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Jack

July 2, 2023

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A Funny Story

One day, while a beautiful young lady walked on the street, one of her shoes broke. She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask people for help, but she was embarrassed to ask for it. Many people walked on the street and didn’t notice that she had the trouble.

At that time, a man walked by and noticed that the lady was in need of help. After he got eye contact with the lady, he made up his mind to help her, but he suddenly recalled that days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, so he changed his mind and stopped helping the young lady and walked away.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him down on the ground. The old woman asked him in panic, "Did I hurt you deeply?" The people who saw this and ran to the man shouted to the old woman, "isn't that bad yet? You hurt him too deeply!"

The man wailed and said, "Oh, women!"

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A Funny Story

One day, while a beautiful young lady walked s walking along the street, one of her shoes broke.

Many people walkedpassed her on the street andbut didn’t notice that she had thewas having trouble.

After he gotmade eye contact with the lady, he made up his mind to help her, but he suddenly recalled that days [ago | earlier], a fortune teller (had) told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, so he changed his mind (and stopped helping the young lady) and walked away.

“Stopped helping the lady” doesn’t make sense because he never started helping her, he’d only DECIDED to help her.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him down on, knocking him to the ground.

The old woman asked him in a panic, "Did I hurt you deepbadly?"

“Deeply” is the wrong adverb in this context. “Are you hurt badly?” or simply “Are you hurt?” would be more idiomatic.

The people who saw this and ran to the man shouted to the old woman, "isn't that bad yet?

“Isn’t that bad yet” doesn’t make sense. What are you trying to say?

The man wailed (and said), "Oh, women!"

“and said” isn’t necessary

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Jack

July 11, 2023

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Thank you very much!

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Jack

July 13, 2023

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The people who saw this and ran to the man shouted to the old woman, "isn't that bad yet?

你把他伤得还不够厉害吗?!我不知道用英语怎么说。

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JoeTofu

July 15, 2023

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> 你把他伤得还不够厉害吗?
Haven’t you hurt him bad(ly) enough already?
Haven’t you done enough already?

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Jack

July 16, 2023

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Thank you very much.

One day, while a beautiful young lady was walkeding on the street, when one of her shoes broke.

Grammar was fine in original sentence, but I changed tense to present to suit the story-telling voice.

She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask people for help, but she was too embarrassed to ask for it.

Many people walked passed her on the street and didn’t notice that she had the troubleher predicament.

"She had the trouble" doesn't work grammatically; you could correct it to "didn't notice that she was in trouble" but to "be in trouble" feels more serious than something like this awkward situation, so I replaced it with "predicament".

At that time, a man walked by and noticed that the lady was in need of help.

After he gotmade eye contact with the lady, he made up his mind to help her, but he suddenly recalled that a few days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, so he changed his mind and stopped helping the young lady and walked away.

A little unclear; was he in the middle of helping her then changed his mind, or did he change his mind before going over? It's a bit of a run-on sentence, so I just removed the part that said "stopped helping" since it felt redundant.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him right down ton the ground.

The old woman asked him in panic, "Did I hurt you deeplAre you okay?"

"Did I hurt you deeply" is grammatically okay but it sounds a little strange

The people who saw thiSome onlookers rand ran over to the man and shouted ato the old woman, "isn't that bad yet?This is terrible!"

Not sure what was meant by "Isn't that bad yet?"

You hurt him too deeply"Look how deeply you hurt him!"

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Great job :)

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Jack

July 4, 2023

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Thank you very much!

A Funny Story

One day, while a beautiful young lady walked on the street, one of her shoes broke.

She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask people for help, but she was too embarrassed to ask for it.

Using an adverb ("too" in this case) would be the correct way to go about this kind of clause.
For example: "too X to Y," "more X than Y," or "less X than Y."
In this case, "... too embarrassed to ask..."

Many people walked on the streetby and didn’t notice that she had the trouble.

1. It is understandable already, but, "by" or "past" would be better than "on the street," because the subject of the story is the woman. This change improves clarity.
2. Removed "the" before "trouble" because it is incorrect.

At that time, a man walked by and noticed that the lady was in need of help.

After he got eye contact with the ladysaw her, he made up his mind to help her, b. But he suddenly recalled that days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, so. So, he changed his mind and stopped helping the young ladydecided not to help her and walked away.

This is called a "run-on sentence." Remember to use periods for clarity.
Pro Tip: Period --> "Periodically" or "here and there" --> So, remember to use periods here and there.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him down ton the ground.

The old woman asked him in panic, "Did I hurt you deeply?"

The people who saw this and, ran to the man and shouted to the old woman, "isn't that bad yet?Is it bad already?"

They continued, "You hurt him too deeply!"

The man wailed and said, "Oh, women!"

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Funny story -- I smiled at the end! You write very well, keep up the good work :)

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Jack

July 3, 2023

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Thank you so much for your corrections and explanations.

One day, while a beautiful young lady walked on the street, one of her shoes broke.

