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A Electricity Bill

Today, my electricity bill for February was sent, and the cost was surprisingly high. It's almost twice higher than the price of a month in the summer season. I used an electric heater and stayed at home for a long time, so the cost is not strange. I want Spring to come soon!

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I want Spring to come soon!

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A Electricity Bill


An Electricity Bill An Electricity Bill

Before a vowel put an instead of a

An Electricity Bill An Electricity Bill

If a word begins with a vowel (aeiou), we always use the article "an" instead of "a" before it.

Today, my electricity bill for February was sent, and the cost was surprisingly high.


Today, I got my electricity bill for February was sent, and, the cost was surprisingly high. Today, I got my electricity bill for February, the cost was surprisingly high.

Today, I received my electricity bill for February was sent, and the cost was surprisingly high. Today I received my electricity bill for February, and the cost was surprisingly high.

I always have a hard time with あげる and もらう in Japanese, too.

It's almost twice higher than the price of a month in the summer season.


It's almost twice higher thandouble the price of a month in the summer season. It's almost double the price of a month in the summer season.

It's almost twice as higher than the pricecost of a month in the summer season. It's almost twice as high than the cost of a month in the summer.

This sounds more natural in the US. Alternatives: It's almost twice as high than the cost of a month during the summer. It's almost twice as high than the cost during the summer. It's almost twice as high than a summer month. It's almost twice as high than the cost of a summer month.

I used an electric heater and stayed at home for a long time, so the cost is not strange.


I used an electric heater and stayed at home for a long time, so the cost is not strangea lot, so I am not surprised. I used an electric heater and stayed at home a lot, so I am not surprised.

I used an electric heater and stayed at home for a longmost of the time, so the cost is not strabill isn't surprisinge. I used an electric heater and stayed home most of the time, so the bill isn't surprising.

This sounds more natural in the US. While we can use "変" in Japanese, in US English, we don't often use it this way.

I want Spring to come soon!


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