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- You have to be careful with the uses of "lots of" and "a lot of". They have the exact same meaning but can't always be used in the same place as "many". "Many" ALWAYS refers to an unspecified number of something. They MUST be countable though. Example: Many marbles. In these cases, you can replace "Many" with "lots of" or "a lot of". This doesn't work in cases where the quantity is unspecified AND uncountable. Example: "Lots of water." You CANNOT say "Many water" because "water" is not countable. To reiterate: You can always replace "many" with "lots of" or "a lot of". You can ONLY use "many" if the item mentioned is both of an unspecified quantity AND is not countable. Hope this helps!0 votedDecember 3, 20141
Please check my sentences. Thank you!
I am planning to choose a place to stay during my traveling. (Hotel <em>could</em> be used here but that's extremely specific to only staying in a hotel. Your original statement feels like you're wanting to say something a little more broud to imply a place to stay)
I need to ask some questions. Please check as below. Thank you.
I would like to stay at your place during my travel for 4 nights. (Same as above. I presume you're renting a room during your stay from someone renting them out short term?)
Your room looks really nice and comfortable. (よくできました)
I am going to stay the hotel " " on the 3rd to join a my friend's wedding ceremony so,
I need to get to your place from the hotel on foot. (I tried to maintain the orginal structure of thought for you as best I could. The first half of this sentence was well structured, except for the 3rd being typed improperly. Need also carries a better meaning here. Since you're shopping for a place to stay, it's very appropriate and not rude at all to express a direct need instead of what you want. "I want to get to your place on foot" sounds like it's something you want to do right this moment, rather than an option you need if you're going to rent a room from someone. You could also say "by walking" but that feels stiff. To get somewhere "on foot" feels much better.)
Is that an option? ("Do you think it is possible?" again feels way too stiff. If you're shopping, you're looking for options and possibilities so try shopping with those in mind. "That" is understood in this sentence to refer to the topic at hand or previously mentioned.)
I checked your address on your page but each web site, 'A' and 'Google map' point to different places.
Could you please tell me your nearest hotel? so I am able to know where. (It sounds like "A" is a search engine service that can give you directions? In that case it would be said as stated here. "so I know where" is already understood and not needed for the sentence. If you really feel you need to express that thought separately, try saying "so I know where to go.")Hope this helps!
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Thank you,0 votedDecember 3, 20141- It may be easiest to rephrase the sentence so you understand it better. Here, the sentence is very eloquent and therefore, not designed to be easily understood. "Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is even shorter supply than genius." Could also be said: "Genius is rare, but courage is more rare." "Brilliant thinking" is used as a synonym (or another way of saying the same thing) for "Genius" So "Genius is rare, but courage is even shorter supply than brilliant thinking." also means the same thing. "is in even shorter supply than" is another way of saying "even more rare". "to be in short supply" implies that not only is it hard to find (rare) but that's also wanted and needed. This is only a sub-connotation though and not the central thought. The central thought is "It's rare to find genius, but courage is even more rare". Hope this helps! Jason0 votedNovember 30, 20141
- Todo depende del esfuerzo que quieres invertir en el estudio. Obviamente, con mas practica, se le va mejorando tu abilidad de hablar y aprender. No hay substituto por la practica. Si practicas y hablas cuatro horas al dia, vas a aprender mucho mas rapido que hablando quince minutos. Todo depende en tus metas y horario. Que quieres cumplir por practicar?0 votedNovember 30, 20140
- This is a commonly used term and as a native speaker in the US, I've only ever heard "My dreams are coming true". There are fancy, more eloquent ways of communicating the same idea, but you'd only find those in novels and older books. "My dreams are coming true" is the only colloquially correct one you mentioned above.0 votedNovember 30, 20141
