The Satay in Singapore [Picture twenty four]
Would you mind correcting my sentences? If you were me, how would you go about describing a photo?
[Picture twenty four]
The photo shows a plate of ten satays with some vegetable which looks light green, a small bowl of peanut sauce and a beer mug of the Budweiser with ice.
The restaurant is located in nearby the Boon Keng station,Singapore. Which is about ten minutes walk south of the station. Which has outside seats on the street. Which seems to be Chinese style and serve Chinese cuisine too.
There is few women who wears a beer brand uniform. they usually order and serve for beer. I've never had beer with ice. After that, I heard from a my friend that people who drinks beer with ice in southeastern Asia.
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(Part Three)
(4) You are referring to the close proximity between the station and the restaurant. We can use "near" as a preposition before the noun "Boon Keng Station". (Example: The restaurant was near Boon Keng Station.) "Nearby" cannot be used as a preposition; it can be used as an adjective or adverb. (Example: We reserve a table at a nearby (adjective) restaurant (noun). / I noticed a man loitering (verb) nearby (adverb).
(5) "While" is a relative pronoun used to start a subordinate clause. A subordinate clause has an incomplete meaning and cannot stand on its own. It has to be paired with a main clause to have a complete idea. In your writing, "Which is about ten minutes walk south of the station" is a subordinate clause. The meaning is incomplete as the reader will be wondering what is about ten minutes walk from the station?
Example: This is a famous restaurant (main clause) which sees long queues of customers waiting to try its food every night (subordinate clause).
Notice that the subordinate clause provides more information about the main clause? The main idea is the presence of a famous restaurant, and the subordinate clause describes exactly how popular it is. Lastly, the relative pronoun "which" connects the main clause and the subordinate clause like a hinge.
(6) You have written "Southeastern Asia" which is not wrong. However, it sounds unnatural. "Southeast" is an adjective describing a region of Asia (noun).
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Lance
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(Part Two)
Hi Hiro,
Just some suggestions for you:
(1) As you are already introducing the name of a specific train station and the name of a specific dish in Singapore, you do not need to use "the". (Example: Japan (correct) / The Japan (incorrect)) However, the English language is rife with exceptions. (Example: The United States / The Bahamas / The Constitution of Japan.) I have a feeling that your confusion arises from the fact that we use "the" when we are referring to the specific object or thing among a group of things. (Example: "Give me the timing of the earliest train arrival at the Hibiya station." There are many trains pulling into the station daily. Out of the hundreds of timings, you are only interested in one -- the earliest one. / "Give me a timing of a train arrival at the Hibiya station." Now, you are not looking for any specific timing. You are happy with any train that pulls into the station. Do you notice that the word "the" is not required to describe Hibiya station? There is only one Hibiya station in Tokyo, so "the" is redundant.)
Another example would be the name "Hiro". Although there are many people named "Hiro" in Japan, we are referring to you. Therefore, we call you "Hiro", not "The Hiro".
(2) There is nothing wrong with the way you describe the vegetables. However, I feel that it is neater to place all adjectives to describe the noun which comes later. Therefore, I transformed your phrase to"light green vegetables".
(3) "a beer mug of the Budweiser with ice" -- We usually write the container (mug) used to contain the food or beverage (beer). Therefore, it should be: "a mug (container) of Budweiser beer (beverage) with ice". (Example: A bowl (container) of rice (food) with kimchi.)
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The (1) Satay in Singapore (Part One)
The photo shows a plate of ten satays with some(2) light green vegetables which looks light green, a small bowl of peanut sauce and a beer (3) mug of the Budweiser beer with ice.The restaurant selling these is located in nearby (4) near (1)the Boon Keng Station, Singapore, which is about ten minutes walk south of the station. (5) Which has outside seats on the street. It offers al fresco dining. (5) Which seems to be Chinese style and It seems to serve Chinese cuisine too.
There are a few women who wear uniforms advertising a brand of beer brand uniform. They usually take an order and serve for the beer. I've never had beer with ice. After that, I heard from a my friend that there are people who drink beer with ice in (6) Southeast Asia.
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The Satay in Singapore [Picture twenty four]
Would you mind correcting my sentences? If you were me, how would you go about describing a the photo?[Picture twenty four]
The photo shows a plate of ten satays with some light green vegetable which looks light green, a small bowl of peanut sauce and a beer mug of the Budweiser with ice. mug of Budweiser beer with ice.
The restaurant is located in nearby the near Boon Keng station in Singapore,. Which is about a ten minutes walk south of from the station. Which has outside There are Chinese style seats on the street. Which seems to be Chinese style and makes sense, since they serve Chinese cuisine too.
There is are a few women who wears a beer brand wearing uniforms that include beer logos. tThey usually take orders and serve for beer. I've never had beer with ice. After seeing that, I heard from a my friend that people who drinks beer with ice in southeastern Asia.
[To be concluded to tomorrow]
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