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I am a native English speaker who is willing to help others learn my language whilst hoping to improve my Italian. I have a GCSE in French, but I am quite rusty, I could probably help a French speaker with their English though. My best times if people wish to talk are during school holidays or Friday afternoons, from around 4pm until 6pm (GMT). I have been learning Italian for about two years, but as there are no local classes I have been using apps such as Duolingo and Babbel as well as books to help with grammar. I have also done the Michel Thomas beginner audio course and a few trips to Italy to practise! My husband and I plan to eventually buy a house over there so I'm learning to help to make our dream come true.
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    A PARAGRAPH - ARE YOU USED TO...?

    I get along with my parents, my friends and my cat. Sometimes I think that I can put up with anything. But there are some things that I <s>still can’t</s> just cannot stand. I’m not used to the cold winter in Russia and on most winter days I just stay at home and don’t go out. Even though I have a driving <s>license </s>licence, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to driving - I hardly ever use my car and most of the time it simply stays in the garage. But most of all I would find it impossible to get used to a healthy diet. I can’t <s>thing</s> think of anything better than fried chicken wings from Burger King.
    In contrast, I can mention some things that I’m used to.
    I’m used to getting up very early.
    I <s>weren’t</s> wasn’t used to cooking soup at one time, but now I am.
    And I’m used to living without any aims or purposes.
    I just live happily ever after.

    Try not to start sentences with And, this word is usually used to join sentences together. Your writing will improve if you try to join sentences to make longer ones, for example: I would say I get along well with my parents, my friends, and my cat. Sometimes I think I can put up with anything, but there are some things that I just cannot stand.

    You used the US spelling of license, in the UK it is licence.

    Weren’t is unusual, I would say it is not used often at all, more usually we say were not. In this case it is wrong as it should be used with plurals only e.g. if only there were not ten other people in the queue. Here it is singular as the subject is I, so it should be I wasn’t used to... You could say we weren’t used to being talked to for so long etc.

    Live happily ever after is just a phrase used in children’s stories, I would avoid it in real life. You could say something like I just want to live my life my way and be happy.

    Hope that helps!
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    December 30, 2019
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    Perché voglio parlare in italiano Buongiorno tutti. Ho imparato italiano per circa cinque anni senza un insegnante, e quando parlo con persone italiano parlano “Perché?”. Primo, voglio parlare in italiano perché secondo me è una bella lingua, e mi piace visitare l’Italia. Secondo, abbiamo un grande Italiano sogno! Il mio marito e io vogliamo comprare una bella casa in Italia, quando è possibile per noi. In questa casa possiamo vivere quando siamo anziani. Grazie per il vostro tempo.
    August 16, 2019
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    Visited Vienna

    I have been to Vienna before. There are many good places for sightseeing as the national opera or the palace.
    I visited <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">to</s> a church to listen to the boys chorus. <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">But</s> I lost the way then I asked a woman directions. She was very kind to me <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">that she brought there.</s> and took me there. The boys’ sound was very beautiful.

    Well done, interesting story. Only use ‘but’ to continue a sentence e.g. I had a map but I still got lost. I’m not sure what you meant by ‘that she brought there’, sorry.

    An apostrophe e.g. ‘ is used for possession e.g. the boy’s name, the cat’s fur, but when the word is already plural you put it after the S e.g. the boys’ sound, because it was the sound of all the boys.

    I hope that helps you.
    Regards

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    August 16, 2019
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    Now I'm really interested in improving my English

    Hi everybody. I'm here to improve my English. I speak it almost fluent fluently but of course, I'm not a native speaker, so that's why sometimes I'm confused of when using separate words, I want them and my lexical style to be more close closer to native speakers'. For reaching To help me achieve this aim I've started watching films in English, that helps me a lot. Now I feel more confident, but I want to feel absolute comfort absolutely comfortable while speaking and writing. Maybe there is a lack of grammar in my writing are some lacks of grammar or something else, I want to correct it. I'm here to improve my English, also now I'm refreshing my knowledge of the German language, I need it all for gettting a job I've always dreamed of. I have not so much time for this, approximately 6 months. Then I'll have to get an interview which is in English and German. Thanks for correcting, I'm going to help you with Russian language as well.

    Well done this is very good work. You just need to learn some phrases, like we achieve an aim but we reach a target or goal. Good luck!

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    March 20, 2017
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    Yes I agree, my place would mean my house only, rather than my village, town or country. I would use 'here' for those or 'the area where I live', maybe even in 'the place where I live', but never just my place to mean my geographical area. You might ask about the time by saying 'what time is it now where you are?' and 'it is 8 o'clock here'.
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    March 20, 2017
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    Hmm and what is wrong with that? England is part of Britain after all! I'd say he works in town 'near to the shops' or 'near to the shopping area'. I agree that 'in town in that area' is too much like the same thing twice, too many ins! In town could mean in the nearest town, not necessarily the town centre, for instance if you lived in a rural area, in the countryside you might use in town to mean literally in the town nearest to you. The phrase for cars and buses not being allowed is indeed 'it is a pedestrianised area' or 'only pedestrians are allowed'.
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    March 19, 2017
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    I would also change Mom to Mum, but then I am English rather than American!
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    March 19, 2017
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    Yes you could say his parents 'consented' which means they gave him their permission. You could also say they agreed to take him there.
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    March 19, 2017
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    Hmm I don't think you would use the word 'crowded' as a crowd would imply more people than would fit into a car. You might say 'the black car was full of people, nobody had any room to move' or 'the black car was full of people, they were all packed in'. In your example I might say 'are' very smelly since it is the socks (plural) that smell, not the basket. I think the food sentence is good but I would either put 'and' or 'but' as a connective in the middle. Hope that helps!
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    March 19, 2017
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    When at first you don't succeed?
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    March 19, 2017
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