The big one eats the small one.
I love when people (especially my parents) tell me about how I behaved or looked like in my childhood. The image that they create is so unfamiliar to me; they just describe another person.
When I was about 3 years old, my parents used to cook fish. Everything was happening in a "ritual". My mother was cutting off (I don't know what verb I should use in this context) the fish scales. After that, I was rolling them into the flour and then, my father was putting them into the frying pan. Sometimes, some of the fish were struggling to survive, fighting in vain to the ruthless knife. Seeing the poor fish, I didn't feel his pain, I didn't understand him. I was just asking silly: "Why is he struggling?" and my father was asking kindly "Because it hurts him." In the end, we're acting like wild animals. Is it good for the superior breed?
Is it good if I used the past continous? I wanted to express continuity.
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The big one eats the small one.
I love when people (especially my parents) tell me about how I behaved or looked like in my childhood. The image that they create is so unfamiliar to me; they just/totally describe another person.
When I was about 3 years old, my parents used to cook fish. Everything happened in a "ritual". My mother scaled the fish. After that, I rolled them in the flour and then, my father put them in the frying pan. Sometimes, some of the fish struggled to survive, fighting in vain to the ruthless knife. Seeing the poor fish, I didn't feel their pain, I didn't understand them. I just asked sillily: "Why is he struggling?" and my father would answer kindly "Because it hurts him." (or: Oneday I was asking sillily: "why is he struggling?" and my father was answering kindly "Because it hurts him...") In the end, we're acting like wild animals. Is it right for the superior beings?
Is it good if I used the past continous? I wanted to express continuity : I reallised you were describing everyday events. In case of a single event, it's usable e.g. the alternative sentence I put in brackets 8-)
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I understood what you wrote, your correction and thank you. Actually I wanted to say that preparing fish was a habit for me and my family at that time, when I was 3 years old. :)
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1.the verb you should use instead of 'cutting off' is 'removing' or you can say 'scaling the fish.'
2.from reading the second para it seems you are describing an event in one particular day. The starting line in this case should be : 'oneday, when I was 3 years old, my parents were cooking fish... '
Past continuous is great for describing an event in the past.
3. Rather than saying 'his' when referring to the fish I personally think it's more correct to say 'it's'
4. It should be '...my father answered kindly' . Here instead of kindly I think it's better to use 'gently'
in case of continuity it should be 'and my father was answering kindly "Because it hurts him..."
notice the dots.
5. We are 'superior beings/ creatures'. The term 'breed' should be used when comparing individuals within the same species.
6. I am using phone so I couldn't correct properly so this is the way it is :)
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