Usage note on the word "broke":

If you're talking about a shoe made of leather or fabric, then the word "broke" sounds a little off, and I'll explain why.

Usually when we say something "broke," we're talking about a solid object. So we'd say, "the glass broke when I dropped it," "I broke my pencil in half," or "the rocket broke up in the Earth's atmosphere."

But if we're talking about a more pliable object — something that can be bent without breaking like paper, fabric, or leather — we'd be more likely to say it was "torn" or "cut." So it would be natural to say "I cut the paper in half" or "my shirt was torn on the branches," but a little unnatural to say "I broke the paper in half" or "my shirt broke on the branches."

Returning to your example: if the shoe is made of leather, then it's pliable. The shoe wouldn't break if you threw it out the window. So the idea of the shoe having "broken" is a little strange.

More likely you'd say "my shoe fell apart," or "my shoe came apart," or even "my shoe was torn apart."

If the shoe is made of a hard material like wood that could be be broken by a sudden impact, then by all means, say the shoe "broke!"

I hope that makes sense!

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Jack

July 3, 2023

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Thank you for your corrections and explanations.

A Funny Story

One day, while a beautiful young lady walked s walking along the street, one of her shoes broke.

She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask (people) for help, but she was embarrassed to ask for it.

Many people walkedpassed her on the street and didn’t notice that she had the trouble.

or "that she was having trouble"

At that time, a man walked by and noticed that the lady was in need of help.

It would be better to say "then" rather than "At that time"

After he gotmade eye contact with the lady, he made up his minr, he decided to help her, b. But he suddenly recalled that days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by womean this year, so he changed his mind and stopped helping the young lady and walked away.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him down onto the ground.

The old woman asked him in panic, "Did I hurt you deeply?"

The people who saw this ande accident/incident ran to the man shouted to the old woman, "iIsn't that bad yet?

You hurt him too deeply!"

The man wailed and said, "Oh, women!"

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Great writing! That was a funny story 😂

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Jack

July 2, 2023

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Thank you very much!

A Ffunny Sstory

You wouldn’t normally capitalise every word in the title

One day, while a beautiful young lady walkeds walking on the street, one of her shoes broke.

She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask people for help, but she was embarrassed to ask for it.

Many people walkedere walking on the street and didn’t notice that she had thewas in trouble.

At that time,Then a man walked by and noticed that the lady was in need of help.

After he gotmade eye contact with the lady, he made up his mindecided to help her, but he suddenly recalled that days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, s. So he changed his mind and stoppedbout helping the young lady and walked away.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hitknocked him down ton the ground.

The old woman asked him in panic, "Did I hurt you deepAre you hurt badly ?"

The people who saw this andincident ran to the man shouted ato the old woman, "isn't that bad yetthat is very bad?

You hurt him too deeplya lot!"

The man wailed and said, "Oh, women!"

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chris_t

July 2, 2023

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A Ffunny Sstory

Respectfully, I disagree very strongly with that. You do capitalize almost every word in the title. OP had it correct

According to most style guides, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are capitalized in titles of books, articles, and songs. You’d also capitalize the first word and (according to most guides) the last word of a title, regardless of what part of speech they are.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/capitalization-in-the-titles/#:~:text=According%20to%20most%20style%20guides,part%20of%20speech%20they%20are.

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Jack

July 2, 2023

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Thank you very much!

A Funny Story


A Ffunny Sstory

You wouldn’t normally capitalise every word in the title

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One day, while a beautiful young lady walked on the street, one of her shoes broke.


One day, while a beautiful young lady walkeds walking on the street, one of her shoes broke.

One day, while a beautiful young lady walked s walking along the street, one of her shoes broke.

One day, while a beautiful young lady walked on the street, one of her shoes broke.

Usage note on the word "broke": If you're talking about a shoe made of leather or fabric, then the word "broke" sounds a little off, and I'll explain why. Usually when we say something "broke," we're talking about a solid object. So we'd say, "the glass broke when I dropped it," "I broke my pencil in half," or "the rocket broke up in the Earth's atmosphere." But if we're talking about a more pliable object — something that can be bent without breaking like paper, fabric, or leather — we'd be more likely to say it was "torn" or "cut." So it would be natural to say "I cut the paper in half" or "my shirt was torn on the branches," but a little unnatural to say "I broke the paper in half" or "my shirt broke on the branches." Returning to your example: if the shoe is made of leather, then it's pliable. The shoe wouldn't break if you threw it out the window. So the idea of the shoe having "broken" is a little strange. More likely you'd say "my shoe fell apart," or "my shoe came apart," or even "my shoe was torn apart." If the shoe is made of a hard material like wood that could be be broken by a sudden impact, then by all means, say the shoe "broke!" I hope that makes sense!

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

One day, while a beautiful young lady was walkeding on the street, when one of her shoes broke.

Grammar was fine in original sentence, but I changed tense to present to suit the story-telling voice.

One day, while a beautiful young lady walked s walking along the street, one of her shoes broke.

