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Yesterday, I felt disconsolate during work. I'm supposed to visit 4 provinces in Vanuatu during next 2 weeks for a business trip. Preparing for it, I instructed some Japanese volunteers in each province. However, we, the Ministry of Education couldn't decide the policy of this trip and couldn't have been permitted to use budget yet, so our order to each volunteer had been ambiguous and often disordered. I had been felt sorry for pushing them around (throwing them into confusion). In addition, my colleagues don't seem to understand why I feel sorry. They don't seem to feel sorry.
Yesterday afternoon, I was told that our first visit to the Torba province during February 27th to 29th would be cancelled and we would ask concerned parties in Torba to come to the Santo island during 29th to March 2nd to join the workshop. I was shocked at this announcement strongly and dissapointed. Originally, we planned like that, however we changed the schedule about two weeks ago and asked a Japanese volunteer in Torba to prepare for the workshop there. I wouldn't like to have thrown him into confusion. I would like to have avoided letting him feel their preparation waste of time. However I had to inform him that the possibility of changing the schedule appeared suddenly. So I called him with feeling of vanity, however last night his phone wouldn't received my calling.
Good grief.
Yesterday afternoon, I was told that our first visit to the Torba province during February 27th to 29th would be cancelled and we would ask concerned parties in Torba to come to the Santo island during 29th to March 2nd to join the workshop. I was shocked at this announcement strongly and dissapointed. Originally, we planned like that, however we changed the schedule about two weeks ago and asked a Japanese volunteer in Torba to prepare for the workshop there. I wouldn't like to have thrown him into confusion. I would like to have avoided letting him feel their preparation waste of time. However I had to inform him that the possibility of changing the schedule appeared suddenly. So I called him with feeling of vanity, however last night his phone wouldn't received my calling.
Good grief.
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Yesterday, I felt disconsolated during/at work.
I'm supposed to visit 4 provinces in Vanuatu during the next 2 weeks for a business trip.
In preparing for it, I sent instructed instructions to some Japanese volunteers in each province.
However, we, the Ministry of Education, couldn't decide on the *policy of this trip and couldn't have been permitted to use budget had not been approved yet, so our orders to each volunteer had been ambiguous and often **disordered. //* I'm not sure what you mean by the 'policy of the trip'. //** Do you mean to say orders didn't agree with each other? If so, I would use 'contradictory' here.
I had been felt sorry for pushing them around (throwing them into confusion).
In addition However, my colleagues don't seem to understand why I felt (sorry)/(that way).
They don't seem to (feel sorry)(sympathize).
Yesterday afternoon, I was told that our first visit to the Torba province during from February 27th to 29th would be cancelled, and we would ask concerned parties in Torba to come to the Santo island during for the (workshop)/(one) on the 29th to March 2nd. to join the workshop.
I was shocked at this announcement and strongly and dissapointed.
Originally, we had planned it like that, however we changed the schedule about two weeks ago and asked a Japanese volunteer in Torba to prepare for the workshop there.
I would like to have avoided letting him feel like all their preparation was a waste of time.
However I had to inform him of the sudden that the possibility of the schedule changing the schedule appeared suddenly.
So I called him with feeling of *vanity, however last night his he didn't (answer)/(pick up) his phone wouldn't received my calling.
What's causing the chaos? Politicians?
Thank you for your corrections and comments.
The use of [disconsolated] comes when you are talking about the past, or when being used to describe how you feel about something.
-> [Past]
--> "I was pretty disconsolated when I found out I was being fired."
--> "The fans were looking disconsolated when their team lost"
-> [about]
--> "I'm pretty disconsolated about [my parent's divorce]"
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It shares the same rules here as the word "intrigue" (highly interested).
--> "I"m pretty intrigued by this painting"
--> "I'm pretty disconsolated by this painting"
If you are using [by], then you must used [disconsolated].
--> "John was disconsolated by the accident"
Sometimes, they can both be used properly:
--> "He was disconsolate when I told him about the accident"
--> "He was disconsolated when I told him about the accident"
If you are using [about], then either work.
--> "John was disconsolate about the accident"
--> "John was disconsolated about the accident"
And now that I really think about it, in your sentence, both [disconsolate] and [disconsolated] work.
--> "I was pretty disconsolate at work"
--> "I was pretty disconsolated at work"
--> "I was pretty disconsolate during work"
--> "I was pretty disconsolated during work"
--> "I was pretty disconsolate while working"
--> "I was pretty disconsolated while working"
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[disconsolately] is the adverb form.
-> "After Susan broke up with John, he walked disconsolately home."
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This site here may be useful:
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/grammar_topics.php
Let me know if that helps. If not, I I'll see if I can dig up one of my grammar books at home tomorrow.
In that case, this sentence might be used:
--> However, we, the Ministry of Education, couldn't lock down the schedule and content of this trip and budget had not been approved yet, so our orders to each volunteer had been ambiguous at best and often [contradictory] / [in disagreement with each other].
Yesterday, I felt disconsolated during work.
I'm supposed to visit 4 provinces in Vanuatu during the next 2 weeks for a business trip.
In order to prepare for it, I instructed some Japanese volunteers in each province.
However, we (the Ministry of Education) couldn't decide on the policy of this trip and the budget had not been permitted yet, so the orders to/for each volunteer were ambiguous and often disordered.
I had been felt sorry for pushing them around and throwing them into confusion.
In addition, my colleagues don't seem to understand why I feel sorry for them.
They don't seem to feel sympathy. ~Although the other person's corrections are better, I think
Yesterday afternoon, I was told that our first visit to the Torba province from February 27th to 29th would be cancelled and we would ask concerned parties in Torba to come to the Santo island from the 29th to March 2nd to join the workshop.
I was shocked at this announcement and strongly and dissapointed.
We originally planned it like that. However we changed the schedule about two weeks ago and asked a Japanese volunteer in Torba to prepare for the workshop there. ~Sentences usually sound better when you can avoid commas, like in the first sentence I changed here. Also, you don't have to make it a seperate sentence, but I was taught that 'however' should come at the start.
I would like to have avoided letting him feel that their preparation was a waste of time.
However I had to inform him that the possibility of change in the schedule appeared suddenly.
So I called him with a feeling of vanity. However, last night his phone wouldn't received my calls.