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Hello, My name is Heidi. I was born in California, USA. My husband is French and my work is in California so I live both in the US and in France. I really wish to learn French.
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Aujourd'hui, nous avons fait de l'expression orale.
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  • Corrected

    Super cute story! OK, I will try to help without changing the pretty voice of the story. 

    "I do the housework once a week, every week, entirely, in all the rooms."

    The use of once a week implies that you clean every week (not weeks) but using every week (no "s") places emphasis on the drudgery of the task. Some people may alter the end of the sentence (entirely, in all the rooms) but I like it - again it's emphatic.

    : vs ; - you want to use ; here because you are describing why the activity is unpleasant and the following part includes the use of commas. 

    "But when it is finished, it's very satisfying."

    You could also go with "you" finishing "it" (the cleaning). Finishing "it" being satisfying is ok here since you go on to explain why "it" is satisfying. 

    "The flat is clean, (it) smells good, seems bigger and it is more comfortable to live in."

    The "it" is optional. Leaving it out is what you will hear in everyday speech. Comfortable to live there is possible - my American ear prefers the sound of "comfortable to live in." You live "in" your apartment. 

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    August 29, 2017
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  • Answered
    Actually there are many accent variations in the US. I think that most people are only aware of the very few which are shown through social media, films and music. This 20 min video shows a few of the audible and visual differences between basic British and American English. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F88Ix-sY4zE
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    August 3, 2017
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  • Answered
    It doesn't matter that we lost that game. It doesn't matter if we win or lose, as long as we play well. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, just give it your best. it doesn't matter if we have the better team, what matters is to finish the game as winners.
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    May 10, 2017
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  • Corrected

    This actual moment is the only thing I really possess and nothing else!

    As said in the title, you've got nothing except this actual moment.That's the only thing you really do have.(1)There were moments which have passed and there will be moments coming after, but the truth is that they are not yours !

    Right now, I am living my moment. I am trying to live it as best as I can. I keep smiling :) , I keep hoping, I keep dreaming, I keep wishing all the best, with no limits.

    The moment right now is the past of the next moment, isn't that right? (OR you can simply say ",right?" For me, yes, it is. I've never looked back and I will never do that again. I learned a lot from my past moments, but am not living them anymore. I can't be sad all the time because of sins, errors, failures I commited or lived before. I wanna  (2) better nice "Next moment". I have to live my "Present moment" so insanly better as I can.(3)

    If now, you're sad, dont be. If any you're feeling bad, don't be. If any you're losing hope, don't be! Yourself needs you right now. Listen to that voice. Live as simply as you can. You're not like none any one else. Live your own style. Never try to imitate anyone. You're unique, you're the best !

    Dear "Right moment", I am really happy I do have you, and I am really happy that you belong to me and only to me. I won't betray you. I am gonna be generous with you. You'll be the happiest moment ever in my life. Because I am living you as if you're the (my) last moment in my life and I am wondering left to die smiling :)

    With Peace & Love...Abdou :)

     

    1. Ellipsis - You have LOTS of ellipsi and  they are not being used properly. Normally used when words have been left out of a sentence, or, as in this text, I think you would use them if you had an unfinished thought or a pause while you are speaking. However, I see all these sentences as completed thoughts. I know it seems like a silly thing to bring up, but it does make your text less confident and very hard to read, which makes this an important comment because your thoughts are confident and clearly expressed!

     

    2. ...wanna - VERY colloquial, primarily to the US. You can use it, just know it's not correct english. If you do choose to use it, understand what it means. wanna = want a. When we say want a real fast, it sounds like wanna, so you do not need the second "a" after wanna - it's already suggested in the word. Same with gonna = going to.

     

    3. ...so insanly better as I can... o.k. Americans use LOTS of adjectives one after the other. Here if you use "so" you would say something like "...so insanely better than before. OR ...AS insanely better as possible. Note that these sentences are not really grammatically correct - however, you are expressing something where the words are playing out your feelings - right? So creative verbage totally rocks here.

     

    Great job!

     

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    June 17, 2015
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  • Corrected

    nightmare..

    It hard to slept well last night. (1) My brain was active FOR A LONG time. I prefer to really relax because I need to have an active brain during my work (2)day but, I used my brain very little today. What should I do? (3)

     

    O.K., I will see if I understand you correctly:

    1. The sentence feels as if you are trying to say two different things. I think you are trying to say: "It was hard to fall asleep last night". OR it could be you are saying: "I did not sleep well last night."

     

    2. In America we would say :...I need to use my brain during work..

     

    3. You will not like what I will tell you. At least 1 hour before you go to sleep NO PHONE, NO COMPUTER, NO TABLET. You must re-train your brain to know when it should fall asleep. The light from computers signals the brain to think it is still daylight.

