Thank you for your feedback. September has started, but here in Tokyo, it is still extremely hot. The maximum temperature is above 35 degrees. It seems that the fall has disappeared. As always, your explanations were easy to follow, and the alternative sentences you offered me were very useful. In particular, I was glad to learn how to use "achieve more" as a synonym for '"achieve higher goals."
Dear HelpfulBrit, Reading your feedback, I'm glad to know you seem like having been fine. The 4th line, "Now, however, the most wonderful memories I have of my time in America have to do with the people I met." First, I was puzzled a bit about "have to do with". I find the meaning of the expression in a dictionary and understood why you used it. Every correction you made makes sense and satisfies my enthusiasm for English writing. Thank you so much as always. It's already September, but still very hot in Japan. Highest temperature of a day is over 35 degree Celsius almost everyday, and plants and trees in my yard have been having hard time to survive. I'm wondering how many times I have to have such harsh hot summer in my life, maybe 20 times or more. When I heard some tropical islands were sinking under the water because of global warming, I didn't take it so seriously, but, now..... How selfish I am! Take care and see you soon. Yoko
Dear HelpfulBrit sensei, Thank you for your informative corrections and a clear answer to my question. No. 1: "Reading it all over" or "reading it all the way through." I’m interested in the differences you mentioned between these two expressions. I understand that "through" conveys an image of going from start to finish, and "all the way" gives me the impression of taking time, like reading every single page thoroughly. , while "over" seems to suggest completing something in just one action. No. 3 and other numbers: Spelling mistakes. I will be more mindful of my spelling. I am sorry to have bothered you. No. 8: Point and aspect. I understand that "point" refers to a small specific area, while "aspect" gives an image of something broader, perhaps encompassing many figurative expressions, which I’d like to explore further later. No. 15: I see now that sovereign power "returns" to someone rather than "moves back" to someone. No. 20-25: Understood: one of the LEADING universities IN Japan. No. 26: What is specific? I often struggle with deciding when to use "that" or "which" as a connective pronoun. However, I’ve learned one thing: "which" is used to add extra information. No. 27: The Japanese. I see that you would tend to refer to "Japanese people" rather than "Japanese" when talking generally about people from Japan. "The Japanese teacher is Japanese." This sentence comfused me. When I read this first, I thought the teacher who has come from Japan has a nationality of Japan, and then I realized that the teacher who teaches Japanese language is racially Japanese. No. 28, 34: The simple present tense. This is my weak point or Achilles’ heel: the simple present tense. I know "we can use the simple present tense to refer to what is regularly and habitually the case." I have this knowledge. But I cannot practically use it. Best regards,
Thank you so much for your comments. They are very clear, detailed and informative just as always!
Dear HelpfulBrit sensei Thank you very much for your kind answer to my question, other corrections and a lot of alternative sentences. I see the way referring to a group with a limit boarder inclusive. "anyone under or aged 16", "anyone 16 or under." mean 16,15,14,till 0. I assume I can say "those with test score marked 300 or above" 1, I see and find that "interfere" is overall under a bad situation, while "involve oneself in" is simply take part in. 9, "Freedom of expression" that is a good short expression. 12, Thank you for your advice, which only a native can give me. I am inspired by your sentence below with a lot of native ways and means. "Especially important, in order to maintain our sovereign power, is the freedom to get information about what is happening now in society." I make a sentence with especially as below: "Especially important, to maintain our sovereign power, is the freedom of expression, especially the freedom to know." I hope it makes sense. 18 I love this sentence. "You Tube is considered to be a kind of TV channel." 19, I love this: "If we banned YouTube, for the sake of consistency, all media would have to be banned." 25,26, I see it's better to use providing rather than the conjunction phrase, and proper terms as "protection against those ": ",providing children with proper protection against those with wicked motives." Thank you again for your fruitful alternatives. Best regards,
Thank you for your feedback. As always, your detailed explanations were easy to follow, and the alternative sentences you offered me were very useful. In particular, your suggestion about choosing from “their own styles” or “original styles” will certainly help me make future essays sound more natural!
Hello, HelpfulBrid, how are you? You wrote me a lot of interesting words and expressions, thank you. I like these, 'the internet have come to light', 'have changed for the better.'and 'they are not the fault of technology, but of people' 'The barrage of' means a lot of actions, sound, questions, etc. that happen at the same time or very quickly after each other. it's a good word, thank you. See you next time, Yoko ps. I guess the Japanese primroses in your yard might be a gift from wild birds. Good for you!
Thank you for your feedback. I cannot believe that in a month, the first half of 2025 will end! As always, your detailed explanations were easy to follow, and the alternative sentences you offered me were very useful!
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Dear Mr. HelpfulBrit, Thank you very much for your comments and kind words! All of the suggestions you gave were very clear and easy to understand. Receiving your feedback motivates me to keep writing essays. Have a great start to the week. Best, Miki
Thank you, as always.
Hello, HelpfulBrit, How are you doing? I'm glad to hear from you again, which sounds you have been well. Thank you for the amendments you made on my essay. The 5th sentence * However, unfortunately their goal, perfect body, is an unrealistic one, false images which are created by using current technologies. *However, unfortunately, their goal (a perfect body) is an unrealistic one, based on false images that are created using current technologies. You added 'based on' which makes the sentence clear to understand. I like it, thank you. It's my favorite season in a year, flowers and fresh greeneries growing. I know It's gorgeous to see anemone flowers in a yard, You have purple, white and red one, that's fantastic! Yes, it's the time we can see wonderful rewards from our effort last year. The roses in my yard are almost ready to bloom, they are pale orange, bright pink, and purple. See you next time, Yoko
Thank you for your feedback. As always, your detailed explanations were easy to follow, and the alternative sentences you offered me were very useful. I love your teaching style!
Thank you, as always.
Thank you, as always.
