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Currently live in the US, but have studied in Bolivia and Morocco (Spanish and Arabic, respectively). I'm a Russian and Spanish double major at my university. I will be in Kyiv studying Sep 2020-Jun 2021.
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    December 23, 2018
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    Just make sure you're watching your articles. Even my Russian professor at university has this problem, so you're not alone in it :)


    My home town called Irbit. I was born here and grew up here. (if I were writing this, I'd say: "I was born in and grew up in the town of Irbit")The town was founded in the year 1631 and it is located about 250 kilometers from Yekaterinburg by car. Irbit is small town with a population of about 40 thousand people. 


    During _ World War II a motorcycle factory was moved here from Moscow and over three million motorcycles have been produced. Today, the factory has been producing a small number of motorcycles for export and is almost entirely inactive.

    There is the Irbit State Museum of Fine Art and the Irbit State Motorcycle Museum. The Irbit State Motorcycle Museum contains an extensive collection of production, racing and prototype motorbikes.

    Nowadays in town there lot of shops and a few factories.
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    December 23, 2018
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    Pleased to meet, you, Diep. Might I make a few corrections?

    Hello everyone. My name is Diep. I'm from Vietnam.Today, I want to talk about religion - it's a general topic, so you don't need to make it plural in Vietnam (or: the religions of Vietnam)  My country has many different types of religion. There is buddhism, __ Catholicism , __ Islam, __ Hinduism and __ Judaiism, use a comma here, you want to link these two thoughts but __ buddhism and Roman Catholicism are the most popular. That is 2 creeds no strangely with my country. It is very special and It was believe by the humans Vietnam  not sure what you mean here. Can you rephrase? Tell me in different words and I'll help you out.  __ Buddhism is a solemn religion. This is a tranquil place and has many buddhist monks, they are __ vegetarians. It helps that everyone can pray for good __ for their relatives, friends and so forth. In Vietnam, all people do volunteer work at a temple. They will visit to the temple on the 1st and 15th every month. They want to do nice things for everyone's life. They are very lovely people. They often do charity. We usually say they are bodhisattvas. They usually smile in __ life. Roman catholicism is a religion of the God. The people believe it, they ___ believe in Jesus Christ, and when they die they will be in Heaven. They believe that God will create a nice life. The feature of Roman Catholicism is the church. Their worship will take place on the Sunday of every week in Church. This is confession for everyone's mistakes. The feature of it is the holy cross. Roman Catholicism has the great festival of Christmas. This is really a wonderful holiday. The weather becomes too cold. It begins spring and the new year.


    The mistake you're making consistently is the use of the article "the" in front of things that don't need it. Unlike in other languages, English doesn't use articles a whole lot. You can usually omit them for general topics and abstract concepts like religions, behaviors, etc. I'm sure there's a concrete rule that I never learned—this article might help with knowing when to use them:


    https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/how-use-articles

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    December 23, 2018
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    A few little tweaks:

    As it gets close to the end of the year, I always get nervous, because we Japanese have some customs related to the New Year. The most tiring one for me is cleaning up my house. For the coming new year, we have to make our houses tidy, but I'm not good at cleaning up. The second most tiring one is preparing New Years cards. We have to send New Years cards to our relatives, coworkers and friends. It's a traditional custom, but it takes a long time and makes me bored to write same things I always do. Anyway, in order to have a relaxing and quiet time for the end of year, it's better to start to do those tasks early (?).

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    December 23, 2018
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    Shit dude, you should be seriously proud of your progress in acquiring English; I've read waaaaaay worse compositions by native speakers in uni. I've changed a few words that make it flow a bit better, but there are no actual mistakes other than your use of the present perfect instead of the preterite in the final paragraph. I've also switched two of your verbs to the subjunctive from the indicative—the subjunctive is becoming less and less relevant even in formal writing, but I think that it important to retain its correct usage.


    Some would argue that it is preferable for parents to teach their children to be competitive, while others believe that collaboration is a better way to make their sons and daughters positive members of society. While having a competitor's mentality can help a future job seeker, I believe that emphasizing cooperation is a superior option because it allows children to acquire useful social skills.


    On the one hand, encouraging a sense of competition in the young goes a long way toward preparing them for future hardships of looking for work. Finding work is often hard these days. Some job openings have a long list of candidates who have to show why they are more worthy to get it than others. That is why being good at winning competitions can help a young person secure such positions. For example, a recent study in Canada showed that that people who self-identified as "very competitive" reported a lower unemployment rate than did the general population. However, I think that overly competitive people do not make good friends or work colleagues, which can make them less happy.

    On the other hand, teaching children to collaborate rather than fight ensures that they learn valuable rules of social interaction. To cooperate, children must find common ground and negotiate. These activities require a lot of communication, which improves their skills in this domain—after all, the more you do something, the better you become at it. For example, a survey conducted in Australia in 2015 found that young adults whose upbringing focused on cooperation had fewer divorces than the national average. I believe that having well-developed social skills leads to far greater life satisfaction than being in a constant state of conflict.

    To conclude, although raising a child to be competitive can ensure he will be employed in the future, I believe such people may be less satisfied with their lives, and for this, emphasizing cooperation is more important.
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    December 21, 2018
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    December 21, 2018
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    You can only use "what" if it's paired with "like". So I could say, "What does it feel like, being home" but not, "How does it feel like being home". If I wanted to use "how", I'd say, "How does it feel, being home?" The order I used sounds more normal to an English speaker than the one you did. I don't *think* yours is technically incorrect, though.
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    December 20, 2018
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