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On Postcards, Swaps and Tea Bags
This is a topic we can all relate to. I’m pretty sure we all have collected something at least once in our lives. Haven’t you? As for me, since I began to use different websites to learn English, I’ve had the chance to get in touch with people from diverse nationalities and backgrounds. Therefore, what started as a tool for learning a new language somehow changed into something more meaningful, which gave me the possibility to get to know different people and consequently different cultures. This may sound like a platitude, but considering that my country isn’t a multicultural one, then any interaction with a different culture is valuable, even if it is through the internet.
So, to cut it short. This is how I became more and more curious about the idea of exchanging souvenirs with other foreigners. I must say that this is a quite enjoyable and productive pastime to try. I did it for a while and that's how I got to accumulate plenty of postcards, bookmarks, magnets, tea bags to taste, coins and a bunch of little details about each country. Still, I always felt that there was some sort of emptiness in caring and sending gifts to someone that you don’t even know, and with whom there is no bond with. Besides, as you can imagine, this is not for free since same as you get your package you have to send something back as well.=============================
Hi! Great effort here! I think that is a great way to exchange souvenirs from other people! Let's just go over some points:
- we use 'have collected' since you are talking about something in the past. We use 'collecting' if it is with 'been' meaning something you are still doing until now
- Just be careful with some expressions and word choice
- The correct word is pastime [an activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than work; a hobby.]
Hope this helps!
0 votedSeptember 22, 20172Kodo, which is a Japanese incense ceremony
Kodo, or incense ceremony is an important traditional art in Japan like tea ceremonies and flower arrangement. I have learned about Kodo for one year in college. So I’m going to talk about the Japanese incense ceremony.
An incense ceremony is traditionally carried out in the Koh room with a master of ceremonies and a small group of participants. Most incense ceremonies involve a game in which participants attempt to guess which scent is being burned. There are hundreds of variations of these incense games. Overall, the incense ceremony is about having fun with fragrance and learning to 'listen' to incense. You don’t have to have experienced 'nose' to enjoy Kodo. The important thing is to appreciate the incense.
In Japan, we have a mind which respects everything and appreciates everything. We respect and appreciate not only people but also nature and food.
The mind is the reason which is why our “omotenashi” is famous in the world.
If I work in foreign countries, I want to tell the world about the Japanese mind.==================================
Hi! Thanks for telling us about Kodo! It is a very interesting ceremony! Let's just go over some points:
- Please be careful with comma use. Generally, we use a comma before any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet) that links two independent clauses.
- Be careful as well with sentence structure, capitalization and articles.
Hope this helps!
0 votedSeptember 22, 20172Magic treehouse
I read a book which was written for young children. The book's name is Magic Tree House.
Although this story is so childish, I will read it to the end to improve my English.
Chapter 1.
Jack is Annie's older brother. He is eight and a half years old, Annie is just seven years old.
Annie loves pretend stuff but Jack likes real things.
One day, they went into the woods and discovered tree house that are filled with books.
Actually, Jack didn't want to go up the tree house but he has no choice because he loves books.=================================
Hi! Good effort here! Reading books is a great way to improve your English :) just be careful with comma placement and verb forms.
Hope this helps!
0 votedSeptember 22, 20170Does this make sense
Or can i make this sentence better?
Or is this okay
The aims of this study are to identify the relationships between communication satisfaction and perception among health professionals such as nursing officers and nurses and their job satisfaction in Korean military hospitals.========================================
Hello Hwan!
Great job here! Just one corrections as you can see, I changed relationship to plural since you used AIMS and ARE which both plural verbs. Just be careful with spelling too :)
Hope this helps!
0 votedSeptember 20, 20170Nausicaa
I’m reading a comic called “Nausicaa”.
It’s a story after a great war.
This war is called “7 days of Nucleus”.
I read it only halfway. Or I've read only half of the comic.
But the theme is already heavy.
I’m looking forward to it becoming more interesting as the story progresses.========================================
Hi! Good effort here, the comic sounds very interesting! Just be careful with articles [a, an, the] and verb tenses.
Hope this helps!
0 votedAugust 30, 20172
