Proofreading

[Anonymous]

Hello teachers!
Would you please check these sentences and correct them for me?
1-1. You can come to the cinema with me, or you can not come to the cinema with me. It's up to you (to decide).
1-2. You can come to the movies with me or without me. It's up to you.
2. This seems (to be) the best choice. / [It's, there is] a little different to me.
3. This amount of salary seems too high/much to him. / [It's, there is] a little different to me.
4. When they returned to their home from outing, they walked in on someone attempting to break into their house.
5. That's not even funny and deserves a skelp in the lug! [What does this sentence mean?]
6. An auto-sliding door will be convenient. I recommend it. / I don't think so. I think a revolving door is better. / You must think it takes up too much space.
Thank you very much.
Best regards.

[Pete]

1-1. You can come to the cinema with me, or you can not come to the cinema with me. It's up to you (to decide). [Ok.]
1-2. You can come to the movies with me or without me. It's up to you. [Ok.]
2. This seems (to be) the best choice. [Ok.]
/ [It's, there is] a little different to me. [This doesn't sound natural to me; I'd say,
- It makes little difference to me.
3. This amount of salary seems too high/much to him. [Do you mean "it seems to him to be too high" or "it seems too high for him"?
/ [It's, there is] a little different to me. [I can't tell what you mean by either of these sentences.]
4. When they returned to their home from outing, they walked in on someone attempting to break into their house. [Ok.]
5. That's not even funny and deserves a skelp in the lug! [What does this sentence mean?] [I had never heard "skelp" or this sense of the word "lug"; according to the OED, "skelp" means a slap or blow with the flat open hand, and "lug" means "ear". The terms are regional dialect from Scotland and from the northern part of England. I presume that is what this means.]
6. An auto-sliding door will be convenient. I recommend it. [Ok.]
/ I don't think so. I think a revolving door is better. [Ok.]
/ You must think it takes up too much space. [I can't tell which kind of door the "it" of this sentence refers to.]

[Anonymous]

Hi,
Please help me with this.
- This seems (to be) the best choice. [Ok.]
Can I use verbs like "look," "appear," or something, instead of "seem"?
* This looks (to be) the best choice.
* This looks like the best choice.
* This appears (to be) the best choice.
* This sounds (like) the best choice.
Thanks a million.
Ann

[Anonymous]

Hello Pete!
Would you please help me again?
1. [It's, there is] a little different to me. [I wanted to express the meaning "I have a different opinion from you. If I say this, is it natural, or are there any other natural phrases?]
2. This amount of salary seems too high/much to him. [I wanted to mean your second advice "it seems too high for him." Thanks, I got it!]
3. That's not even funny and deserves a skelp in the lug! [I had never heard "skelp" or this sense of the word "lug"; according to the OED, "skelp" means a slap or blow with the flat open hand, and "lug" means "ear". The terms are regional dialect from Scotland and from the northern part of England. I presume that is what this means.] - Then, can I say "That's not even funny and deserves a slap in the/your ear/cheek!" Is it natural?
4. An auto-sliding door will be convenient. I recommend it. / I don't think so. I think a revolving door is better. / You must think a revolving one takes up too much space. [Now is it OK?]
Thank you very much.
Best regards.

[Pete]

Hi,
Please help me with this.
- This seems (to be) the best choice. [Ok.]
Can I use verbs like "look," "appear," or something, instead of "seem"?
* This looks (to be) the best choice.
* This looks like the best choice.
* This appears (to be) the best choice.
* This sounds (like) the best choice.
Thanks a million.
Ann
All of these sound ok to me. I prefer all of them to include your parenthesized phrases.

[Pete]

Hello Pete!
Would you please help me again?
1. [It's, there is] a little different to me. [I wanted to express the meaning "I have a different opinion from you. If I say this, is it natural, or are there any other natural phrases?]
2. This amount of salary seems too high/much to him. [I wanted to mean your second advice "it seems too high for him." Thanks, I got it!]
3. That's not even funny and deserves a skelp in the lug! [I had never heard "skelp" or this sense of the word "lug"; according to the OED, "skelp" means a slap or blow with the flat open hand, and "lug" means "ear". The terms are regional dialect from Scotland and from the northern part of England. I presume that is what this means.] - Then, can I say "That's not even funny and deserves a slap in the/your ear/cheek!" Is it natural?
4. An auto-sliding door will be convenient. I recommend it. / I don't think so. I think a revolving door is better. / You must think a revolving one takes up too much space. [Now is it OK?]
Thank you very much.
Best regards.
1. [It's, <strike>there is</strike>] a little different to me. [I wanted to express the meaning "I have a different opinion from you. If I say this, is it natural, or are there any other natural phrases?] [I think the "it's" version is ok.]
2. This amount of salary seems too high/much to him. [I wanted to mean your second advice "it seems too high for him." Thanks, I got it!]
3. That's not even funny and deserves a skelp in the lug! [I had never heard "skelp" or this sense of the word "lug"; according to the OED, "skelp" means a slap or blow with the flat open hand, and "lug" means "ear". The terms are regional dialect from Scotland and from the northern part of England. I presume that is what this means.] - Then, can I say "That's not even funny and deserves a slap in the/your ear/cheek!" Is it natural? [I think a slap has other connotations. Probably the colloquial English equivalents are:
- That's not even funny; it deserves a box/cuff on the ear.
- ...; I should box/cuff your ear. ]

4. An auto-sliding door will be convenient. I recommend it. / I don't think so. I think a revolving door is better. / You must think a revolving one takes up too much space. [Now is it OK?] [Grammatically it is fine. The meaning bothers me; I assumed that your slashes separate lines spoken by different speakers. If that is the case, the speaker of the second line approves of revolving doors, but the third line implies that he doesn't approve of them.]