     

    Good Luck!!

     

     

     

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    June 16, 2015
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    my journey called "the english lenguage" part I

    When I was 9, I felt very interested (1) (very obssesed, indeed) about in the english lenguage. My mother gave me some audio tape courses so I can could learn the basics, and I listened to them over and over again.

    When I was 10, I met a beautiful girl called Lisbeth. She was my first english teacher. I always went to her for to ask everything about english so i started to speak it with her at the age of 11(2). I must to say that i admired her so much that i realized i had fallen in love with my teacher. I was 11 and she was 22 (stupid hormones, ruinning everything). (OR ruin everything)

     

    1. To 'feel' is inside of you. You could use "felt interested' here, in a poetic sort of manner. I think more correct would be "I WAS very interested", Or "I BECAME very interested.."

    2. The ending of this sentence "feels" very akward, but I can't think what to say instead. Maybe someone else can help you with this... sorry

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    June 14, 2015
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  • Corrected

    Tomorrow.

    It will rain tomorrow. It extremely (1) most probably it will rain tomorrow. If the weather forecast doesn't go wrong change, it will go to (2) rain tomorrow. And, if it would will rain tomorrow, nobody no one (3) at the open-air restaurant by the river would will work. Almost twenty men and women usually work there on summer Sundays(4). None of them (5)wants to it rains. Their Sunday's job is in danger. It is for this reason that nobody wants to it rains. Today it has been a cold, windy, and uncomfortable day. Tomorrow will be worst worse. It is 3:00 AM so tomorrow is already today.
    Today it will rain and it is very late. I think I will go to bed.
    Night(6).

     

    1. Extremely is an adj used more for something intense, very great. You could say "It MOST probably will rain tomorrow".

    2. You can use "going to rain" OR "it will rain", but not both.

    3. You could use "nobody". "no one" sounds better to my ears.

    4. I like what you wrote here,  - very poetic - but I'm not sure it is what you meant to write. I think you meant " ..."work there on Sundays in the summer. But again I like "on summer Sundays".

    5. You can say "No one WANTS it to rain" or you can say "None of them WANT it to rain". Also, rain is not plural in this context. It RAINS (present) It WILL rain, It DID rain...I want it TO rain..

    6. O.K. Americans ALWAYS say 'Night (with the little apostrophe which means' something is missing). So I am really fine with "night. I guess more correct would be Good Night.

     

    good work - 'night. :-)

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    June 14, 2015
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  • Commented

    With an online service such as this, one has to prove credibility as quickly as possible. Presentation verbally and visually seem to be the best way to do so. Personally, I would not reach out to an instructor whose profile left me feeling unsure of their abilities to teach. Sad but true, I'd move on...

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    June 12, 2015
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  • Corrected

    My friend and I decided not to go to the city center of Frankfurt tonight

    We were supposed to go to the city center to have a nice dinner together as it has been quite a long time (1) since we saw each other. However, since public transportation will cost (2) over 9 euros each (extremely expensive) we decided to stay at home rather than go out. We will buy some nice ingredients at a shop, which is called REWE, located near my home (3). As we are going to travel a lot this weekend we thought it might be better to stay at home and save some money for our trips to Heidelberg and Marburg. Unfortunately there are not many things to do and see in the city where I live. So I will (4) help my friend to make his travel plans to Czech Republic and Hungary.

     

    1. Or you could say "it has been quite some time" Also, you could say "since we saw each other'. You will hear more 'since we've seen each other"

    2. What you wrote is fine, but my ear wants to hear ...'since public transportation "would" cost over 9 euros...'

    3. I love REWE! You can use "which" in this sense, but I think you would hear people saying ...at a shop called REWE, located near my home".

    4. Does your friend live in the same city as you? If so, then the last sentence would make more sense if you included the article in the previous sentence (...and see in the city where we live). Otherwise the last sentence sounds a bit akward. Or is the last sentence simply a new topic? In that case, the "so" would need a pause. Does that make sense?

     

    nice work!

     

     

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    June 12, 2015
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  • Posted
    Plaisir Coupable Ça fait maintenant trois fois cette semaine qu'il attend en face de sa porte. Il a toujours un bouquet de fleurs et un livre. Il semble très gentil, très calme. Un jour la semaine dernier, il avait même une petite boite du chocolats d'Hermé. Il l'attend toujours (Il elle attend?) jusqu à 19 hr, et puis, quand elle n'arrive pas, il placera des fleurs juste a cote de sa boite aux lettres. Je ne crois pas qu'il comprenne, elle est mort il y a 3 ans. Peut-être demain il apportera une boite de chez Patrick Roger.
    June 12, 2015
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