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Really well written @Wanda – what a pleasure to read; very fluid and natural, and some lovely vocab in there 👍
I have the same feeling about Italian TV. The way women are portrayed on some of the channels can leave me feeling very uncomfortable. In fact, I never put the TV on to be honest. I tend to use my i-pad to stream series when I want to watch telly.
Some notes for you:
> Confidential and for a long time in black and white … (What do you mean by ‘confidential’? I’m not sure it’s the right word)
> A big step forward for the society – you don’t need ‘the’ here. Articles can be tricky! If you want to have a look into it, this is a very good lesson: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/intermediate/unit-16/tab/grammar
> it became quite quickly a tool to manipulate politic and people behavior – word order
it QUITE QUICKLY became a tool to manipulate POLITICS AND PEOPLE’S BEHAVIOUR or POLITICAL and people’S behavior
> in most of the channels – preposition: on + channel > on most of the channels
> I felt uncomfortable about the image of the woman that TV spread – we need to use the plural here and again, no article – I felt uncomfortable about the image of WOMEN that TV spread.
Let me know if anything isn’t clear or if you have any questions 🤗
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Hi @sabri
Am posting some corrections here. Have a look and let me know if you have any questions
1. I think of AN English mother tongue with a perfect accent … I know some guys from London or countryside near it that speaks a perfect, scholastic accent. I don’t know if is due their provenance. 2. My favourite accent is THAT WHICH I can understand without great DIFFICULTY !!!! 3.My favourite thing is that for a European citizen THE use of English is fundamental for working at EU level. 4 Probably the denaturation of native language due to incorrect use ( GRAMMAR and accent, tone) of a lot of people of different languages that use English TO communicate between THEMSELVES 5 At this point the English is the only possibility …. the international language. 6 In italy is important if you have a JOB AT a level WHERE you have TO exchange with other countries.
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I agree – using slang with other non-native speakers of English can be problematic!
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Ah, so you’ve seen it first hand @sabri .
Here you don’t need ‘a’ because work is uncountable: English represents the key to open the door of better paid work or English represents the key to open the door of a better paid JOB
And China doesn’t need ‘the’
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I feel often feel the same about contemporary art. I sometimes wonder what the point is, even sometimes thinking it is a con.
Anyway, nice @onorati66 . A few things to look out for:
1. as ____ human being ❓
2. How not to appreciate artworks for their beauty or emotional power? This isn’t correct as a question. You could phrase it like this: How can one not appreciate artworks for their beauty or emotional power?
3. We are in the country where the half of art world heritage is. We need to change the word order a bit: We are in the country where half of THE art world heritage is.
4. I am interested into searching > preposition ❓
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Excellent work @Paolo This is very high quality indeed.
Below you will find my corrections and suggestions. Please let me know if you have any questions about it 👍
I think that we all perceive that television has had a huge role in shaping our way of living. Clearly, there is a strong correlation between television and its influence on our society and it is a fact that it is still the most popular medium globally. (Strong intro✅ You could start a new paragraph here to help the flow)
What It doesn’t stand out (Here you should remove ‘IT’. However, it sounds better to say: What isn’t so clear) is how positively or negatively television has affected our cultural development and attitudes. In my opinion, there are both impacts. (both have an impact or both are true)
(⚠️new paragraph) In a positive way, television has bolstered (✅) the world of information, helping the spread and the democratization of news, cultural and educational contents⚠️ (content – singular). On the other hand, that could lead to the “They said it on TV” culture: we risk mythicizing its role, soaking up the flow of information without applying the proper filters. (✅)
(⚠️new paragraph)Another crucial point is that television schedule gravitates towards programs ratings. That means that all the rage entertainment programs (no matter their contents❗️) have more chances❗️ to be aired than the dowdy (✅) educational ones. Hence, in order to be on stage, the latter need to push the envelope more and more as it is, for example in talk shows, where information is transformed into “infotainment”. ✅
Even if I’m not keen on TV, I feel I took all its bad influence, as it is said in a Woody Allen’s film (if we use the article ‘a’, ‘Woody Allen’ becomes an adjective of sorts, therefore we don’t use the saxon genitive: as it is said in a Woody Allen film): “Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad television”. The thing is that television is driven by our preferences.
good job 👍
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You are so very welcome @Lu_Corde
Excellent Lucia, I’m so proud of you 👏👏
note: W.F. 3 > result of his STUDIES – ✅
You can also use ‘research’ but in the singular (it’s uncountable like ‘information’)
Well done!
