Informal Letter

[UltimoSparc]

Could you review my letter?

Thank you.


My English pencil friend (called Mike) wrote:
I'm really pleased you're planning to come to England to study. Let me know what type of course you're interested in and I'll ring some colleges for details. The more information you can give me the better!

My letter.

Dear Mike,

Thank you so much for your very kind letter. It is good to hear from you. I really appreciate that you want help me.
Well, I will stay in England for 12 to 14 months, so I would like joying to a master program in mathematics. You know, I love numbers.
In addition, the colleges sould have good computer equipment and an excellent sport programm. It is not neccessary to tell you that I like doing sports such as soccer or swimming. I hope, you will find a college with a lots of international students.
Moreover, I really would prefer colleges which close to big cities like London or Manchester. Then we could go to soccer game together and I could visit different museums. For example, the national art gallery.
Finally, look for colleges with German courses. Then I would teach German and I would earn some money for my England trip.
Anyway, what has been going on? I hope you doing well. Speak to you soon. Best Regards,
Constantin.

[Schuyler]

Dear Mike,

Thank you so much for your very kind letter. It is good to hear from you. I really appreciate that you want help me.
Well, I will stay in England for 12 to 14 months, so I would like to join [?] a master program in mathematics. You know, I love numbers.
In addition, the colleges should have good computer equipment and an excellent sport programm. It is not necessary to tell you that I like doing sports such as soccer or swimming. I hope you will find a college with a lot of international students.
Moreover, I really would prefer colleges which are close to big cities like London or Manchester. Then we could go to soccer games together, and I could visit different museums. For example, the national art gallery.
Finally, look for colleges with German courses. Then I would teach German and I would earn some money for my England trip.
Anyway, what has been going on? I hope you doing well. Speak to you soon. Best Regards,
Constantin.

[Duckduck (Contributor)]

Dear Mike,

Thank you so much for your very kind letter. It is good to hear from you. I really appreciate that you want to help me.
Well, I will be staying in England for 12 to 14 months, so I would like to join [?] a master program in mathematics. You know, I love numbers.
In addition, the colleges should have good computer equipment and an excellent sports programme / program. It is not necessary to tell you that I like doing sports such as soccer or swimming. I hope you will find a college with a lot of international students.
Moreover, I really would prefer colleges which are close to big cities like London or Manchester. Then we could go to soccer games together, and I could visit different museums. For example, the National (Art) Gallery.
Finally, look for colleges with German courses, please. Then I would teach German and I would earn some money for my England trip.
Anyway, what has been going on? I hope you're doing well. Speak to you soon. Best regards,
Constantin

Found one or two little Ooopses and made free to propose three or four little changes...
Duckduck  

[UltimoSparc]

Thank you for the fast reply.

I did see the mistakes. But, "I would like joing to the master program" doesn't look wrong for myself. Are you sure?

All right. Best Regards,
Constantin.

[Schuyler]

I do see the mistakes. But, "I would like joing to the master program" doesn't look wrong to me. Are you sure?

Yes, it would have to be "I would like to join a / the master program ..." I put the question mark because I wasn't sure if you meant "join" or if you were trying to say something different. I don't know how well I could explain the grammar, though, so if you're still confused, probably someone else here can help make it clearer for you.

[tiorthan]

I do see the mistakes. But, "I would like joing to the master program" doesn't look wrong to me. Are you sure?

Yes, it would have to be "I would like to join a / the master program ..." I put the question mark because I wasn't sure if you meant "join" or if you were trying to say something different. I don't know how well I could explain the grammar, though, so if you're still confused, probably someone else here can help make it clearer for you.

I'll try.
First of all, UltimoSparc, I'm not sure if you do that by accident or if you've been taught wrong, but the ing-form of the the verb "join" is "joining".
But back to the grammar of this situation. Like + ing-form provides information about things you like in general. Like + to-infinitive on the other hand does not talk about genral preferences. That's why, when you talk about choices (like in this case) you use the to-infinitive.