Small stores or big ones A lot of people think the government should allow large stores to open on Sundays, but that is a controversial decision because small stores would be negative affected. On th

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Small stores or big ones A lot of people think the government should allow large stores to open on Sundays, but that is a controversial decision because small stores would be negative affected. On the one hand, consumers will be delighted if they could go shopping on Sundays because during the working week people has not much time. Therefore, a one more available day to buy will be well accepted by them. On the other hand, small stores don't have enough personal to open on Sunday, and that would affect to their economic viability, forcing to a lot of them to close. That is a problem that large stores don't have. If small shops were forced to close, neighbours would have problems to do their little buying during the week, because these local stores are present in almost any neighbourhood, next to the customers' houses and are the more comfortable option for everyday shopping. In conclusion, the government must find a balance among customers, small shops and large stores. A wrong decision can have very negative consequences as the massive close of small stores and neighbours blaming on the government about that.

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If small shops were forced to close, neighbours (locals) would have problems to do their little buying during the week (doing their weekly shop), because these local stores are present in almost any neighbourhood, next (near) to the customers' houses and are the more comfortable (convenient) option for everyday shopping.

In conclusion, the government must find a balance among customers, small shops and large stores. A wrong decision can (could) have very negative consequences as the massive close (closure/closing) of small stores and neighbours blaming on the government about that. (could be blamed on the government by the locals.)

5. personal vs personnel

These two words are very similar so I can understand your confusion. Personal is quite simply the wrong word. If they are too similar, I have suggested "employees" as an alternative.

6. to vs -

In that sentence you do not need to have the "to" after "forcing". You have a "to" later on.

7. neighbours vs locals

I understand what you meant, however "locals" is the correct term.

8. your sentence vs my sentence

Again, I have just adapted your sentence to make it easier to understand.

9. next vs near

"Next" only means directly beside something. "Near" means somewhere close by.

10. comfortable vs convenient

"Comfortable" is more similar to "relaxing", "convenient" is more "easy to get to."

11. can vs could

Again you are describing a hypothetical situation, so the conditional tense is required.

12. close vs closure/closing

You got the right root word, however "closure" or "closing" is the correct word.

13. your sentence vs my sentence

Again I'm just making it easier to understand.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Small stores or big ones

A lot of people think the government should allow large stores to open on Sundays, but that is a controversial decision because small stores would be negative (negatively) affected.On the one hand, consumers will (would) be delighted if they could go shopping on Sundays because during the working week people has not (don't have) much time. Therefore, a one more available day to buy will be well accepted by them. (Therefore, one extra day to go shopping would be well received by them.)

On the other hand, small stores don't have enough personal (personnel/employees) to open on Sunday, and that would affect to their economic viability, forcing to ( - ) a lot of them to close. That is a problem that large stores don't have.
If small shops were forced to close, neighbours (locals) would have problems to do their little buying during the week (doing their weekly shop), because these local stores are present in almost any neighbourhood, next (near) to the customers' houses and are the more comfortable (convenient) option for everyday shopping.
In conclusion, the government must find a balance among customers, small shops and large stores. A wrong decision can (could) have very negative consequences as the massive close (closure/closing) of small stores and neighbours blaming on the government about that. (could be blamed on the government by the locals.)

All in all, a pretty accurate piece of text. there were very few grammatical errors, although the ones that did appear did repeat themselves a few times. I will list for you the reasons I have changed your text.

1. negative vs negatively.

Negative is an adjective which describes a noun, whereas negatively is an adverb which is used to describe how a verb is performed. Since the word "affected" is a form of a verb you must use an adverb to describe it. If the sentence were, "That would have a negative effect on small stores", then in this case you could use negative, as it is describing "effect", which is a noun. If my explanation is unclear, please indicate your language so I may give you some examples, if possible.

2. will vs would

"Will" indicates the future tense in English, when used as an auxiliary verb. The future tense is used only if something is certain to happen. Since the situation you are describing is hypothetical, it is better to use the conditional tense.

3. has not vs don't have

First of all, "has" is the wrong conjugation of the verb "To have" in this case. It should be just "have". Secondly, while not incorrect, this structure is considered very archaic, and in most forms of English, spoken and written, "to do" is used as an auxiliary verb as I have shown above.

4. your sentence vs my sentence

I could understand the general meaning of your sentence, however I have just worded it slightly differently so that it is easier for a native speaker to understand.

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