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My vacations
Last February ago, my boyfriend and I travelled to Cancun, Mexico. We rode a bus to Playa del Carmen for an hour on the first day and we visited the famous 5th avenue where there are were a lot of restaurants, discotheques and somethings many other attractions. We took a lot of pictures and at the night we went to an Italian restaurant where we ate fish with coconut and drank beer. It was delicious! You should try them! The next day we took a tour of the Tulum ruins and it was extremely beautiful! You must go visit!__
The words in yellow are corrections and the words in blue are suggestions that sound more natural. :)
When sentences start to seem like they are too long, its always better to split them into two!
Don't forget to start each sentence with a capital. :D
That was a great attempt. Cancun sounds amazing!0 votedJuly 20, 20161- To "hit the nail on the head" means to assume something correctly or to understand something precisely. As Dan Smith mentioned, it"s an enthusiastic way to say "That's exactly right." "To hit home," however, is used to emphasise that something has influenced you personally, connected with you deeply, moved you, hurt you etc. For example: "That advertisement on child abuse really hit home. I can't imagine what those children have been through." "To drive home" refers to the act of making someone understand an important point by either repeating one's words or emphasising on them through your actions. For example: "The teacher repeated the point three times just to drive it home."0 votedJuly 20, 20161
Continuation..
In my opinion, watching movies is a good hobby because it helps me widen my knowledge and also forget all the fatigue of studying. However, it wastes me a lot of my time, strains my eyes, and sometimes films are so distracting that I don't remember to do (or you could say "I don't end up doing") anything else. I came to realise that when I read an article about the disadvantages of watching movies too much. I tried to stop watching films and I found it very difficult to give it up. Earlier, I couldn't stand watching them but I had to watch some situation comedies or "sitcoms," instead. Additionally, I spent time cooking, swimming, reading or hanging out with friends. I gradually forgot the habit of watching films every day. Now, I just watch films when I've completed all my work, and to enhance my listening skills.___
Ah, I love watching movies, as well! As for the difference in between "Film" and "Movie"; they're used interchangeably. The word "movie" does sound more natural in many cases, though.
0 votedJuly 20, 20162Splitting the correction into two so that it fits! The words in Yellow are corrections and the ones in Blue are suggestions. :D
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I have to admit that I'm a big fan of films, and I often spend hours watching them. I used to watch my favourite movies over and over again, dozens of times but never get bored. Whenever any blockbuster movies were released, I tried to buy tickets and watch them as soon as possible. Generally, I like all kinds of films, but my favourite genres are cartoon, comedy, drama and romance. Some of my favourite films are Home Alone, Tom and Jerry, The Notebook, Like Crazy, Titanic and Love Story in Harvard. I guess you might know all of them because of their popularity. Although you can call me film-a-holic (The words Cinephile or Movie Buff might work better!) I have no idea of the difference between films and movies. Honestly, I often prefer a film to a movie because of my habits and all things and since I am fond of watching are films. So could you tell me in detail about this the difference?
Recently, I watched a Korean film called "Doctors" in which has the main actors are Kim Rae Won and Park Shin Hye. They're both famous actors in Asia by not only their beauty but also their ability. The film tells is about a girl who was a tough bully in school with a prickly personality. She had a big scar on her from her childhood and always closed her heart from to other people. Nevertheless, she changed from a gangster to a passionate doctor after meeting her teacher Hong Ji Hong. I think it's a meaningful film, it makes me feel stronger and more confident in my life.0 votedJuly 20, 20160Body figure
Everyone in different figure has their own troubles with their figure, no matter you are how tall or short you are. The taller girls think that they are so tall that shows too strong they stand out too much ( or did you mean "they look too muscular"?)if they are careless about the clothings their clothing. The shorter girls often hope that they could own a long pairs of pair of long legs. The Suitable clothes can fix it. If you choose your clothes according to your body figure, you can also become believable godness and hold everything.__
In the final sentence, did you want to say something like "you can also become everything you wish to be." or "you can also become everything that you believe is good."?
Try explaining to me what you want to say and maybe I can help frame that sentence better. :)
And, yes, I agree! I'm far too thin for my height and I wish I wasn't! However, dressing right usually helps me feel a lot more confident. :D0 votedJuly 19, 20163An NGO must be a boat
If you make sailing wish to sail, you need to define a destination. I think a lot of organizations face problems because they don’t have a goal. A company defines its goal more easily. Oftenly sellings Often, sales are the goal of a company. NGO's have difficulties to define in defining their goals because founders assume that the object of the association and the goal are the same thing. Unfortunately, an NGO which wants to protect the nature needs to define one or more goals to act upon. On a boat (Maybe "Ship" would fit better?), each person has something to do and they obey the orders of the commander (or captain) who defines the destination. If you observe the members of an NGO, you don’t see a crew. You see involved persons individuals who work a lot but each member of the team do things acts on their own accord. They hardly accept a « military » organization militant (Maybe you could use "corporate" here, instead.) styled management of their activity. An activist is a volunteer and don’t does not want to work in the same manner as an employee. One day, Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of the NGO Médecins sans Frontières said that the best humanitarian NGO that he'd seen on the field was the army. He spoke about the efficient…_
I hope this helps. :) The text in blue is more like a suggestion than a correction.
0 votedJuly 19, 20161Hello! I'd be glad to help you.
That's not bad for having learnt English 10 years ago! :O
I'd like to learn Japanese as well, so よろしくおねがいします!Here are some corrections to your entry.
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Hi guys.
I am joining have joined italki starting today.
I think that this conduct that it is reckless because I had last studied English 10 years ago!( We use the "th" in "10th, 9th" to understand the position of something. We also use it when we talk about dates. For example: " Today is the 19th of July." or " I am the eleventh member of this club")
But I want to learn English. (No spaces before full-stops and other punctuations!)
I have a request for you.
I am going to try my best so please lend me your strength.
If needed, I will be able to teach you Japanese.
Nice to meet you!
Thank you!__
Nice to meet you, too!
0 votedJuly 19, 20161Sleeping time
How many hours do you sleep for? I always sleep for about 7 or 8 hours. It is said that at least people have to sleep for at least 8 hours to stay healthy and to be able to do something the next day. In my country (Japan), one newspaper says states that our average sleeping time is about 7 hours. To make matters worse, the time is less and less duration gets shorter and shorter because these days our life has been lives have become busier. Do you sleep for enough time?__
"~time is less and less" wouldn't be the right way to say it. You could say "time gets shorter and shorter." However, using the word "duration" could help you express what you want to say, in this situation.
I hardly get any sleep, nowadays! If I manage to sleep for even a little more than six hours, I feel accomplished.
I should be catching up on my sleep but the internet keeps pulling me back.毎晩午前3時に寝ます。日曜日わ9時に起きます。バカ だから。
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