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Great bigger version of Cafe Corner and great interior! I'm wondering why TLC decided to put nothing in there. The rooms look cozy and inviting.

Rufus, you should be given an academic title for your editing skills! Thanks for your help! First, the sorcerer was invisible. Later he was tired. He lay visible on his bed. => Is the structure of the bold part correct? After the lunch we went... => Without the We went on the mountains to find that flower. => ...went to the mountains... => ... went on a mountain... => Or is it OK? He said,"I'm invisible! How can I change this? Help me to be visible!" => become instead of be or OK the way it is? I got an idea. => I had an idea. They told all their parents. => ...told their parents everything. In the book of the wizard the four friends found a spell on invisibility. => Correct preposition? You can cast a spell on someone, but I don't know if on works here. the name of the book => I think it's OK, but I'd say title. They decided to mix another liquid. => OK? The writer wants to say that they made a magic potion. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for your previous replies, Rufus! How about these sentences: I like the air conditioning of this building. => air conditioning OR air conditioning system My brother's leg was broken and he got a gypsum. => My version: ...and it was put in plaster. I rode past the house. ("I" is on a bike.) => OK or would you say "I rode my bike past the house"? I assume that either way is perfectly fine (as long as it is clear that "I" is on a bike and not in a car.) The man rode his bike along Mill Street down to his new villa. => I'd cross out "down". => Or: ...rode his bike down Mill Street to his new villa. He saw his sandwich lying in the street. => ON, or is both possible? The animals stood at the other side (of the fence). => ON instead of AT The boy rode down the street by bike. => I'd say: The boy rode his bike down the street. Again, thanks in advance!

When you spend a longer time abroad, you learn a language in a natural way. => My suggestion: When you spend a longer period of time abroad, you learn a language in an authentic setting. Only few believe that going abroad is a useless time. => A useless period of time? A waste of time? I don't like the indefinite article before "useless time." Most of them have been at least once on holiday abroad. => ...on holiday abroad at least once. Many people go abroad for special events such as concerts or for visiting museums. => to visit museums. Thanks in advance for your help!

Yay or nay? I'd say a clear YAY. I'd go bonkers if I had to build the modulars without that wonderful system of making the building process faster and easier. However, I take the view that they are not needed with smaller sets, but it highly depends on what you consider to be a small set. It's quite a subjective matter.

Thanks for your help, Rufus! Yes, that was a typo. Maybe I first wanted to write "I phoned her at once." And thanks for telling me that Big Ben is used without the definite article. Most sights require "the" but not all of them. I haven't been able to figure out a rule regarding that matter. I don't even know if there is actually a rule. But you say Big Ben is like a name. Maybe it's because of that.

In the next moment she heard a noise. => AT the next moment...? => The next moment...? He took a bath in a magic shower gel. 10 years later he didn't remember the shower gel. => Is "remember the shower gel" OK or should it be "remember about". The writer wants to say that he couldn't remember having taken a bath in the magic shower gel. About wizardry and transformations: At once the cat was a bird. => All out of a sudden the cat was a bird. => In an instant the cat was a bird. I'd use "at once" if no form of "to be" is used. => I'll do it at once. => I'll phoned her at once. One day last year we decided to go to the lake. => OK or "on one day last year"? They noticed they had spoken the spell wrong. => had mispronounced the spell? He answered no. => He answered in the negative? In this night, the two kids left the house. They wanted to see... => That night... You have to cut the tree. => Can you use "cut" this way when you want to say that you have to reduce the length of the branches of a tree? We didn't see the family Williams. => We didn't see family Williams? => We didn't see the Williams family? The wizard had to attend a lesson on transfiguration. => on transformation? He said/spoke the spell. => Can you say the above sentence? Or would it be better to say: He uttered/read/spoke/said the magic words. Thanks in advance!

Thank you Sid! Some more things for talented analysts of errors: The Big Ben is another sight. It is a high tower with a big clock in it. => Is the preposition OK? When you're at the top of the Ferris wheel, you feel like whenyou are ill. => as if? I want to tell you how life is here. => OK or what life is like? It's a wonderful life in Dover. => It's a wonderful life that I lead in Dover. => Life is wonderful in Dover. Our house is near to my job. => OK or workplace? I miss you so! => Possible or should much be put after so? This girl goes in my class. => This girl is my classmate? => This girl is in my class? My sister has a big apartment in London City. => in the city of London? Thanks in advance!

Happy birthday to you!

She can go to street entertainments. => I'd say activities of street entertainment. He hasn't seen you for just a long time. => Can just be put there? The first week she was in New York she was sad. => In the first week in New York she was excited? => In the first week of being in New York she was excited? => The first week when she was in New York was exciting? The weather will be in the next days as perfect as it has been. => The weather will be as perfect in the next few days as it has been. Possible? => Or, definitely correct: In the next few days the weather will be as perfect as it has been.

