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@luke I’m replying here to your essay from the Destroys or Helps lesson so that you can see the corrections by photo.
I’m impressed with the writing effort here (especially thinking towards IELTS – the structure, flow and use of vocabulary are very strong.)
Let’s take a look at what we can improve:
> Can you try and correct #1 and #2 for me?
> phrasal verb push back versus push someone/something back https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/push+him+back
If it’s not clear, let me know and if you have any other questions about the corrections I’ve highlighted, just let me know
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@victorpereira when you say ‘acid’ – do you mean black comedy? Dark humour? I have to admit, I’m a big fan of The Office, but the American one. (I’m a traitor!) The British one is too similar to real life, makes me cringe đđđđ
We have a Peaky Blinders fan in the house! @olatz Check out what she wrote: https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/peaky-blinders/
(note: series – is alway plural: a series)
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Oh it’s such a pity, so many places closing down. It’s heartbreaking actually.
I was a big fan of Golden Girls – I used to watch it every Friday night with my mum and dad when I was little. It’s actually pretty current given how long ago it was made. (And I couldn’t agree more, a good glass of wine and a TV show is a great way to unwind!)
Some rich vocab and structures used here (in green) – great đ
Some notes:
>’closed its doorS‘ – this expression need the plural
> the last (indicates past time) —- we should use the past simple to conclude the phrase e.g. the last film I saw was ….
(note, we don’t need to repeat the pronoun ‘it’ like we do in Italian. Same thing with if the actor’s accents it’s … – we don’t need to use ‘it’)
>’Rather‘ needs the modal verb ‘would‘ to state a preference > I’d rather watch TV ….. or you can use I prefer watching TV ….
đ great work @luke
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It’s the third time this week someone has mentioned ‘Call the Midwife!’… I may have to check it out. I know what you mean about becoming absorbed in a show – this happened to me with The Handmaid’s Tale and Homeland!
Wonderful, rich vocab @Elena (I especially appreciate the words highlighted in green.)
Watch out when using ‘very’ > Adjectives like irrelevant are what we call âAbsolute Adjectivesâ. This means that is generally not capable of being intensified or compared. Therefore we donât use âveryâ with these kinds of adjective.
You could say ‘largely irrelvant’
You might find this interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/eiam/unit-1/session-47
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@MonicaS Ahahah! Love this story (and ‘numpty’ is totally one of my favourite words)
See corrections below.
ps ‘cash’ in British English we say ‘cash register’ or more commonly: ’till’
and in American English they say ‘ cash desk’ or ‘check-out’
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You raise good points @onorati66 thanks for sharing.
Would you recommend reading âThe perfect dictatorshipâ?
Watch out with the use of articles:
you need ‘the’ here: … the Chinese education system and also I do not like the Chinese system at all
and you need ‘a’ here: … I have the impression that in a few years
I suggest you check out these lessons to revise this grammar point:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/lower-intermediate/unit-8/tab/grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/upper-intermediate/unit-9/session-1
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‘Is fake news a problem?’ – excellent @vale. Truly! No mistakes
In the first paragraph, can you try and correct the following?
> A fake news is a news not based on …….. or supported by scientific datas …… (clue – countable?)
> reported by earing (clue – spelling)
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Written like a pro @MonicaS !đ
Just watch with ‘knackered’ – > Adjectives like knackered and gutted are what we call âAbsolute Adjectivesâ. This means that is generally not capable of being intensified or compared. Therefore we donât use âveryâ with these kinds of adjective.
You might find this interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/eiam/unit-1/session-47
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@olatz A few tweaks!
> hereâs a few reasons (you will hear this in spoken English, but watch out!) When we write: here are a few reasons
> Each and every one …… has been created – can you try and fix this?
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I’m replying to your essay on the Destroys or Helps lesson here as I wanted to share the corrections on photo. Excellent writing @olatz very much towards C2 level. You’ll note some corrections I’ve made.
> Research is uncountable. Specific research projects are countable, but when speaking of research in general, you’re using an uncountable noun; treat it as singular.
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Excellent work Olatz, very fluently expressed and wonderful use of vocabulary đ
(You’ll definitely like Fleabag based on your Derry Girls addiction and you may also like Life in Pieces, which is an American show, very witty!)
I quite liked the first season on Money Heist but then I think it just got silly – that’s my limited experience of Spanish series unfortunately. I loved the first 3 seasons of Outlander, but then I lost interest in it – but am so happy that you found it helped when you went to Scotland. That’s brilliant.
Just a few notes;
> I have grown accustomed to watching everything ON my laptop
> as I spend most of my time AT work from Monday …
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@MonicaS In my professional opinion, one of the best methods for learning real English is to learn it in the pub! (I’m not even kidding!) However, I get that it obviously isn’t a complete education and of course you have some holes!
I think it’s also a very sensitive observation to make about adapting your vocabulary to help out the listener – I’m surprised how many people just don’t get that!
I think register is a challenge for many of you. I would like to prepare a lesson on this soon. In the meanwhile, you might find this lesson useful: https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/how-and-why-to-be-polite-and-diplomatic-in-english-at-work/
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Got you!
> … an unrecognised genius who knows his stuff!
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Fab! I shall add it to my reading list!
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I hear that!
