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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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it seems like I haven't even left my hometown
Being a Westerner who lives in Taipei, I think globalization is great because it gives me so much more access to things, pastimes/entertainments/amusements, and people from around the world, that it seems like I haven't even left my hometown of London.
For a start, do all the three underlined words work in the above situation?
Second, is it more formal and therefore better to replace seems like with seems that?
Thanks.
For a start, do all the three underlined words work in the above situation?
Second, is it more formal and therefore better to replace seems like with seems that?
Thanks.
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Hi, Being a Westerner who lives in Taipei, I think globalization is great because it gives me so much more access to things, pastimes/entertainments/amusements , and people from around the world, that it seems like I haven't even left my hometown of London. For a start, do all the three underlined words work in the above situation? 'Entertainment' (singular) seems the most natural choice of the three.
- Hi, Being a Westerner who lives in Taipei, I think globalization is great because it gives me so much more access to things, pastimes/entertainments/amusements , and people from around the world, that it seems like I haven't even left my hometown of London.
- For a start, do all the three underlined words work in the above situation?
- 'Entertainment' (singular) seems the most natural choice of the three.
- You might also say 'activities'.
- Second, is it more formal and therefore better to replace seems like with seems that ?
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Hi,
Being a Westerner who lives in Taipei, I think globalization is great because it gives me so much more access to things, pastimes/entertainments/amusements, and people from around the world, that it seems like I haven't even left my hometown of London.
For a start, do all the three underlined words wor
Being a Westerner who lives in Taipei, I think globalization is great because it gives me so much more access to things, pastimes/entertainments/amusements, and people from around the world, that it seems like I haven't even left my hometown of London.
For a start, do all the three underlined words wor
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Thanks, Clive, for the helpful reply.
I get it now.
For the sake of curiosity, why don't pastimes and amusements fit in the context?
I get it now.
For the sake of curiosity, why don't pastimes and amusements fit in the context?
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Hi,
why don't pastimes and amusements fit in the context?
A pastime can be something you do by yourself, eg reading.
An amusement sounds too frivolous, too self-indulgent, perhaps too childish. It's a more limited word, and would not be sound as natural here.
why don't pastimes and amusements fit in the context?
A pastime can be something you do by yourself, eg reading.
An amusement sounds too frivolous, too self-indulgent, perhaps too childish. It's a more limited word, and would not be sound as natural here.
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CliveHi,
why don't pastimes and amusements fit in the context?
A pastime can be something you do by yourself, eg reading.
An amusement sounds too frivolous, too self-indulgent, perhaps too childish. It's a more limited word
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