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Ahaha! I love this! Plastic glasses, cookers and burners! 😂
(and also pre-Covid life! Che bello!😂)
I think that was harsh of your advisor though … in Britain we usually accept American spelling and grammar (as long as it is consistent!)
A few notes:
>we would throw a party that night, wonderful pre-covid experiences: would is not correct here, because it implies that you would have done something, but it didn’t happen. You can use this: > we were throwing a party that night or we were having a party that night
> … two minutes before to ❌ understand what I was asking for – before and after needs to be followed by a gerund: two minutes before understanding what I was asking for
Can you try and correct this?:
In my school years I have only studied (TENSE) British English, so when I went in (preposition) Chicago last year there were a lot of errors and misunderstandings by (preposition) my side!