PC2K said:
well guys, good luck !
i'm crossing mine fingers that i had have finished mine last exames ever on mine highschool ! Will know in 2 weeks time, wheather i have past or not. But i got a positive feeling about this.
Hey good luck with your exams.
Can I offer you a small tip.
I hope you dont think I'm being rude, but your English is sooooo good I cant help but think if you crack this one small thing, you'll be speaking like a native.
It's where you use the word "mine" when really you should use "my". It's difficult to explain the rule for personal pronouns, I guess most of us learn the difference by listening to our parents when we're kids and then later understand it better at school, but perhaps an example will help you understand the difference betweem "I, me, my, myself and mine".
This is
my knife.
This knife is
mine.
This knife belongs to
me.
When I have finished
my last exams...
These exam results are
mine.
It's only when I think about it, it's actually quite hard to explain when to use one over the other, but it does look really odd when it's written incorrectly. Nothing to worry about though, even though it looks a little weird written that way, I understand your meaning perfectly.
"Mine" and "my" are pronouns that refer to posessions (knife, exam or whatever). If you use the pronoun before the posession you should use "my" (eg.. my knife, my exam etc), whereas if you use the pronoun after the posession you should use "mine" (eg.. knife is mine, results are mine etc). The word "mine" usually comes at the end of a phrase or sentance.
Again, hope you dont think I'm being rude. I thought you might appreciate the tip.