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Thanks for sharing @JoRu
Let me correct a few things:
> This, I think, should be in the past tense (unless you are still at uni?) I STUDIED art history at university.
> Better to say it like this: … then I expanded INTO to all the 20th century.
> Wrong word: sense of unfulfillment
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Interesting @Lu_Corde – I too have noticed some prejudices in Italy around accents unfortunately.
I’m really happy to hear having an accent isn’t an issue for you – it is totally the right attitude to have.
N.B
⚠️ I think this is due to the fact that the British Empire was composed from a lot of different country
If you want to use the word ‘composed’ you have to use the preposition ‘by’. However, there is a better phrasal verb you can use in this case: to be made up of (plus watch your agreement):
> I think this is due to the fact that the British Empire was MADE UP OF a lot of different countrIES
⚠️Some more errors with prepositions:
> have power on someone else >>> have power OVER someone else
> I moved in Turin >>> to move TO a place
> was full of prejudices on >>> prejudices ABOUT
> I never felt discriminated >>> I never felt discriminated AGAINST
🤗 Check out this post: https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/tips-for-learning-prepositions/
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@Lu_Corde this is AWESOME!!! It put a smile on my face and reminded me of my uni days!
See the tweaks I’ve made to make it perfect!
A: Guys! Come here, we have to order some GRUB otherwise we WON’T eat UNTIL 11 pm!
C: I can hear you from my room.
B: ANY NOSH is fine WITH me.
A: BLOODY hell MATES! Don’t be TWO SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC. And you C, do you really want to be a CURTAIN TWITCHER at 23 yo? 😂
(B and C arrives in the kitchen pretty annoyed)
A: TA!
C: Okay, okay, here we are. Do you FANCY pizza?
B: No, I’m not in a pizza mood today.
A: I don’t want it EITHER, we had pizza last week. What about sushi?
C: Yeah! There is that restaurant close to Elena’s place that is THE BEE’S KNEES!
B: It’s too expensive, PALS.
A: Are you TAKING THE PISS OUT OF me? You said that “ANY NOSH is fine WITH you”!
B: I changed my mind.
A: BOB’S YOUR UNCLE. Ok, I’m KNACKERED, everything is actually okay WITH/FOR me. Let me know when you decide.
(B and C discuss for like 40 minutes) 😂
C: Okay, okay. Pizza is fine.
A(arriving): Pizza? I LOST THE PLOT, MATES. But B doesn’t FANCY pizza.
B: We mean the deep dish. (A sort of pizza pie typical of Chicago)
A: Deep dish is not CHEAP AS CHIPS. Okay, you know what? I don’t mind.
C: JAMMY you! Because we ordered it before you come here.
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I appreciate the honesty @sabri !
Have a look at these corrections:
1. I don’t like a lot the TV series AND I don’t watch a lot the TV shows
> word order should be like this
✅ I don’t like TV series a lot (LIKE + SOMETHING + A LOT)
✅ I don’t watch TV shows a lot (DO + SOMETHING + A LOT)
2. … from beginning to ending in one time >
✅ … from beginning to END in one GO (‘in one go‘ is an expression)
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No worries @Paolo
To answer you: no, eager is usually followed by ‘to’ plus the verb
I’m eager to learn surfing
OR followed by ‘for’
I’m eager for something
We can use other prepositions too. But mostly ‘to’ or ‘for’ (this is a good article https://lingohelp.me/preposition-after-adjective/eager-for-to-in-about-on/)
> love ON biscuits doesn’t sound right to me. I’d say love FOR as you said
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You’re more than welcome @Paolo
Keep up the good work.
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👍 You’re welcome
The corrections are to correct grammatical and lexical errors.
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I can tell you enjoyed it! Keep it up @Paolo
Prepositions are one of the hardest things to learn – all the rules seem to go out the window and there’s a lot of interference with your first language. (After so many years in Italy, I still get them wrong 😟)
Something you can do (if you don’t already) is pay attention when you read: start looking closely at which prepositions follow which words. Do you notice patterns? Or variations sometimes? And if there are variations, how does the meaning change? (Is it a phrasal verb, for example?) So kind of be like a Sherlock Homes of English!
Then, have a read of this when you have time – I think you’ll find it useful
https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/tips-for-learning-prepositions/
