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- That sentence is not, in fact, a full sentence. It is called a "fragment", often used in literature for dramatic effect. The full sentence would read: "She presses the subject of the memoir, if only to put to rest the perforated eardrum question." The "perforated eardrum question" will be, indeed, an unfinished story about somebody's eardrum being perforated. As Randy said, if such a story is "put to rest", then it is concluded, no more questions are left to be asked.0 votedFebruary 28, 20150
- It is actually correct - but very archaic and, unless the context is archaic or poetic, it sounds weird. As Mark said, "He knew not what he was waiting for" is better, but still slightly archaic - you would usually say "didn't know" instead of "knew not". But, again, if you need something old, or something that sounds like poetry, "He awaited he knew not what" is fine.0 votedFebruary 28, 20151
Some Phrases in My Tongue of My Hometown
I'm a Chinese native but Chinese also contains lots of dialects like famous Cantonese. But the dialect in the area where I was born and spent my childhood is less famous than Cantonese, it is called "Chaoshanese" by people or "Chaozhouhua".
There are some phrases in it used frequently during this Chinese New Year with similar formation of "being with one identity", which I think are worth to sharing with you.
And I will also show you some Chinese customs in this notebook.
“做仔婿” is being a son-in-law. In the 2th day of the first lunar day (also the 2th day of Chinese New Year), wives should be back to their home (wives' home =娘家 in Mandarin if anyone ask) with their husbands and to spend these days with their parents with happiness. But 做仔婿 is set for husbands but means this visiting of the whole family.
"做人客" is being a guest. In Mandarin, guests should be expressed as 客人, but in Chaoshanese, 人客 and 客人 are both acceptable and the former is the more common one. People here always say, 你爱去地块做人客？(Where will you visit?/Who are you going to visit?)
Here are two examples; I dont want to write down too much, because people who are interested in it may contact me directly.
The explanation of 你爱去地块做人客 is below:
你=you (singular)
爱去=“want to” in English/要去、准备去、打算去 in Mandarin
地块=“(the exact place or people) where/who” in English/哪里、谁 in Mandarin.
做人客 can be referred above.0 votedFebruary 28, 20153Working hours in Hong Kong are too long.
My working hours are 44 hours per week. I think it is too long for me because I have not enough free time. Most of my friends told me that their working hours were much more longer than mine. We admire the French lifestyle so much because they have 35-hour workweek. In order to make my life more comfortable, I will spend my annual leave and have half a day off per week.
0 votedFebruary 28, 20150A composition about technology
Many people think that early technological developments have accomplished more achievements* in terms of increasing people's life quality than recent technological developments have done. I disagree with this view.
Firstly, recent technology has revolutionised our way of living. The appearances of smartphones and wireless internet connection represents that the way of communication is entering a new age. By using this new technology**, people are able to contact each other no matter where they are without paying expensive telephone fees. This interaction on a global scale has become more affordable to normal people. Anyone can interact with celebrities, superstars and politicians in social networking apps such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, because everyone has access to them*** with little cost. I believe these have helped people more than the invention of the telephone did.
Moreover, the early technological developments emphasise developing principles, while recent technological developments are targeted at application and scientifically innovation****. The majority of scientifically technology that people are using nowadays in their daily lives, business communication and health care services were introduced during the past two decades. Many old machines and devices have become obsolete since they were no longer [difficult?] and effective compared with new machines and devices.
Last but not least, the development of on technology is usually a long-term process that might take decades or even a hundred years or so. All the recent developments and innovations are based on the early researches and inventions. For example, the computer and the laptop, the home-line telephone and the mobile phone, all developed from the former to the latter. In most situations, identifying early and recent developments can be difficult.
In conclusion, I disagree with the view that recent technological developments have helped people less than early technological developments did.*[You can leave out "achievements"; the phrase "accomplished more" is enough.]
**[Or you could say "these new technologies".]
***[Or you could say "can access them", but I prefer "has access to them".]
****[Is this what you meant? I guess you could say "applying scientific methods of innovation".]
[Very professional! Keep up the good work.]
0 votedFebruary 28, 20150there is interesting
I'm a new body for here. I found there are many fascinating boys and girls people*, and I can know different cultures through reading their essays. I am very interested in the various native cultures and unusual but wonderful thinking.except for
There are all kinds of meaningfully questions and answers in here; there are also many funny stories. For example, I read an essay about Korean makeup. If they set out for a meeting, they must put on makeup two hours early. It's difficult to imagine in China.
I'm not good at English and I can try my best to improve it. In the future, I will come here frequently, and share Chinese stories.*["boys and girls" is technically right, but sounds strange here. "People" is OK.]
[You're doing well! I would advise you to practice 1) plurals - when you're talking about more than one thing: "cultures" instead of "culture", "stories" instead of "story". And 2) punctuation. When you write a comma or a full-stop, it comes straight after the word, followed by a space. Keep it up! :D]
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