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Jack

May 6, 2021

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When I started to work, there were no commercial houses in China. I lived in a room provided by my institution. This kind of situation lasted for about 13 years. During this period, I had changed my institution three times. And the last time my institution didn't have a room for me. My family has to rent an apartment to live in. At that time, China began to develop its real estate industry, and the housing system for national staff has also begun to reform. That is to say, I had to consider buying an apartment for living. In 1998, I bought my first apartment with 92 square meters , and it cost me about 48 thousand yuan of RMB. When the apartment was just built, its location was a little bit remote and there were even no street lights in that area. My family had lived there for 20 years. In 2018, I sold it because of housing aging and the area it was located in was with a bad living environment. This is my first apartment. Afterwards, I'd like to write about my other apartments.

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When I started to work, there were no commercial houses in China.

I lived in a room provided by my institution.

This kind of situation lasted for about 13 years.

During this period, I had changed my institution three times.

My family hasd to rent an apartment to live in.

At that time, China began to develop its real estate industry, and the housing system for national staff has also beguan to reform.

That is to say, I had to consider buying an apartment for living.

In 1998, I bought my first apartment with 92 square meters , and it cost me about 48 thousand yuan of RMB.

When the apartment was just built, its location was a little bit remote and there were not even no street lights in that area.

My family had lived there for 20 years.

"had lived" is used to refer to a time predating another time in the past.

In 2018, I sold it because ofthe housing aginge had aged and the area where it was located in was withhad become a bad living environment.

This iwas my first apartment.

AfterwardsIn the future, I'd like to write about my other apartments.

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Overall very good. Most of the issues had to do with choosing the correct past tense for a given situation.

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Jack

May 9, 2021

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Thank you very much.

Jack's avatar
Jack

May 9, 2021

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When the apartment was just built, its location was a little bit remote and there were not even no street lights in that area.

What’s the difference between “there were even no” and “there were not even”?

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Michael_P

May 9, 2021

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What’s the difference between “there were even no” and “there were not even”?

You could say "there were no", but not "there were even no". I think "there were even no" may be correct in grammatical terms, because "even" is used as an adverb and "no" is used as an adjective, but it does not sound right to a native speaker.

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Jack

May 9, 2021

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I see. Thank you very much.

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When I started to work, there were no commercial houses in China.

I lived in a room provided by my institution.

This kind of situation lasted for about 13 years.

This kind of situation lasted for about 13 years.

During this period, I had changed my institution three times.

During this period, I had changed my institution three times.

And the last time my institution didn't have a room for me.

My family has to rent an apartment to live in.

My family hasd to rent an apartment to live in.

At that time, China began to develop its real estate industry, and the housing system for national staff has also begun to reform.

At that time, China began to develop its real estate industry, and the housing system for national staff has also beguan to reform.

That is to say, I had to consider buying an apartment for living.

In 1998, I bought my first apartment with 92 square meters , and it cost me about 48 thousand yuan of RMB.

When the apartment was just built, its location was a little bit remote and there were even no street lights in that area.

When the apartment was just built, its location was a little bit remote and there were not even no street lights in that area.

My family had lived there for 20 years.

My family had lived there for 20 years.

In 2018, I sold it because of housing aging and the area it was located in was with a bad living environment.

In 2018, I sold it because ofthe housing aginge had aged and the area where it was located in was withhad become a bad living environment.

This is my first apartment.

This iwas my first apartment.

Afterwards, I'd like to write about my other apartments.

AfterwardsIn the future, I'd like to write about my other apartments.

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