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what about my home town
my home town's name is Zhangjiang in Guangdong province ,the southern of china.you will hard to find other seasons in Zhangjiang because it is very warm in everytime.actually ,its summer is hot but the winter is warmer than other places such as Shanghai ,Hongkong ang so on!its famous food are all kinds of seafood!if you like to eat fish,shrimp,sea-ear ect.,wellcome to here! Altough it is a more than small city in China , i love it very much!i missing it too.i hope i go back again soon or later!
First I’ll write it trying to stick to your wording.
Something about my hometown
The name of my hometown is Zhanjiang in Guangdong province in southern China.
It would be hard to find more than one season in Zhanjiang because it’s very warm all the time.
Summer is hot and winter is warmer than in other places, such as Shanghai or Hong Kong.
Its best known dishes are different kinds of seafood. If you like to eat fish, shrimp, abalone, etc you would like it here.
Although it’s a large city, I love it very much. I miss it and hope to go back sooner or later.
Now, here is how I would word it.
My hometown is Zhanjiang located in Guangdong province in the southern part of China.
You won’t find more than one season in Zhanjiang because it’s always very warm.
Summers are hot and winters are warmer than in places like Shanghai and Hong Kong.
This area is famous for its seafood dishes.
If you like fish, shrimp, abalone and other seafood dishes, you would like it here.
Do you mean Zhanjiang, 湛江?
Although we can form the possessive by using either apostrophe s or the word of, by custom we prefer one or the other in certain situations. Here I would say, “the name of my hometown.”
In Chinese you write sentences by putting ideas together but in English we MUST use connecting words (unfortunately for Chinese students). So, we have to say “IN southern China.”
In the south of China
In southern China
In the southern part of China
都可以
We use “it” with the expression “hard to find.”
(It’s hard to find a nicer person than John.)
(It’s hard to find a good language exchange partner.)
It’s not necessary to use “other” and “such as…” together since they both express the same idea.
“warmer than other places” = “warmer than places such as…” = “warmen than places like…”
In colloquial language we often use “like” in place of “such as.”
Although all and every have similar meanings, the usage is different. All = the entire amount
Every = each and all single members of the total
Although we say in summer and in winter, we do not use the preposition in before all times or any time.
I would be careful in using the expression and so on. It isn’t used in English the same way as Chinese uses 等. I often see it misused. English has more than one expression for 等…and so on, and so forth, and the like, and others, and such. By custom we use different expressions in different situations.
If you want to use famous, it would be common to say something like, “The city (or the area) is famous for its seafood dishes.”
Welcome is another word than is used differently in English than the way 欢迎 is used in Chinese.
If I am IN China, that is, if I have just arrived in China and you meet me at the airport, when we are face-to-face you would say “Welcome to China.” You would not say that to me if I am still in the US.
You can also say something like: When you come to China, you will be welcome in my home. Note- that “Welcome!” (a direct address) and “to be welcome” are used differently.
“Although it is a more than small city” is “correct but not common.” Nevertheless, it’s colorful and I would use it. I think it conveys more meaning than “it’s a big city.”
“Sooner or later” is an idiom and idioms do not change their form.
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what about my home town
my home town's name is Zhangjiang in Guangdong province ,the southern part of China.1. Use "etc", "and so on" when you have 3 or more things to list; otherwise use "and" for 2 things.
2. Although you can also write, "I miss it too", the addition of the word hometown emphasizes your feeling of missing home. This makes good writing. However too much emphasis will make your writing repetitive and dull unless you are making a statement such as those in political speeches where it will become effective. It takes a very good writer to make repetitions come to life.
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