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- Honestly I can't think of anything negative when I see that; Bin sounds like a perfectly fine Asian name (maybe you think it's bad because it's like a "bin" (i.e. a box) or a "trash bin"? I'm not sure though, but I don't think of that when I hear it). If you DO want to change it, "Ben" is a really common name (short for "Benjamin"), otherwise "Vin" would also be a good one (both of these are assuming you're a male). "Been" wouldn't because it sounds like a verb (is, was, been), "Bean" would also be bad because it just sounds like the food, and "Bihn" looks Vietnamese to me and no one would spell it correctly. But whatever makes you happy; it's up to you. Edit: Oh wait! In Korean you'd pronounce that like the name of the letter e! We'd write that as "Bean", and yeah that'd be a little weird. However, if you pronounced the "i" like a short "i" like in the word "in", then you can keep the same spelling (although people may think you mean "Ben", which is also a perfectly good name). Just a note though that the "i" in Vin is like the "i" in "in", not like the name of the letter e.0 votedJanuary 23, 20183
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The paper lacks a clear main argument. It chose to discuss the "Feminist Standpoint Theory” (You could also say "it chose the "Feminist Standpoint Theory" as a discussion topic", but this is more natural; also, no comma here as it separates the subject from the verb) but spent too much time talking about (this is more natural) false assumptions about feminism and the name changing of Women’s Studies at first. In addition, I found three arguments in this paper: (what you wrote was fine, but using a colon looks cooler) Feminist Standpoint Theory is linked to diversity, it (it has a determined name, so it's best it use a pronoun instead of repeating it or shortening it (if you shorten it, it sounds like it's supposed to be something else) looks into the ways people’s authority is rooted in each individual's knowledge (this still sounds a little off, but I didn't read the paper so I can't fix it more than this), and it gives voice to marginalized groups. These arguments overlap in some ways because all of them are related to diversity, differences, and marginalized people. I think it could be better if the author developed (what you wrote was natural, but I think this is technically the correct verb conjugation (I think it has something to do with being in the subjunctive tense or something)) an overall statement for this paper and developed the paper (or "developed his/her argument") using ("by" would be understood here, but this sounds more natural) paragraphs.
The arguments show a good understanding of selected perspective, but did not mention much about “femininity”. (This is my own personal comment here, but does a paper talking about feminist theory have to mention femininity? I know nothing about the Feminist Standpoint Theory, but as far as I'm aware those are two different things) I found it to be an article which introduces the ideas of Feminist Standpoint Theory, rather than using this theory to argue the idea of “femininity”.
Strengths: the style of this paper is common-touched (I don't know what you mean by this. Maybe "common knowledge"?). It is not boring and the context is easy to understand.
Flaws: One long paragraph is not reader-friendly.0 votedJanuary 19, 20181- I would REALLY need the context to understand it, but it probably comes from "if you don't have the balls for it...", a vulgar phrase hinting that the recipient is a coward and shouldn't do it because he's not brave enough (usually said to goad the person into actually doing it). Balls refers to testicles. We use "balls" in speech much more than we should.0 votedAugust 12, 20161
- The first one. It'll make more sense once you learn how Japanese views time, but the second one sounds like you bought a bag that WAS cheap but was not when you bought it (I think). As a side question to any Japanese reading this, is "安くなったままの鞄を買いました" a possible sentence? Also, don't use ありがとう here because it sounds too forceful since nobody has done anything yet. よろしくお願いします is more natural here last time I recall.0 votedAugust 12, 20161
- Honestly, "to dinner" and "for dinner" are both grammatically correct, but in this specific case I'd chose "for dinner". Although there are definitely situations where I would chose "to dinner" instead; the difference between them is small but it's there. This website might help: http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/7973/to-dinner-vs-for-dinner0 votedMarch 25, 20161
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