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Hallo deutsch sprechende Leute... mein Deutsch ist sicher nicht zu fortgeschritt, aber ich habe ein 'Zarathustra', das ich ziemlich gut lesen kann, auch andere einfachen Bücher z.B. Hesses 'Siddartha.' Ich will mein deutsch verbessern - und Ihr Hilfe geben natürlich mit Ihren Englisch. Ich interessiere mich für Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Geschichte (sehr)... Musik, Biologie. Meine Aussprach ist sehr gut... Flektierung schlecht, andere Grammatik gut. Vokabular rund 6.000 Worte... ich wäre viel fröher, wenn es 20.000 oder 30.000 wäre... das ist wohl die nützlichste Sache für mich zu tun. Lieblingsmusik - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c6UYHbNYuA ........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAHa-ptypfI ........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5szIfHMjWI ..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbxnnC22gwY
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    Have you heard this?! :)))

    <strike>Just </strike>not long ago some scientists <strike>have </strike>found out: a <strike>good </strike>planet good for living on does exist {{nice use of the emphatic form 'does exist' - correct, and necessary}}. This is Gliese581g: the enigmatic planet with a boring name. Why is it good for living? It gets as much heat as Earth, and it may have liquid <strike>aqua</strike> water. Gliese average temperature is about +20C. <strike>Though</strike> However, it has triple-strength gravity {{Even better is "its gravity is three times stronger than Earth's}}, so the <strike>livers</strike> {{inhabitants | people | beings}} of this planet must be stumpy. If I’d been living there {{"if i lived there is" is better... present simple, subjunctive... the present simple is usually very general and flexible regarding time, rather than referring to the present moment only, therefore it works well here}}  (on this planet), I would stick to the surface and not be able to walk! :) And a year <strike>of</strike> on this planet lasts about 37 Earth days. So what do you think: does there another life exist!? :) {{rather, "does another form of life exist there" or "is there another form of life there" or "does there exist another form of life [in general]", which is mildly archic, or "does there exist another form of life there [on that particular planet]", again mildly archaic. In general, "does there exist ____" is mildly but noticably archaic/poetic and "does ____ exist [on/in ___]" is the present-day idiom. As you probably know, the meaning is the same either way, because 'there' is a 'dummy subject' when used this way - exactly as "it's" is a dummy subject in "It's raining today in France."}}

    "Found out that a planet good for living on does exist" is better than "found out: a planet good for living on does exist". But, the latter is grammatically correct. It's merely a matter of good, smooth style, not a matter of grammar. That's why I'm noting it at the bottom, rather than within the text.

    "a good planet for living on does exist. It's Gliese" is better than "a good planet for living on does exist. This is Giese"

    I too would be stuck to the ground on Gliese, probably no less hopelessly than yourself! - I'm not very robustly built. We will have to send some Olympic weight-lifters with big muscles and short limbs.

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    A hair-shirt is a shirt with hair on the inside. Apparently it is extremely irritating to the skin, and I think it also causes infections. Some Christian monks wore it in Medieval (that is, the period 500-1200) Europe. This is a form of asceticism, which is an aspect of many cultures ('rites of passage') and religions, for example Hinduism. In religion, the purpose is to build discipline I guess - but much more than that, the purpose is to have experiences said to be of a spiritual or mystical type. Also, it is fair to say that the human body, and the worldly life (as opposed to the afterlife in heaven), have often been scorned in many forms of Christianity (a philosophy I disagree with, personally). Therefore it was sort of considered intrinsically good to harm the 'sinful' body. These negative views on the body and worldly life are usually considered fairly silly and extreme in the modern West, by both Christians and non-Christians, and ascetic practices are usually considered extreme and bizarre. So, if I call a person's economic views 'hair-shirt economics', that means they think a certain policy is painful but necessary, but I think it is not necessary at all. I might say, 'the US must start paying down its national debt by 2012 - this will be painful, but a default in 2025 will be even worse'. Another person might say, 'no, the US can (and should) still borrow more - that's just hair-shirt economics'. Someone might say 'we must do ____ in order to stop inflation - this will hurt the economy somewhat, but in the long run inflation will be far worse. Another person with a different opinion says, 'a little inflation is not going to be seriously harmful, but doing _____ certainly will be - this is hair-shirt economics'.
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    > I was upset a week long

    Dies ist auf deutsch richtig, veillicht? : )  In English,     'for a whole week', 'for a week'.

    Or, if you are saying it on the weekend, 'all week'. But, this phrase refers not just to a period of seven days, but to the proper week from Sunday through Saturday. Therefore, if you say 'I've been upset all week' on Wednesday, or on Thursday, it means 'I've been upset since Sunday' (or maybe Monday). Similarly, if you say 'all day' it means since you got up in the morning, not since 24 hours ago.

    > from the stressful atmosphere made by myself

    'atmosphere that I have {created | made} myself', or 'gotten myself into', or 'that I myself have caused'

    Other than those two phrases, perfect.
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    Very nice, almost perfect.
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    Well, each of us enjoys <strike>taking</strike>  [[hearing]] stories about spirited

    we've read a lot of books <strike>of</strike> [[on]] this subject

    a great appetite <strike>to</strike> [[for]] learning

    her cake <strike>has</strike> [[had]] been <strike>already</strike> eaten [[already]]  <em>One should use the 'past perfect' (also called 'pluperfect') tense, because she came home in the past, and her cake was eaten even before that point in the past. But, you probably know that and just didn't notice the error.</em>
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