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    An Awful Misery [268]

    We think our colleague Zhang is very stingy. Whenever we have a lunch or a dinner together, he never pays. It is very difficult or if not impossible to make him pay. However, yesterday he invited us dinner. (Though it is accepted colloqueally to write "However, yesterday" it is worth noting that saying "Yesterday, however," is more technically correct gramatically) The meal cost about three or four hundred dollars.

    On earth, what made him to invite us and pay that money? (While "pay that money" is prefectly inteligible, normally there would be an additional adjective. Such as "pay <em>all</em> that money" or "pay that <em>much</em> money") That was Turns out, his wife gave had a baby. He was so pleased that he spent the money, (again, "spent the money" makes sense, but an English speaker might refer again to what he spent the money on, such as "that he splurged on our meals") which was very strange thing for him.

    (This is a liberal translation of a Chinese text from "http://bitex-cn.com/". I did not post the original text, so just correct my English. Thank you in advance.)

    Okay, most of this is just suggestions for alternate phrasing as opposed to actually word for word corrections. I think you're quite good at translitteration. ^_^

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    October 17, 2014
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    Where is the angel? =[

    Is it really that hard to correct my English? I know if someone cares enough, it is manageable. The reason I can say that, is because I know it from my experience. I have worked with advanced learners of my native language, and it is actually easier to correct them because their mistakes are not difficult to miss. (You could say "not difficult to catch" or "difficult to miss" but saying "not difficult to miss" is an implied double negative, meaning you would miss their mistakes.) Or maybe I am just a bit of a perfectionist like I was told. I feel like no one is compassionate enough to help me, no matter how much I say it means to me. I feel really discouraged and frustrated.
    I know I omit articles when I should use them, and sometimes I use them when I don't need them. I know I say things that are awkward sounding when I can phrase them better. From the moment that I let the wrong sentence leave my mouth ( What I mean by this is - from the moment I say something, I am just wondering if some expressions in my native language makes sense in English), I know that it sounded wrong.
    I wish I were lucky enough to find someone to interrupt me and correct me. I am willing to work with teachers and tutors. The teachers I have worked with are great, but they don't seem to understand how desperate and serious I am about English. One teacher was offended when I said I understand everything she says and what she prepared for me?! Even though I asked her to stop me and correct me either when I say things <-either grammartically incorrect, or unnaturally phrased, I didn't get any feedbacks on my speaking. The other teacher told me I can't sound like a native speaker when I had an issue with pronouncing one little word. I was told that I sound similiar enough, but it wasn't satisfying for me at all. Is there anyone who's up to the task? That Someone who will be an angel sent from the heaven. I don't think I am asking for too much. All I want really is the corrections, and a little guidance to tweaking sentences so they can sound more natural. =[

    I think you are doing really well.
    One thing to bear in mind as you are learning, there are turns of phrase that will sound right to one group of english speakers but not another. The corrections Charlescuy made for instance with "the angel" sounds completely clunky and unnatrual to me, and yet we are both native English speakers. Another example is that in the south of america they might say "I did it on accident" but everywhere else in north america and Canada you would say "I did it by accident" instead. The difference between "on" or "by" grammatically is negligible, but each will sound 'wrong' to English speakers who aren't familiar with the other turn of phrase.
    If you like, I would be happy to help you with some corrections, or even working on pernunciation. :)


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    October 15, 2014
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    How Do You Use Your Smartphone?

    Many people have their own cellphones nowadays, and they usually prefer to use smartphones instead of feature phones. I was a feature phone user one year ago because I couldn't find any reason to buy smartphone. Now I'm a smartphone user and it is more comfortable and useful than I've expected. (Alternate phrasing, you could say: "than I would have expected" instead.)
    I use my smartphone like this: (Alternate, "Here are the ways I use my smartphone:")

    1) Chatting on the messenger with friends
    You can see There are various kinds of on-line messengers such as Kakao talk, Line, QQ, and Telegram which I use often now. After chatting on the messenger by via smartphone, I could can save my money for on my phone bill because there is no need to pay for a each texting. And it could be is possible to talk whenever I want, wherever I am.

    2) Using it as my dictionary
    When I studied in Moscow, I only had to use a paper dictionary to use. But a friend of mine, who is from Japan, used his smartphone as Russian dictionary. It seemd more useful because the online dictionary showed more meanings of word and more phrases. Now I also use my smartphone as my dictionary and it is wonderful. Even I'm even using it when I write my notes on italki. (Or saying "this note" instead of my note would also work. :) )

    3) My Smartphone is my Yoga teacher
    I have a headaches. When it they comes, I can't do anything at all. One day, I decided to find some video clips which show me ways to do stretches or yoga so that I'll be free of headaches. I've got some videoclips and do yoga every morning watching my smartphone. I've been doing this for about a month and it works well for my headaches. I'm almost free of it. (In the context it's obvious that this is an event which occurs more than once so therefore headache should be pluralized.)

    You did an excellent job writing this, almost the only mistakes you made were to do with tenses. :D

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    October 15, 2014
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    please check my essay !

    I think americans do are dependent on the automobile because its their territory country is huge, so that they have to use automobiles to move from a place to another place. (Note: Saying "a place to another place" is correct English, but it sounds clunky and wouldn't be said.)


    The civil rights movement supports my claim that people are dependent on the automobile. The bus boycott was a part of a civil rights movement. In spite of the founding principle of the US that all men born equal, "separate but equal" was part of a legal doctrine during mid of 20th century which allowed legal racial discrimination. They Black people were treated unjustly. Both black and white citizens usually rode bus. In 1955, Rosa parks, a black woman, was asked to move from the first row of the black section because the white section was full. The bus driver rudely asked her to move from her seat to allow a white man to sit there, however, she refused do so. Her courageous act prompted the Montgomary bus boycott which lasted 381 days, and cost bus company's normal income.
    t the The impact of stoping using the bus was so enormous that the warren court decreed that the segregation of busses should be ended. This example shows that how citizens were dependent on automobiles and busses in the United States of America.


    An american novel further supports my point that americans are too dependent on the automobile.
    a The novel ,do not think anything, "1984" describes a dystopian society. The novel set in a and omniscient nation which is monitored by omnipresent telescreens. The protagonist, Winston, dislikes the society and plans to overthrow the society. When he was in a bus alone he meets a woman named Chiristina and falls in love. He thinks that there is no tele-screen which is not used to spy on people. In the society expressing emotion is a crime. He uses the bus day and night to meet her, and finally gets caught by police official and he is tortured and finally dead to death. If he did not use the a vehicle he might not have been killed.


    the mentioned tho These examples show that americans are dependent on automobiles. America will continue to be because it has a huge territory and should therefore must use it them.

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    October 15, 2014
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    would you correct my essay please..? (I'll certainly give it a shot. :) )

    Obviously, young people are under great pressure because jobs has have a limit, but the number of young people who especially have high degrees is increasing. They are required to do something beyond their ability in society. They forgo marriage because they are not capable of paying for it. They are depressed and fragile. Since they are young they have not faced difficulties such as war, unlike order older people. This example shows that young people are less happy than order older people.

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    October 15, 2014
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    October 14, 2014
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    October 14, 2014
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