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Kenta Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Would you please correct my English? ( Mar. 28 )
Hello. I wrote two dialogues. Would you check them, please?
No. 1
M: Now let's decide which refrigerator to buy.
F: When I think of [ about ] my kitchen layout, we have to buy one
with doors that open from the left.
M: OK. This one has double doors. It's perfect, isn't it?
No. 2
M: When did you live [ were you living ] in New York?
F: I moved [ went ] there when I was five, and came back to Japan
when I was 13.
M: No wonder you speak English very fluently.
Thank you. kenta
No. 1
M: Now let's decide which refrigerator to buy.
F: When I think of [ about ] my kitchen layout, we have to buy one
with doors that open from the left.
M: OK. This one has double doors. It's perfect, isn't it?
No. 2
M: When did you live [ were you living ] in New York?
F: I moved [ went ] there when I was five, and came back to Japan
when I was 13.
M: No wonder you speak English very fluently.
Thank you. kenta
Top answer
Overall, they are good. Here are some suggestions: 1) Using "my kitchen layout" and "we have to buy" is a little strange. If both people own the kitchen, it would be better to write "our kitchen layout".
- Overall, they are good.
- Here are some suggestions: 1) Using "my kitchen layout" and "we have to buy" is a little strange.
- If both people own the kitchen, it would be better to write "our kitchen layout".
- If F only owned the kitchen (maybe M is a salesperson), then you would write "I have to buy".
- Or, the original sentence would be right if F is calling the layout his/her own, but F and M will buy the doors.
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Overall, they are good. Here are some suggestions:
1) Using "my kitchen layout" and "we have to buy" is a little strange. If both people own the kitchen, it would be better to write "our kitchen layout". If F only owned the kitchen (maybe M is a salesperson), then you would write "I have to buy". Or, the original sentence would be right if F is calling the layout his/her own, but F and M
1) Using "my kitchen layout" and "we have to buy" is a little strange. If both people own the kitchen, it would be better to write "our kitchen layout". If F only owned the kitchen (maybe M is a salesperson), then you would write "I have to buy". Or, the original sentence would be right if F is calling the layout his/her own, but F and M
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