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Usually I don't try to do this, but I need be better in my english skills, so I will try to write, and I hope you take part of your time for correct the writing text. Naturally I don't know what say, I never have had a journal. But I will tell you that recently I start to read in english, is really hard! I bought some books, in appearance easy books, and a english -english dictionary, then when I have a doubt with a word, I saw in the dictionary, but always, always, I saw a unknown word in the definition of the word. At the end, I use Google translate.
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First note!
Usually I don't try to do this, but I need be better in my english skills, so I will try to write, and I hope you take part of your time to correct the writing text. Naturally I don't know what say, I never have had a journal. But I will tell you that recently that I start to read in english, which is really hard!
I bought some books, which appeared to be easy books, and an english-english dictionary, then when I have a doubt had problems with a word, I saw looked it up in the dictionary, but always, always, I saw a unknown word in the definition of the word. In the end, I used Google translate.
Alternatives:
* I need to improve my English skills.
* I have never kept a journal.
Useful Expressions:
* It was a catch 22. (This means it is a circular dependency. You cannot lookup the word, because the definition contains unknown words).
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Hi Lily, this looks really good! You write well in English and I can understand the meaning of what you're trying to say. I just made a few suggestions on corrections (in red) below to make it sound more fluent or flow better if that's helpful for you....You're doing great!
First note!
Usually I don't try to do this, but I need be better (you could write "improve" instead) in my english skills, so I will try to write, and I hope you take part of your time for (to) correct the writing text. Naturally I don't know what say. I never have had a journal ("I've never had a journal" or "I've never had a journal before"). But I will tell you that recently I start (I started) to read in english, and is ("it is" or "it's) really hard! I bought some books, in appearance easy books ("that seemed easy" or "that seemed to be easy") and a english -english dictionary, then when I have (had) a doubt with a word (you could say that or "when I had a question about a word) , I saw (looked) in the dictionary, but always, always, I saw ("I always saw" or "I would always see") a unknown word (a word I didn't know) in the definition of the word. At (In) the end, I use ("I used" or "I would use" if you're doing it repeatedly) Google translate.
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Thanks James, I will work on that!
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Good job Lily!
I won't edit your text, which is actually quite understandable, but just highlight one issue you might want to work on, which is to include the particle "to" in various infinitive forms, thus "to be better", "to correct", "to say".
English has a very rich vocabulary, drawing on French, Latin, Germanic, Norse etc. roots. Frequently, there are homonyms (oh, Greek, too) from all of these meaning somewhat similar things. At least you may recognise some latin-derived words, so you have an advantage over, let's say, a Chinese speaker!
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