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My mistake Everyone makes mistakes in their life, so do I. I have made mistakes many times and the mistake in my childhood, when I was 5 years old, is the most unforgettable one. It was the time when my friends and I were not old enough to go to primary school, and thus we had much spare time together. Usually, we did not take a nap, hidden under the branch of star fruit trees, told spirit legends and imagined that we were main characters in tales of magic. Maybe, it is the best time in my life when I was innocent and must not worry about anything. However, one day, I made a ridiculous mistake making my friends isolate me several days. Certainly, our best friends team fraternized and promised that we would never betray the others in the rest of our life. Unfortunately, on a very hot noon, when we were playing with the bunch of red chilies which we picked up in the garden, I wiped my hands on face and I felt extremely intense burning eyes. I busted out crying and yelled aloud. My mother ran out of the house immediately and took me into. She washed my face with water and used medicine to heal my eyes. After, my mother asked me what happened to me and why my eyes get hurt. Because of being ashamed of behavior I told lies. I said it is Linh’s mistakes that she wiped many chilies into my eyes. My mother was angry, she scolded Linh for her bad behavior. She cried a lot and did not say anything. Not only did I tremble, but also to be scared and regretted all my words. But, I could not say anything. As a result, all my friends who witnessed the story were angry with me about a week. I felt so sad, and I had the guts to tell the truth to my mother and apologized Linh for my behavior. Linh forgave me and we were our best friends again. Even though it is a mistake I made when I was not mature, it printed deeply in my mind as both fault and my unforgettable memory.

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My mistake

Everyone makes mistakes in their life *and* so do I. I have made mistakes many times and the a mistake in my childhood, when I was 5 years old, is was the most unforgettable one. It was the a time when my friends and I were not old enough to go to primary school, and thus we had much spare time *to spend* together. Usually, we did not take a nap, hidden sat under the branch*es* of star fruit trees, told spirit legends and imagined that we were main characters in tales of magic. Maybe, it is was the best time in my life when I was innocent and must did not *have to* worry about anything. However, one day, I made a ridiculous mistake making which led to my friends isolating me *for* several days. Certainly, our *We* best friends team fraternized and promised that we would never betray the each other.s in the rest of our life. Unfortunately, on a very hot day noon, when we were playing with the a bunch of red chilies which we picked up in the garden, I wiped my hands on *my* face and I felt extremely intense burning eyes. I busted burst out crying and yelled out loud aloud. My mother ran out of the house immediately and took me inside. She washed my face with water and used medicine to heal my eyes. After*wards*, my mother asked me what happened to me and why my eyes get got hurt. Because of being ashamed of *my* behavior I told lies. I said it is was Linh’s mistakes fault that she wiped many chilies into my eyes. My mother was angry, she scolded Linh for her bad behavior. She cried a lot and did not say anything. Not only did I tremble, but *I was* also to be scared and regretted all my words. But, I could not say anything. As a result, all my friends who witnessed the story were angry with me *for* about a week. I felt so sad, and I had the guts to tell the truth to my mother and apologized *to* Linh for my behavior. Linh forgave me and we were our best friends again. Even though it is was a mistake I made when I was not mature, it *im*printed deeply in my mind as both *my* fault and my *most* unforgettable memory.
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Hi Cao You should be a bit careful with your articles (the or a). We use "the," to refer to something very specific and we use "a," to refer to something which is not specific. So, for example, if a man arrives at a garage to buy a car but does not know which car he wants he would tell the salesman "I would like to buy a new car please." He does not know, at this stage, which car he wants so it is a non-specific car - so he uses the indefinite article "a" Later on, when he is looking at a row of cars that are for sale and he can see a specific car that he would like to buy, he would tell the salesman "I want to buy the red car on the far left of the row." There can only be one car on the far left of the row, so it is specific and so we use "the." To use an example from your text above: You refer to the time when you and your friends had not yet started school. You used the definite article - "it was the time when my friends and I were not old enough to go Primary School." But there was more than one point in time when this was true of you and your friends. So, in this example we would use the indefinite (non-specific) article because we are not talking about one exact point in time. If you wanted to talk about the day when you and your friends started primary school - you would say "It was the day when we started primary school," because you started school on one specific date.

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