Philip, hadd mhu qed jippretendi li huwa superjuri fil-lingwa. Jiena u inti nistghu nizbaljaw ghax ahna nies komuni, fil-fatt il-Malti tieghek huwa tajjeb hafna.

Jien kont qed nikkritika kitba bl-Ingliz li dehret fuq il-website timesofmalta.com, fejn nippretendi li ghandi nsib Ingliz perfett miktub minn nies professjonali mharrga apposta minn kumpanija li suppost hija serja. Fuq kollox dawn suppost qed jedukaw u jghallmu lill-qarrejja taghhom bil-kitbiet li jidhru fil-website taghhom, u ghalhekk l-izbalji u l-lingwa mkissra jistunaw bl-ikrah f’dik il-website.

@jomar

You meant proofreading or proof-reading, I presume?

Anzi tippretendu li intom superjuri fil-lingwi u l-kultura. Kull ma jonqos hija comma wara “that he was”, u fil-gurnal “but” hemm u mhux “by”. Kieku l-gemel jara hotobtu jew toqobtu, jaqa u jmut sobtu. Skuzawni jekk ghandi xi zball fil-kitba imma jien m’inhix ma tan-naha taghkhom u allura arjorant.

Keep Out of Reach of Children is the correct form…please.

No sentence is missing. Just replace the word ‘by’ with the word ‘but’, and place a comma before it, and you’re set. Just typo, that’s all.

“Since Mr Cauchi was not represented by a lawyer, Magistrate Silvio Meli asked him if he was capable of looking after himself.

Mr Cauchi replied that he was by the magistrate told him that from what it looked like, he was not.”
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“Mr Cauchi replied that he was, but the magistrate told him that from what it looked like, he was not.”

A typical example of mediocre proof reading.

I think a sentence is missing after that last line, saying: From the reply, the Magistrate concluded that Mr. Cauchi was not capable to look after himself.