Search from various English teachers...
China flagBill Zhou(周军)
My commute I just changed my job a week ago. Now I go to office by cycling every day. I have to ride a long distance of 8 kilometers. It's a little bitter if I am riding on a bike in bad status. Since I ride on public sharing bikes, I need search a comfortable one here and there every morning. I can't ride my favorite expensive mountain bike because I have no safe place to park from thief. There are two main brands of sharing bikes here, Mobike and OFO bike, and other small brands, like BLUE bike. BlUE bike is the best of them for riding, easily pushing, quick and comfortable. But the amount of blue bikes is much fewer than that of the other two, which makes it very difficult to find. Also, the polluted foggy air here always annoys me when riding. It really ruins the happyness of riding. I dream that one day I can live in a place in clean air and under blue sky.

Corrections · 7

1

4 I wouldn’t recommend starting a paragraph with ‘also’ as each paragraph is a new idea. ‘Also’ implies a continuation of what was just said in the previous sentence. Many people would avoid using ‘also’ at the beginning of a sentence. You could, perhaps, start it with:

‘The other thing that annoys me ...’ This implies there are two things that annoy you about your journey. (the bikes and the pollution)

or

‘Another thing that annoys me…’ This implies that there may be several things that annoy you about your journey.

I really enjoyed reading your article. I hope this feedback helps. Sorry, it's in 3 parts.

1

The tour guide went to look for the missing tourist. She searched the marketplace and found him.

My keys are missing. I looked for them in my coat pocket but couldn’t find them. I’ll have to search the house.

They looked for clues at the crime scene.

They searched the crime scene for clues.

There is a saying when something is very difficult to find:

‘It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack!’

Search can give the impression of a more thorough way of trying to find something and when you are unsure where it might be e.g.

We searched the whole shopping centre several times but we never found my purse.

You also search people for something that may be hidden.

They search all passengers before allowing them to board a plane.

3 ‘Amount’ is used with uncountable nouns such as water.



0

My Commute

I just changed my job a week ago. Now, I cycle to work every day. 

I have to cycle 8 kilometres1 to get there. It's a little annoying if I have to ride a bike that’s in bad condition. Since I ride on public bikes, I need to look for2 a comfortable one every morning. I can't ride my favourite1 expensive mountain bike because I have no safe place to put it.

There are two main brands of public bikes here, Mobike and OFO. There are also other brands like BLUE bike. The BLUE bikes are the best as they are easy to push, quick and comfortable. But there are far fewer3 of those than the other brands, which makes them very difficult to find.

4The polluted foggy air here always annoys me when I’m cycling; it takes the joy out of it. I dream that one day I can live in a place with clean air under a blue sky.


1 favorite and kilometer are correct if you are using US English. I have given the British spelling for each of them. If you are using US English please ignore these corrections!

2 ‘To look for something’ and ‘to search for something’ have similar meanings.

You usually look for something or someone in an area or place.

You usually search an area or place for something or someone.







Want to progress faster?

Join this learning community and try out free exercises!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!

Start Learning Today