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Diary 1 - My friend Maggie
Maggie, one of my close friends, invited me to have dinner in her dormitory. I visited her in a happy mood after class. She cooked me the dinner - tomato spaghetti. It was a delicious meal. We haven't seen each other for quite a while as she went to volunteer in Nepal for six months. She is such a brave and independent girl. If I were her, I pobably would not have the courage to leave my hometown alone for such a long period of time. I do want to try one though. Maybe one day, I'll go somewhere alone to explore the world. Who knows?Dinner is just "dinner" - not "the dinner." "I do want to try one".... you need to specify what "one" might be. "I do want to try, myself, though." Or "I do want to try one trip, though."
0 votedFebruary 8, 20190Help(english)
Hi, there
Should you say “Is there some person I didn’t come to with the plate that had their hands up” or “Is there some person THAT I didn’t come to with the plate that had their hands up”?
Thank youHello...
You can say “Is there some person I didn’t come to with the plate that had their hands up” or “Is there some person who I didn’t come to with the plate that had their hands up.”
BUT sounds like a long and complicated sentence and it's hard to understand! I would rephrase it completely.
How about:
"Did I come to everyone with the plate who had their hands up?"
(Hand up? - one, or both? Usually if you are putting your hand up to signal for attention, it is just one hand and the expression is to "put your hand up.")
What are the people doing with the plate? I am wondering how you could say this more clearly.
"Did everyone who had their hand up receive a plate?" or "Did everyone who wanted a plate receive one?"
I don't know the context of this, so if you can explain more, it will be easier to help you find a clear way of saying what you mean.
0 votedJanuary 19, 20193Happy Holy Theophany to everyone! This's my first note in English in here. Please, correct me.
Hello!
- This is. We never shorten "is" to " 's" after an "s" sound (or a "z" or a "sh"). So, "this is" is always written in full (even though when we speak, if we are speaking quickly, we may make it sound shorter.)
- Also, we don't need a comma (",") after "please." When we speak, there is no pause there. So "Please correct me."
Hope this helps!
0 votedJanuary 19, 20192Trial - What I did today
This is my first notebook entry. I am new to italki and I hope it can help improve my English. I am particularly weak at writing and speaking. That's why I am trying to write something here. Sadly, I couldn't really think of what to write... You probably can see it from my text. Maybe I can tell you about what I did today. I did volunteer work today. My duty was simple - helped the tour guide to finish her tour smoothly. The tour was about introducing the history of a country park and some common plants that one can see in the park. The whole tour was relaxing and I enjoyed it so much. The only bad thing was that the park was quite far away from my home, so I spent pretty much time in commuting.This is really good! It isn't weak at all. The only thing to correct is the last sentence: "so I spent quite a lot of time getting there."
"To commute" is generally used to talk about going to and from one's regular place of work, rather than any other place or for any other activity, so in this case you would need to say something like "getting there" or "travelling" or even "in the car" or "on public transport."
"Pretty much" is used to mean "almost." For example, "I'm pretty much finished." Or "the work is pretty much done." So you can't use it here - you can't say "pretty much time." So, you need to change it to something like "quite a lot of." Just so you know, "pretty much" is used only informally. It's fine in a notebook or diary but you wouldn't use it in any more formal piece of writing.
0 votedJanuary 19, 20190
