Cats.

My dog was cool, but she wasn't nearly as good of a companion as my cats have been. I know someone with a therapy dog; one day, I was really anxious, and the dog came over to me and tried to be comforting. That seemed like a huge deal - this dog knew I was in a bad mood! But cats do that all the time. Plus, cats have so much personality. Doesn't hurt that they're snuggly, too.

Persian, but that may be because English is my native language, so I don't see anything special about it.

They can never be sure...

I like following news about my country and debates between the political figures about the national affairs. One thing that I have recently realized is that it is very difficult to find out who is lying. In a dispute or during a debate between two political figures, the person who can speak firmly, fluently, and with confidence usually wins. It does not matter if he is lying or telling the truth. The key thing is that his audiences believe him.
It is a really dangerous fact as it allows the people representatives in power to lie about anything easily, and, by use of public media, they can show a wrong thing right. This is partially due to the fact that ordinary people do not have access to sensitive information, and it is not clear which source of information is reliable. Even the newspapers have their own political motivations, and I believe there is no unbiased source of information. Therefore, what people ended up with is a bunch of allegation against different political figures, which they never know whether they are right or wrong, and as a result they can never be sure...

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This was EXTREMELY well written, Mohsen! I am very, very impressed!

"have recently realized" sounds more natural to me, but "recently realized" isn't incorrect. "have recently realized" implies that the realization is still affecting you.

The comma in blue is an Oxford comma (a.k.a. a serial comma). I use them almost all the time, some people don't. There are debates on the necessity of them.

"the people representatives in power" - do you mean "the power in power"? "the representatives in power"? "the people's representatives in power"? "the representatives of the people in power"? The difference between the last two is that "the people representatives in power" means that the officials in power are representing the people, whereas "the representatives of the people in power" means "those who are representing the powerful people."

"to easily lye about anything" - changed "lye" to "lie." "lye" is a chemical. "to easily lie" is a split infinitive, which means that you have a word in between the "to" and the rest of the infinitive (other examples: "to not lie," "to quickly run," "to loudly yell"). Split infinitives should be avoided. I moved "easily" to the end of the phrase because the thing that's being done easily is the whole (lying about anything), so that should be kept together.

 

If you have any questions about my corrections, feel free to send me a message. I probably won't notice if you just reply to my corrections.

Lately, I've started to read books in English. I've read <em>The Help</em>, <em>The Curious Incident of a Dog In The Night-time</em>, and <em>The Catcher In the Rye</em> so far. Now I'm reading <em>The Hunger Games</em>.

I should say that it's a great experience. At first, it was a little hard because I read really fast in Farsi, and it made me bored that English books can't be read as quick as Farsi books, but now I'm used to it.

 

1) The comma before the "and" in a list - so, in this case, after <em>The Curious Incident of a Dog In The Night-time</em> - is not necessary. It's called an Oxford comma or a serial comma. Except in certain cases when using it would make your meaning confusing, using it is recommended. In the sentence you write, it doesn't make a difference, but it can clear up ambiguity sometimes.

For example:

My biggest musical influences are my parents, Googoosh and Dariush.

My biggest musical influences are my parents, Googoosh, and Dariush.

The first one could mean that you parents are Googoosh and Dariush. The second one clearly means that four different people are being identified - your mom, your dad, Googoosh, and Dariush.

 

2) " it made me bored that English books can't be read as quick as Farsi books"

This sounds like books in English can never be read as quickly as books in Farsi, but I can read a book in English (much) faster than I can read a book in Farsi :)

Suggestion: "...and it was boring because I can't read English books as fast as Farsi books...."

 

Congratulations on reading a couple of books in English, by the way! That's a really good way to improve your language skills. It's impressive that you kept going, even though you found it boring and a bit difficult. I know many, many people who gave up on trying to read whole books in English, even though they live here at this point.

Aside from the changes everyone else made, Mohammadreza is a first name for a man, which I think is what laogui32 was trying to point out when he said that everybody "missed the dear miss".

Our friendship goes back about 8 years ago. In the beginning, we were
not good friends. We were classmates. but When we were in grade 3 of high school
at grade 3, we went to camp, and there we got to know knew each other more. From
then until now, we had a good relationship with each othertogether. but There are
differences between us. I went to university, but he didn't go, and
recently, he got married. Naturally, our friendship is more less weaker than it was in the
past, but we are still good friends yet.

 

Good job, Saeed!

 

-Either "Our friendship goes back to about 8 years ago" or "Our friendship goes back about 8 years."

-Try not to start sentences with "but" or "and".

-I would say "When we were in our third year in high school," but if you say "grade 3," it should be "grade 3 of high school."

-A more natural way of saying "From then until now" is "Since then".

-"Yet" and "still" are only the same if they are in a sentence with a negative verb.

هنوز این فیلم را تمام نپاییده‌ام

"I have not watched the movie yet." OR "I still have not watched the movie."

دارد درس می‌خواند

"She/he is still studying."

غذا را تا هنوز گرم است بخور

"Eat the food while it is still warm."

Norooz vacation

There is Norooz vacation in at the beginning of spring.
In Over these days, we go to visit my parents, and we have very many guests.
We go to a park and watch look at beautiful trees, flowers, and grass and listen to voice the sound of the birds.
We cook bake different cookies.
I love Norooz

 

 

Great job!

Since the vacation starts right on the first day of spring, you should say "at" instead of "in".

"Watch" is more active than "look". "Watch" is like پاییدن, "look" is like نگاه کردن. If you were saying that the trees, flowers, and grass were doing something (like growing), you would say "watch," but "look" is better for what you wrote.

The verb for cooking food in an oven is "to bake".

Norooz mobarak!

I agree with Mike that revenge is emotional whereas retaliation is more rational, but I want to add one thing. I think that, as a result of revenge being emotional, the level of damage done can be much larger than the initial damage. If you hurt my brother, I will hurt your entire family. Since there is more logic behind acts involved in retaliation, it is more likely to be equal damage. If you hurt my brother, I will hurt your brother.