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WITH social networks like Facebook everyone is able to find former schoolmates and new friends. Is WITH okay? Would BY or THROUGH be better? Or WITH THE HELP OF? Downloading and listening to music IS/ARE? Guys, I really love your help. There's no better way of analysing a language than with the help of some extremely helpful native speakers. I learn a lot from you.

I don't have a programme to create LEGO trains and I don't need one. I spend too much time in front of the computer anyway. Since I have no creative mind, I usually build them from instructions. I have already built trains from MOC instructions I found on the internet.

Good to hear that from a moderator. I wasn't sure what they would think of this activity here. By the way, thanks for your help. Time for another question: If someone doesn't know the meaning of a word in another language, they can search it on the internet. => search it or search for it?

About Youtube, Facebook, etc.: The Internet is a kind of entertainment. => I'd say: some kind of First sentence of a text: Everyone knows the problem with anorexia. Many people suffer from it. => the problem OF anorexia? There is greed and there is hatred. Both is a big problem. => Both are a big...? Can you say "This statistic shows..."? => I believe it should be "statistics show that" or "this set of statistics shows that" Electronic home banking is simple and extremely fast, and it is no stress. => Is itOK? Should it be there is no stress? Or: ...and it is not stressful. About the Internet: You can use platforms of all kind. => I'd say kinds.

Thanks, Lord of Pies! You were so terribly quick that you missed some of my questions since I was editing my post and adding some new information. Maybe you'll have time to share your opinion on the additions too.

This is one of the most used things of teenagers. => OK or should it be "by teenagers"? Another point where this programme is good is when you... => Is this sentence OK or should it be for which instead of "where"? It is maybe the best thing that has ever been invented. => I'd put maybe at the beginning. In that position I'd use probably. What do you think? With the internet you can stay in touch with people everywhere and you are able to find every sort of information. => For "every" I'd use any, but I'm not sure if "everywhere" must be substituted with anywhere or whether you can leave it the way it is. Which one is better? a) I can do with it what I want. b) I can do what I want with it. Thanks in advance for your helpful comments!

Your layout looks most impressive. You must've spent a lot of time on and put a lof of thought into assembling the engine. It looks quite complex. The wheel constructions on both waggons and engine also look quite special and elaborate.

There was a meal on the table. The children ate from the meal. => to eat from a meal? Is it OK? The pharaoh showed his palace. => Is it OK without mentioning to whom he showed it? I'd say: He showed THEM (or whomever) his palace. Was that all only a dream? => My version: Was all that only a dream? Most of them went with sandals or barefoot. => in sandals, I assume. a) They went on holiday/vacation with them. b) They went with them on holiday/vacation. => I'd go with A. What do you think? A similar example: a) I went to the cinema with them. b) I went with them to the cinema. => Again, I'd go with A.

Thanks! Prepositions can be nasty.

Hi guys! What do you say to the following sentences: The play is about a man at our age. => I'd cross out the preposition. He plays in the club Real Madrid. => My suggestion: He plays for club Real Madrid.

Thank you!

My whole class said it was a good movie. Can you say "my whole class said" or should it be "all my classmates said"/"in my class everyone said"? They said it was the best movie of all time they had seen. The second half of the sentence sounds a bit weird. I'd say: => They said it was the best movie of all time. => OR: They said it was the best movie they had ever seen.

The example sentence with the toothbrush was written by a 12- or 13-year-old girl. My students speak German as their mother tongue. The questions I post here and your answers should help me avoid overcorrection. The correction system I apply requires great precision. I mean it does not matter when I don't spot an error. Lucky students! But it is bad when you overcorrect and take away a point for something that would be correct. Sometimes they are asked to write sentences with certain words. So I find out if they can really use those words. Well, some people come up with sentences such as "I clean my teeth with my toothbrush". Of course, when there is no context and only a single sentence, you have to accept it. Unfortunately, they tend to come up with such sentences instead of writing something else like: Yesterday I went into a shop and forgot to buy a new toothbrush. They'd be competent enough to write that, but in testing situations they are nervous, of course. In my lessons, they are obliged to use all grammar rules correctly, even though they will later realise that oral English is much more forgiving when it comes to making mistakes. But it's like that in any language. I sometimes hear native speakers of German use grammar incorrectly. And when I speak French, I know I make mistakes, but as long as I am understood and don't have to write, I don't care.

Thanks, Mr Man! By the way, I signed up at a language forum to post such matters there, but I find the people here and the way they reply much nicer. What do you say to the definite article in this sentence: Every day I clean my teeth with the toothbrush. The definite article strikes me as odd, but it might be OK. I'm not sure. I'd say: => ....with a toothbrush. => ....with my toothbrush. => ....with the toothbrush I bought one month ago. Just tell me if the original version is OK or if you would use one of my three versions. Thanks in advance!