{"id":7022,"date":"2012-11-23T13:55:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T04:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/?p=7022"},"modified":"2012-11-23T13:55:50","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T04:55:50","slug":"bitsofenglish-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/bitsofenglish-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"@bitsofenglish (Feedback)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have sent out a few tweets this week, but I’m still not exactly sure how the system works, and I still need to write the bio to explain what “bitsofenglish” is and who it is for. Starting this project has made me even more sensitive to English phrases and expressions that I think people might not know, so it has definitely been useful in that respect. I will try to get the Twitter feed included in this blog as soon as possible. <\/p>\n

Here is some feedback on this week’s comments. <\/p>\n

It says \u201cHow many people are there in your family?\u201d. It doesn\u2019t make sense!
\nThanks for pointing this out, and “It doesn’t make sense” is a very nice expression.
\n<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t use Twitter nor facebook
\nI don’t use Twitter or Facebook.
\n<\/strong>OR
\nI use neither Twitter nor Facebook.
\n<\/strong>
\nActually, I was reading this after I\u2019ve posted my comment to David.
\nActually, I read this after I posted my comment to David.
\n<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m still thinking if I should make an account or not.
\nI’m still wondering whether I should make an account or not.
\n<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s actually because I\u2019m not really familiar with PC.
\nIt’s actually because I’m not very good with computers.
\n<\/strong>
\nI set up the account of twitter about one year ago but have hardly used it.
\nI set up a Twitter account about a year ago but have hardly used it.
\n<\/strong>
\nI \u201cguess\u201d you can not \u201cretweet\u201d or \u201cfollow\u201d someone\u2019s Twitter without signing up.
\nI think that is correct.
\n<\/strong>
\nthe idea is that children are taught about all religions and not taught that one religion is better than another
\nThis might be true now, but it was not the case when I was in school. We just got Christian dogma rammed down our throats.
\n<\/strong>
\nAs you may know, most of Japanese people are unbelievers(I\u2019m one of them!).
\nmost Japanese people …
\n<\/strong>
\nAfter doing a few hearings from my friends(is this correct English?),
\nI’m not sure what you mean here. Do you mean “After talking to a few friends…”?
\n<\/strong>
\nThis is a reply to your second tweet: Same to me! and what\u2019s worse, the annual party season is coming right away.
\nI think the most natural thing to say here would be “Me too” or “Same here.” By the way, I am not posting these Tweets as real sentences, so there is no need to respond to them. I am just posting example sentences to show how a particular piece of language is used. Actually, I am in better shape than I have been for many years!
\n<\/strong>
\nThe problem is that I\u2019m not a facebook user( I don\u2019t have a facebook account!), but I got troubles with facebook.
\nI have never heard of this before. I didn’t know that Facebook can send you messages even if you don’t have an account.
\n<\/strong>
\nThanks for your story. It made me pull my socks up.
\n“Pull my socks up” is not natural here. It is best to avoid these kinds of idiomatic expressions unless you are 100% sure they are correct.
\n<\/strong>
\nI can\u2019t and probably she doesn\u2019t allow me to do that.
\nI can’t, and she probably wouldn’t let me do that anyway.
\n<\/strong>
\nTo tell the truth, I felt a bit strange when I read your sentence,
\nTo tell the truth, your sentence looked a bit strange to me when I read it.
\n<\/strong>
\nIt was a 3000 km\u2019s bus ride.
\nWelcome back! Glad to hear you had a good time, but that should be “a 3000-km bus ride.” (A-Z: compound adjectives)
\n<\/strong>
\nSo my comment meant like this: \u201cIt\u2019s the same to me whether David is out of shape or not!\u201d Sorry, David.
\nI don’t think it meant that. If you wanted to say that, it would be “It makes no difference to me whether David is out of shape or not.” As I said, however, please remember that these “bits of English” are just example sentences.
\n<\/strong>
\nI didn\u2019t tell her that I was annoyed about her,
\nI didn’t tell her that I was annoyed with her,
\n<\/strong>
\n\u201cAnybody who murders innocent people for a self-serving ideal is a terrorist in my book.\u201d
\nThanks. That is a useful expression.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have a great weekend, and I will see you again on Monday with a new topic. <\/p>\n

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