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    Conversation training 2.

    Could you please check my text more naturally? Thank you for your help!

    In a language school.(Teacher=T, Student=S)

    T) How do you come here?  OK, but usually we (native English, USA, speaker) say "How do you GET here"?
    S) I usually drove here, it takes about 30 minutes. I usually DRIVE here.
    T) Why don't you come by train? Good.
    S) Because it takes more time, a little less than one hour. Very good.
    T) I see. /

    T) Where do you live?  Good.
    S) I live in the next city.  If someone says "next city", it is not specific enough. The typical answer to the question would be to say the name of the city, even if it IS the "next" city (say, along a train or bus route).like Fussa and then Ushihama (Ome line)
    T) What is there famous for? What is IT famous for? One COULD say, "Is it famous for anything?" 
    S) It's famous for local japanese Sake!  That's very nice. That's something to be famous for!  :)

    I recommend you it to drink. You can buy it near here.

    I recommend that you try it. ("try" in this case means "drink"). the rest is good. Good job!


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    December 30, 2017
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    Well, only the author can answer this question. HOWEVER, in British English, companies, organizations, etc., are often treated, grammatically, as plural, whereas in the United States (and many other countries) companies, regardless of size, are treated as SINGULAR nouns.These are called "collective nouns". So whoever wrote the sentence you quote, actually employed both the singular and plural in the same sentence. This "violates" another grammatical rule called "parallelism" which basically states that things like the same tense, number, etc., be the same in the same sentence (at least). Thus, had the writer used "have" OR "has" in both places, it would have been grammatically correct (depending, mostly, on where you live / what the custom is in your area of the world). SUGGESTION: Google "collective nouns" and you'll get some good information.
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    December 22, 2017
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