My Sunday

The Sunday is a great day to me. Because I have to work from Monday to Saturday, so I always try to relax on Sunday. I used to get up late on Sunday, about 9am, have breakfast, and then call to talk with my daddy. I sometimes go out with my friends in the afternoon, or just stay at home to read a book and watch a movie. But today it's raining. I can't go out with my friends, so I sit and watch the rain through the window while I drink coffee (which is actually more milk than coffee). The rains drops down on the road and on the buildings. There are some little birds getting wet, they can't seem to no find out a place to hide. Far away, there are I see some people who are holding hands while walking in the rain. They look happy.  I have to go cook dinner for myself now.

 

A lovely story, even if it leaves the reader feeling somewhat forlorn.  Hope you have better weather next weekend.

Yes, the author is saying there were actually two mattresses just stacked up. He's trying to say that it wasn't a proper bed. It helps build the image of a run down, shabby looking room.

It is pretty much the same. The tired here eludes more to "worn out" though. Caryatids are ancient sculptures that have been holding structures up for a very long time. He's trying to give the image of extreme fatigue.

It is in this case as 'drowned' implies death already. Some other words would require 'to death' though. For example: "He was stabbed to death." The word 'stabbed' doesn't imply death, it just implies thrusting knife wounds. You have to add 'to death' to ensure the audience knows that the stabbing was fatal. Hope this helps. Also, very sad subject =(

If you remove 'was' from the sentence, the first clause no longer has a verb, making it an incomplete thought. If you remove 'was', you would have to change the first clause to include a new verb. Example: "While teaching in New England, Webster wrote the America Dictionary of the English Language." Hope that helps.

The sentence should be rephrased a bit. You are correct in thinking it would be better to say "...a teenage son and a daughter" or "...two children: a teenage son and a daughter." This states that you have one son in his teens and one daughter whose age you did not specify. If both children are in their teens, you could state: "I am a housewife with two teenage children: a son and a daughter." Saying "a teenage son and daughter" doesn't make it completely clear which of the two statements you're trying to make, even if it is clear that you only have one daughter. The best way to see if you need to specify a quantity would be to make multiple sentences and see if each sentence is correct. For example, if I break your sentence down into "I am housewife with a teenage son" and "I am a housewife with daughter," it's clear the second one isn't grammatically correct. It should be "I am a housewife with a daughter" or "I am a housewife with one daughter." Notes for expressing the quantity of countable objects: * If the object is singular you should use 'a' or 'one' (e.g. "I have a table" or "I have one table") * If the object is plural, you should add an 's' at the end of the word. You can then decide whether or not to express the exact quantity of the object (e.g. "I have tables" or "I have three tables.")

It seems as though the character in the story you are reading is experiencing a crisis. It seems that while these objects (the dirt from the street, the wax from the altar, and ash from the incense) held some significant meaning in his life a short while ago, his views have changed drastically recently and they no longer hold any deeper meaning that just being normal objects.