Writing Better English for ESL Learners

Finally my boss came to me with some complaints from manage-

ment. He asked, “ ?” I said

it wasn’t my fault, and once again he laughed and said, “

.” No one believed me. Why would any-

one believe that? It was

too incredible.

Then I got the news. The manager sent word to my boss that

. The next day I got my

final paycheck. My boss said my work had too many mistakes and

. He told me to
. I went home and felt

.

Two days later I got a telephone call. It was the manager. He said

that and that I could have

my job back. It turned out that the computer

; it had a defective motherboard. I was so happy

that I.

I returned to work the next day and sat down to a new computer.

This one was friendly, and we.

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