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Hi Sana,

I changed "viewing' to "browsing" as you are viewing different profiles at the same time. When we are viewing different things casually for interest, we are "browsing".

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Lance 

American jokes

Corrected:

I heard an American joke on a Japanese TV program the other day.
An American lady said this,
"I registered at an online dating site because I'm already 37 years old, not married, and have no children.
When I was viewing the profiles of registered men my dad's profile popped up. "

("no children" instead of "have no children" is OK, but it would be considered "lazy english".)

("While I was viewing the profiles" sounds better, however "When I was viewing the profiles" is acceptable.  Native speakers will say it both ways.)

Notes:

With English sentence structure, when you are listing more than two things you do not use "and" but instead make use of a comma.  Example: You would not say, "He is big and tall and strong and fast.".  You would say, "He is big, tall, strong, and fast.".  After the last comma, you include "and".  This applies to both written and verbal English.

Many nouns have plural forms.  Some are more tricky than others (in particular, when talking about animals).  An example given in this correction, when talking about more than one "man" it becomes "men".  The same applies with "woman" becoming "women".

Possessive nouns:

When you are referring to anything belonging to a noun (person, place, or thing) you simply add " 's " to the end of the noun to state the following word belongs to it.  Examples are "dad's profile", "Tokyo's buildings", "dog's bowl".

I hope these corrections and explanations help : )  Keep practicing, have fun, and good luck in your studies!

American jokes