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Caroline
French
Nov 2, 2016
Let's celebrate our one year of sweat, laugh and hard work with the French language. Sam made a lot of progress and I'm really proud of what he has accomplished and shared with me during that time. Merci tellement Sam pour ta confiance, ta bonne humeur et ta curiosité !
Caroline
French
Aug 23, 2016
Merci Sam pour tes très gentils mots. Je suis ravie que tu apprécies nos cours ensemble et la méthode que j'utilise. J'ai hâte de pouvoir tester tes cours à toi !
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The enjoyment of reading books
Hello. This is my first notebook entry.
I'm a book lover. I particularly love history and culture. You must add a subject 'I' to the sentence. I have added 'particularly' as this adds emphasis to your meaning.
The following passage is my favorite word from Yoshida Kenko's, 14th century Japanese writer, in his essay called "Essay in Idleness". I have broken down this sentence to deal with one point 'your favourite passage'. This makes the sentence clearer and makes the following sentence follow more logically.
"To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations-such is a pleasure beyond compare". Love the quote!!Yoshida Kenko was a 14th century Japanese writer. This information should be treated as a new sentence as suggested here.
0 votedOctober 9, 20172'had seen yet more hawks' implies that the person who had seen 'yet more hawks', had reported to someone else at an earlier time that they had seen some hawks, then, gone away, and come back to the same person and reported that they had seen more of them.
Simply, they have seen hawks on two separate occasions (due to the use of the past perfect) and reported it twice.
The use of yet implies that it was almost unbelievable to have seen that many hawks.
0 votedNovember 3, 20160Hello everybody!
My name is Daniel and I'm forty four years hold. I'm married and my wife is Marcele. We have two beautiful daughters. I started to learn English a long time ago, but I have now just restarted again. I'm living live in Brazil but I'm chilean . I fell feel very very ashamed to speak English, it's very difficult to my me, but I know that someday I'll speak English very well.
Help me please!
It's That's all!
Thanks!Hi Daniel,
You have done well.
The few errors that I have marked appear to be mostly spelling mistakes. Nothing to worry about as you are only just getting back into it.
The other errors 'ago' and 'have...just' add clarity to the sentence and make it more fluent. 'Ago' is necessary for your sentence referring to the time in the past, and 'have...just' adds emphasis to the fact you are taking it up again.
Although the present continuous 'I'm living...' would be understood, because it is an ongoing situation that doesn't refer to another action, the present simple 'I live' is better in this context.
Well done. I am sure you will be able to speak English very well in the future if you keep at it.
0 votedSeptember 30, 20161a new start
I have attended an English speaking class of speaking in (my working firm) the firm where I work. It was hard for me to speak a whole sentence and have interactions easily with others in class. This is because I'm afraid of making mistakes like in wrong grammar or vocabulary. Also I feel that I don't have enough vocabulary to extend the range of conversation (It is possible to change this slightly to make it more fluent by changing 'extend the range of conversation' to 'speak easily in English'). In the class, I got the lowest grade on in speaking and it really makes made me disappointed. So, I want to make a plan to improve my English abilities. Writing everyday is a new start for learning English.You wrote well and got your point across. An English speaker would have understood what you were saying the entire way through. There were a few errors in 'articles', 'prepositions', and some 'use of tenses', but nothing to be disappointed about. I also suggested an edit for one sentence to make it flow more easily. As I said though, an English speaker would likely be able to understand your meaning anyway.
Well done!
0 votedSeptember 8, 20160- You could say 'my hometown is not very modern' or 'my hometown has resisted modernisation'. It would be normal to follow up this kind of remark with reasons why you think this to be true. E.g. 'It is very quiet because...', ' The nearest city is xxkm away so we don't have...', 'all the buildings are old', 'the people who live here/there are...', etc.0 votedAugust 16, 20161
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I has have a lot of hobbies. I like going shopping, playing badminton, and playing chess etc amongst other things. I also like to watch tennis but I have never tried it before. I just have, however, see watched local people or athletes playing in the stadium or on TV. The small green yellow ball looks really cool. Sometimes, I play chess with my brother. He is very good at it. Another activity I do when I have free time is listening to music. I usually listen to US-UK music. Because I think that it does not only improve my English but also helps me relax. Have you ever listened to "Anyone of us", "Save the best for last" or "Diamonds"? They are three of songs I really really love. I love reading books, especially science books. I like to explore new things around my life. It is very fun. You should try it!!!!!!All in all not many errors. I have gone into detail as to why I have changed things below in case you would like to look into it further.
The first error (has/have) is due to you using the 3rd person singular form of have instead of the 1st person singular.
When listing with commas it is usual to place 'and' before the final listed item. 'etc' in this context does not sound natural as the list would not be perceived to be limitless. You would therefore use a phrase such as 'amongst other things' to say you also enjoy other activities besides the ones you have mentioned.
'to watch' has been added to make distinct how you like it. 'before' is unnecessary due to already including the adverb 'never'.
I have replaced 'just see' with 'have watched' as this activity has taken place in the past (with present result of you liking it) and should therefore be put into the present perfect tense.
Green/Yellow? - I think the balls are yellow...
I have changed 'listening' to 'listen' as although you still like to do this (in the present tense) you are not doing it right now or having you listening to music interrupted by another action in this story
No need for the preposition 'of' here
Finally, I have added the phrase 'especially science books' to the sentence preceding it as it is linked directly with what was said before it.
Good job!
0 votedAugust 10, 20161
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