Oh hello!

Today, is Sunday May the 19th 2016. Another day of rain about on the 26th day in a row out here in Baltimore, I believe. 2016 has been an odd year for me thus far, a constant feeling of this apocalyptic nightmare in the back of my head is just the lava icing on the disaster cake. Why is climate change happening so fast? Are we about to go under? What should we do to survive? But Then you snap back to reality.... Life in 2016 is the pre-apocalypse. Bills, work, bills, work...... How do we live this way never knowing what tommorow tomorrow may bring. That is the power in of the human being, knowing the odds against them... still the will to survive is stronger then than all.

Hey!!!

I just thought about warning you all you guys about sadness. Oh yes, sadness lurks and it's looking for its prey! But there's one simple way to escape it:, choose to be happy! Seriously, it's as easy as it sounds,; happiness is a choice. So as you change your mindset, no matter what the situation you may find yourself in,... you'll see how everything changes for good!

(A little note, to determine if you need to use it's or its... Say "it is" in replacement of it's. if it makes sense, write it's. If it doesn't, use its. If you are confused if it makes sense or not, ask someone! ^-^)

Not to mention you can help other people by correcting their articles and answer their questions on a language!

My favourite TV programme

Dear Tom,

Thank you for your letter. It was nice to hear from you.
My favourite kind of programmes are sports programmes/programs because I love the sport, specially the programmes/programs in which I like to talk to about football because I am a Real Madrid team’s team fan. I like to know the things that happen in the sport. In Spain, football is a very famous a television programme called “Los Manolos” and my favourite part is when they show the highlights of the match.
I usually watch this kind of programme twice a week because it is very funny.

I hope to see you soon,
Regards,
JuanFran.

(Very good here, I had to add some things and correct a couple  of mistake. Overall, pretty good! ^-^ Note: Programmes means Programs in British English and is the equivalent in American English to Programs. Neither is wrong, it is all on what type of English your country teaches. )

Have is a little tricky. It is mainly a past tense word but in some circumstances, it can be a present tense word. As per this example: "We have to get him!" or "It's important that we have these important resources to stay." Referring to your examples, the first one is more like something recently had happened. an example of that would be: "The Student President Project was cancelled Tuesday night, the project was meant to get people into politics." Get is mainly a present tense word with again, some exceptions. Have in your example is past tense. An example of that would be: "The Space Shuttle Endeavor shuttle, also known as OV-105; was retired September 21st, 2012. The shuttle was mainly meant to have OV-105 bring materials and parts to the International Space Shuttle docking station." You can use both and both are good examples! I hope this explanation helped! ^-^

Use the Notebook section of italki for correction on grammar and such for English.

1. The rough translation of this is: "I drink too much coffee did not sleep." The correct sentence in English would be: "I drank too much coffee and did not sleep." 2.This means: "What is it?" I cannot answer number three but I hope this helps you! ^-^

Can you help me with the pitch of the TV show?

I wrote a pitch of a TV show as a homework of my english class. Here, i I want to find a native speaker help me to correct the article. Thank you. The article is pretty long, thank you for your patience and for the help!

Pitch:
The protagonist is an orphan who lived in the orphanage since he was 8 years old. His father, a policeman, died in a military operation against illegal immigration and his mother left him. He grew up in the orphanage, determined to follow in his father's footsteps and become a policeman.
He made his dream true after coming  arriving into the adult world. However, he was assigned to work in on a block where most of residents are immigrants for due to his rude and intrusive behavior against his superior.
Working in the block, he is busy dealing with various ethnic groups of immigrants every day. At the beginning, he is antagonistic to or even hostile to these immigrants. Differences between language and culture bring tons of trouble s and funny stories to his life.
Gradually, as he gets to know the culture and life of immigrants better and learns about the dreams as well as hardship that immigrants have. He understands and accepts the cultured differences between different ethnic groups, realizing the beauty of human nature is beyond race. He makes friends with immigrants from all kinds of backgrounds and even fall in love with a Chinese girl. He finally understands the profound essence of America as a nation of immigrants, also he understands the true meaning of the American dream.