She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask people for help, but she was embarrassed to ask for it.


She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask people for help, but she was embarrassed to ask for it.

She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask (people) for help, but she was embarrassed to ask for it.

She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask people for help, but she was too embarrassed to ask for it.

Using an adverb ("too" in this case) would be the correct way to go about this kind of clause. For example: "too X to Y," "more X than Y," or "less X than Y." In this case, "... too embarrassed to ask..."

She stood on the street with her shoe in her right hand and wanted to ask people for help, but she was too embarrassed to ask for it.

Many people walked on the street and didn’t notice that she had the trouble.


Many people walkedere walking on the street and didn’t notice that she had thewas in trouble.

Many people walkedpassed her on the street and didn’t notice that she had the trouble.

or "that she was having trouble"

Many people walked on the streetby and didn’t notice that she had the trouble.

1. It is understandable already, but, "by" or "past" would be better than "on the street," because the subject of the story is the woman. This change improves clarity. 2. Removed "the" before "trouble" because it is incorrect.

Many people walked passed her on the street and didn’t notice that she had the troubleher predicament.

"She had the trouble" doesn't work grammatically; you could correct it to "didn't notice that she was in trouble" but to "be in trouble" feels more serious than something like this awkward situation, so I replaced it with "predicament".

Many people walkedpassed her on the street andbut didn’t notice that she had thewas having trouble.

At that time, a man walked by and noticed that the lady was in need of help.


At that time,Then a man walked by and noticed that the lady was in need of help.

At that time, a man walked by and noticed that the lady was in need of help.

It would be better to say "then" rather than "At that time"

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After he got eye contact with the lady, he made up his mind to help her, but he suddenly recalled that days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, so he changed his mind and stopped helping the young lady and walked away.


After he gotmade eye contact with the lady, he made up his mindecided to help her, but he suddenly recalled that days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, s. So he changed his mind and stoppedbout helping the young lady and walked away.

After he gotmade eye contact with the lady, he made up his minr, he decided to help her, b. But he suddenly recalled that days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by womean this year, so he changed his mind and stopped helping the young lady and walked away.

After he got eye contact with the ladysaw her, he made up his mind to help her, b. But he suddenly recalled that days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, so. So, he changed his mind and stopped helping the young ladydecided not to help her and walked away.

This is called a "run-on sentence." Remember to use periods for clarity. Pro Tip: Period --> "Periodically" or "here and there" --> So, remember to use periods here and there.

After he gotmade eye contact with the lady, he made up his mind to help her, but he suddenly recalled that a few days ago, a fortune teller told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, so he changed his mind and stopped helping the young lady and walked away.

A little unclear; was he in the middle of helping her then changed his mind, or did he change his mind before going over? It's a bit of a run-on sentence, so I just removed the part that said "stopped helping" since it felt redundant.

After he gotmade eye contact with the lady, he made up his mind to help her, but he suddenly recalled that days [ago | earlier], a fortune teller (had) told him that he would be deeply hurt by women this year, so he changed his mind (and stopped helping the young lady) and walked away.

“Stopped helping the lady” doesn’t make sense because he never started helping her, he’d only DECIDED to help her.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him down on the ground.


After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hitknocked him down ton the ground.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him down onto the ground.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him down ton the ground.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him right down ton the ground.

After he walked only a few steps away, an old woman riding a scooter right hit him down on, knocking him to the ground.

The old woman asked him in panic, "Did I hurt you deeply?"


The old woman asked him in panic, "Did I hurt you deepAre you hurt badly ?"

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The old woman asked him in panic, "Did I hurt you deeplAre you okay?"

"Did I hurt you deeply" is grammatically okay but it sounds a little strange

The old woman asked him in a panic, "Did I hurt you deepbadly?"

“Deeply” is the wrong adverb in this context. “Are you hurt badly?” or simply “Are you hurt?” would be more idiomatic.

The people who saw this and ran to the man shouted to the old woman, "isn't that bad yet?


The people who saw this andincident ran to the man shouted ato the old woman, "isn't that bad yetthat is very bad?

The people who saw this ande accident/incident ran to the man shouted to the old woman, "iIsn't that bad yet?

The people who saw this and, ran to the man and shouted to the old woman, "isn't that bad yet?Is it bad already?"

The people who saw thiSome onlookers rand ran over to the man and shouted ato the old woman, "isn't that bad yet?This is terrible!"

Not sure what was meant by "Isn't that bad yet?"

The people who saw this and ran to the man shouted to the old woman, "isn't that bad yet?

“Isn’t that bad yet” doesn’t make sense. What are you trying to say?

You hurt him too deeply!"


You hurt him too deeplya lot!"

You hurt him too deeply!"

They continued, "You hurt him too deeply!"

You hurt him too deeply"Look how deeply you hurt him!"

The man wailed and said, "Oh, women!"


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The man wailed (and said), "Oh, women!"

“and said” isn’t necessary

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