May 27, 2022
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China has a zero temperature line from east to west. In the southern part of the line, it's said that even on the coldest days, the temperature there won't be below zero, so houses there don't need to be heated during the winter.
Where I live is on the northern part of the zero line, and is around 50 kilometers away from the line. In the winter, the lowest temperature would be around negative 10°, but all the houses here don't have any heating equipment.
As far as I know, in China, houses that are with heating equipment start from the north part of Shandong, Henan and Shanxi provinces, and these provinces are on the northern side of my place.
Getting back to the 70's, living conditions in the countryside of China were very poor. People had little money. They would feel very painful if they bought washing powder.
To save money, they preferred using homemade "plant ash water".
At that time, people used crop straw to set fire to cook, so there were many straw ashes under their pots. When they did the laundry, they folded the straw ashes inside a piece of clothes to make it an ashes-bag, and immersed it in the water that was prepared for washing for ten minutes or so. After that, the ashes-water was done.
I once asked people that could this water clean things? They said the water contained the chemical element "phosphorus" which had the cleaning function.
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China has a "zero temperature line" from east to west.
I think that adding quotation marks here makes it more clear that you are talking about some conceptual thing that will be explained in the next few sentences.
In the southern part of the line, it's said that even on the coldest days, the temperature there won'tsouth of the line will never be below zero, so houses there don't need to be heated during the winter.
Where I live is on the northern part of the zero line, and is around 50 kilometers away from theabout 50 kilometers north of the zero line.
In the winter, the lowest temperature would beis usually around negative 10°, but allnone of the houses here don't have any heating equipment.
As far as I know,; in China,; houses that are withhave heating equipment start from the north part of Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi provinces,; and these provinces are on the northern side of my placnorth of where I live.
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Getting bBack toin the 70's, living conditions in the countryside of China were very poor.
People had little money.
They would feel very painful if they boughtEven buying washing powder was a luxury.
I rephrased this to sound more natural.
To save money, they preferred using homemade "plant ash water".
At that time, people used crop straw to set fire to cookmake cooking fires, so there were manyas a lot of straw ashes under their pots.
When they did the laundry, they folded the straw ashes inside a piece of clothes to make it an ashes-bag, and then immersed it in the water that was prepared for washing for ten minutes or so.
After that, the ashes-water was done.
I once asked people that could this waterif such water could really clean things?.
They said the water contained the chemical element "phosphorus", which had theserved a cleaning function.
May 27, 2022
Thank you very much for correcting my journals and I think that all of your corrections are perfect.
China has a “zero temperature line” from east to west. It's said that even on the coldest days, the temperature south of the line will never be below zero, so houses there don't need to be heated during the winter.
I live about 50 kilometers north of the zero line. In the winter, the lowest temperature is usually around negative 10°, but none of the houses here have any heating equipment.
As far as I know, in China; houses that have heating equipment start from the north part of Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi provinces; and these provinces north of where I live.
Back in the 70s, living conditions in the countryside of China were very poor. People had little money. Even buying washing powder was a luxury.
To save money, they preferred using homemade "plant ash water".
At that time, people used crop straw to make cooking fires, so there was a lot of straw ash under their pots. When they did the laundry, they folded the straw ash inside a piece of clothes to make it an ash-bag, and then immersed it in the water that was prepared for washing for ten minutes or so. After that, the ash-water was done.
I once asked if such water could really clean things. They said the water contained the chemical element phosphorus, which served a cleaning function.
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China has a zero temperature line from east to west. China has a "zero temperature line" from east to west. I think that adding quotation marks here makes it more clear that you are talking about some conceptual thing that will be explained in the next few sentences. |
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In the southern part of the line, it's said that even on the coldest days, the temperature there won't be below zero, so houses there don't need to be heated during the winter. I |
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Where I live is on the northern part of the zero line, and is around 50 kilometers away from the line.
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In the winter, the lowest temperature would be around negative 10°, but all the houses here don't have any heating equipment. In the winter, the lowest temperature |
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As far as I know, in China, houses that are with heating equipment start from the north part of Shandong, Henan and Shanxi provinces, and these provinces are on the northern side of my place. As far as I know If there are commas within something that is already part of something offset with commas, the commas outside of that section turn to semicolons. |
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Getting back to the 70's, living conditions in the countryside of China were very poor.
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People had little money. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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They would feel very painful if they bought washing powder.
I rephrased this to sound more natural. |
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To save money, they preferred using homemade "plant ash water". This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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At that time, people used crop straw to set fire to cook, so there were many straw ashes under their pots. At that time, people used crop straw to |
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When they did the laundry, they folded the straw ashes inside a piece of clothes to make it an ashes-bag, and immersed it in the water that was prepared for washing for ten minutes or so. When they did the laundry, they folded the straw ash |
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After that, the ashes-water was done. After that, the ash |
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I once asked people that could this water clean things? I once asked |
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They said the water contained the chemical element "phosphorus" which had the cleaning function. They said the water contained the chemical element |
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