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Sept. 13, 2021

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Heads or Tails?

Yesterday evening, I learned the call of a coin toss is "Heads or Tails." when I was watching a movie. I thought it was "Front or Back" because I say so in Japanese. However, we use "Heads or Tails" in Japanese in another situation. When we talk about Taiyaki, which is a Japanese sweet shaped like a sea bream, it's often asked which part you start to eat with the head or tail. By the way, it was said that people who start to eat with the head are smart and people who start with the tail are fast runners as I was a kid.

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Heads or Tails?

Yesterday evening, I learned that the call of a coin toss is "Heads or Tails." when I was watching a movie.

This correction is to fix the sentence fragment below.
The addition of "that" is not strictly necessary, but it does help clarify the sentence structure.

when I was watching a movie.

This is a sentence fragment, so it should be connected to the sentence before it.

I thought it was "Front or Back" because I say sothat in Japanese.

However, we use "Heads or Tails" in Japanese in another situation.

When we talk about Ttaiyaki, which is a Japanese sweet shaped like a sea bream, it's often asked which part you start to eat withether you eat the head or tail first.

I had to google what a sea bream is. Thanks for teaching me something new! If you want to clarify what it is, you could write the sentence like this:
When we talk about taiyaki, which is a Japanese sweet shaped like a sea bream (a type of fish), it's often asked whether you eat the head or tail first.

By the wayWhen I was a kid, it was said that people who start to eat witheat the head first are smart and people who start with the tail are fast runners as I was a kid.

"By the way" normally leads to a phrase that is parenthetical, or not completely necessary for the story's sake. Your previous sentence suggests that this explanation is coming, so "by the way" isn't appropriate here.

I changed "as I was a kid" to "when I was a kid" because "as" is generally used when someone is doing something at the same time as the rest of the sentence ("He cleaned as I cooked"). Sometimes "as" is used in the place of "because," as shown below:

"As I was a kid, I was not allowed to stay up late.": I was not allowed to stay up late, and this was because I was a child.
"When I was a kid, I was not allowed to stay up late.": I was not allowed to stay up late, and this happened during my childhood.

I decided to put "when I was a kid" at the start of the sentence rather than the end because the phrase refers to when "it was said" and it is easier to understand what "when I was a kid" refers to.

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Nice job! Very interesting!

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ponta

Sept. 14, 2021

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Thank you for your polite corrections!

Heads or Tails?

Yesterday evening, I learned the call of a coin toss is "Heads or Tails."

Yesterday evening, I learned that the call of a coin toss is "Heads or Tails." when I was watching a movie.

when I was watching a movie.

when I was watching a movie.

I thought it was "Front or Back" because I say so in Japanese.

I thought it was "Front or Back" because I say sothat in Japanese.

However, we use "Heads or Tails" in Japanese in another situation.

When we talk about Taiyaki, which is a Japanese sweet shaped like a sea bream, it's often asked which part you start to eat with the head or tail.

When we talk about Ttaiyaki, which is a Japanese sweet shaped like a sea bream, it's often asked which part you start to eat withether you eat the head or tail first.

By the way, it was said that people who start to eat with the head are smart and people who start with the tail are fast runners as I was a kid.

By the wayWhen I was a kid, it was said that people who start to eat witheat the head first are smart and people who start with the tail are fast runners as I was a kid.

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