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Hi Paulina, this was wonderfully written! However, I would like to suggest a couple of changes. I would also recommend that you pay a little attention on excessive use of pronouns especially in long sentence structures. If mentioned once, they do not need to be repeated again and again, and making the sentence sound a bit tedious. Also the verb we use with Jokes is "cracking", not "making". So "My friend loves cracking jokes". It can also be "My friend loves telling jokes". But not "My friend loves making jokes". Also, we usually say "dark eyes". If we want to say "black eyes", it's better one says that "the color of his eyes is black".
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Describing my best friend
I'm going to talk about my best friend, his physical appearance, personality and how we met!
I've got a best friend who I met while we were in uni .We've known each other for almost 10 years.
He is very tall and a bit chubby. He has short black hair, dark eyes, and tanned skin.
He is very reliable so I can always count on him and know that he'll never let me down. He is really cheerful and has a good positive attitude, and is always wearing a big smile. He is always in a really good mood. He has a good sense of humor and loves cracking jokes, and making people happy around himself.
So there it is, my best friend for life and someone I can really trust!0 votedDecember 22, 20171- All these sentences are correct except "this lesson is so annoyed/bored/confused". These sentences are incorrect because you are associating a very "human" or at least "sentient" attribute towards something which is not alive. When you say "this lesson is so annoyed", it implies that the lesson in question is a living thing, capable of having an emotional reaction. It does NOT mean that some other individual finds the lesson boring. "I find that lesson boring." would associate the "feeling" with an individual, regarding an inanimate entity. Likewise, the pronoun is not necessary here. One can also say "The lesson is boring", it would also imply that someone else finds the lesson boring. Similary, one can say "I am bored", implying that an individual is feeling bored due to some undisclosed reason, but "The lesson is bored", would be incorrect, since the lesson is not an entity and cannot have an emotional reaction by itself. One can have an emotional reaction about it, but it cannot have an emotional reaction about anything else.0 votedDecember 20, 20171
- "Hang in there" can be a more "comforting" statement, for someone who is hurting or in pain, and you're asking them to be a little bit more patient with their circumstances, or just to offer them kind words of encouragement. Something similar could be "there there". It's a gentle phrase, with a rather passive tone. Where as "fight it" sounds much more active and almost militant. "Fight it" would literally be a war cry of sorts, to encourage an individual to keep resisting/fighting some form of hurdle. Though both can be used in situations of distress, but one has to be careful. For an individual who is in a state of mourning "hang in there" might be gentler. For someone who just needs a bit of encouragement to get up, "Fight it" might be better.0 votedDecember 20, 20170
- die Suche Ich bin neu hier, und möchte Deutsch lernen. Aber ich habe schon A1 und A2 Prüfung gemacht. Ich muss noch B1 Prufüng machen. Ich wurde gern mein Deutsch verbessern. Ich glaube, dass ich einen Partner brauche, mit zu sprechen. Aber es ist nicht so einfach, weil niemand mit mir sprechen möchte. Ich kann auch Englisch und Urdu sprechen. Ich verstehe Hindi und kann auch sie sprechen, aber ich kann sie nicht schreiben. Ich kann spreche einbischen Punjabi und natürlich kann ich auch ein bisschen Deutsch sprechen. Bitte, Sag mir, wenn jemand mit mir Deutsch sprechen möchte!November 21, 201700
- I am really sorry for your loss. I have made some edits to your text, hope this helps :)
My friend, who is standing the middle amongst us, passed away four days ago. Unfortunately I was not able to visit his home to pay my respects and offer my condolences to his family, and that makes me very sad.
you can either use "pay my respects" or "offer my condolences".
0 votedNovember 20, 20170 My sport activity
When I was a child, my father teached (taught: past tense) me (how) to play football. From (with time we use "Since", "Since that time") that time I couldn’t live without regular exercises.
("During different times" or "In different phases") In different times of my life I (have) preferred different kind(s) of sport activity.
I often played football when I go (went: past tense) to school and (also when I) studied at University. Then I began to do ("practice" sounds better) Kung-Fu exercses ("excercises" is not needed) two times ("twice" sounds better) a week. At the same time I (also) went to a swimming pool.
I like to go out (of the) a city for the weekend so (that) I (can) ski in (the) winter. Fortunately my wife likes sport too. We always do exercises together and I’m very happy about it._____
"I like to go out of the city for the weekend, especially during the winters so that I can ski." < this would be better!
0 votedNovember 19, 20170Why learn English? (one studies theory, but a language is a skill set which needs to be "learned")
It's a good question and also quite mysterious. (mysterious does not sound right here, I would recommend "puzzling")
But we must be patient and try our best to lean English.
In the countries where English is not a second language, it is very difficult to learn it, because there are not enough people to practice it with. Learning a new language demands a dedicated amount of time.
But it is nevertheless possible!
We don´t believe in false sites which claim to teach (a site teaches, a student learns) English faster, because are lies. To learn something new requires time and dedication.
In Brazil for example, it is harder for a person to learn English, especially because at school there is not good content to learn from, just about where to be from start till the end of the school´s year.
It´s a very bad situation, but we can still try and learn English.0 votedNovember 16, 20170
