tom, As always, thank you for your correction and kind words. I’ll keep practicing! Regards, Ebiharumaki

    ★★★★★
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you for your feedback. Your correction from “must be” to simple “is” just addresses what I wanted to mean here better! Your suggestion about the article “the” in my second sentence is also helpful for me understand how I should use with the phrase “kind of”.

    ★★★★★
  • mashroom

    mashroom

    Dear Tom, Sorry for my delayed message. As always, I appreciate your kind explanation. Have a lovely weekend. Best regards, Mashroom

    ★★★★★
  • nao-sc

    nao-sc

    I appreciate your thorough review.

    ★★★★★

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