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Dealing with internet addiction, part 1
Since a few months ago, I’ve been using an app to block the most distracting apps on my phone, and today I’ve decided to take a step further. I do home office and my problem is that, after finishing my work, I use my Mac to check all the websites I had blocked already on my phone, so I setup my modem to cut all the internet access to my Mac after 5pm. To complement, now my phone has more restrictive setups too, like if I want to check Instagram quickly, I’d have to walk 2000 steps for each open. Maybe all of this could sound too much, but right now I feel that I want to live and do more.
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Sincetarting a few months ago, I’ve been using an app to block the most distracting apps on my phone, and today I’ve decided to take a step further.
Starting a few months ago, I’ve been using an app to block the most distracting apps on my phone, and today I’ve decided to take a step further.
I do home office andwork at home but my problem is that, after finishing my work, I use my Mac to check all the websites I had blocked already on my phone, s. So I set up my modem to cut all the internet access to my Mac after 5pm.
I work at home but my problem is that, after finishing my work, I use my Mac to check all the websites I had blocked on my phone. So I set up my modem to cut all internet access to my Mac after 5pm.
setup = noun
set up = verb
'to cut all the internet access' still makes sense but it sounds more natural without 'the'. To be honest, it is hard to explain why it sounds more natural without 'the' so I hope someone else can explain it.
To complement, now my phone has more restrictive setups too, like if I want to check Instagram quickly, I’d have to walk 2000 steps for eachevery time I open it.
To complement, now my phone has more restrictive setups too, like if I want to check Instagram quickly, I’d have to walk 2000 steps every time I open it.
Maybe all of this could soundsounds like too much, but right now I feel that I want to live and do more.
Maybe all of this sounds like too much, but right now I feel that I want to live and do more.
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Great job! And good on you for making steps towards overcoming internet addiction. I also have the same problem of checking websites on my laptop when my phone is blocked. In the past, even when websites were blocked I'd still go and find other websites to procrastinate on. Good luck!
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I do home office andwork at home but my problem is that, after finishing my work, I use my Mac to check all the websites I had blocked already on my phone, s. So I set up my modem to cut all the internet access to my Mac after 5pm.
setup = noun
set up = verb
'to cut all the internet access' still makes sense but it sounds more natural without 'the'. To be honest, it is hard to explain why it sounds more natural without 'the' so I hope someone else can explain it.
In this case access is the noun and Internet is an adjective describing the type of access. Since access is uncountable (you can't have it in a quantity) I think you drop 'the' here. It makes more sense to me when I say 'to cut access to the internet on my Mac'.
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In this case access is the noun and Internet is an adjective describing the type of access. Since access is uncountable (you can't have it in a quantity) I think you drop 'the' here. It makes more sense to me when I say 'to cut access to the internet on my Mac'.
Thank you for your help! Your explanation makes sense. I think you can also get away with saying "to cut all of the internet access from my Mac"
Sincetarting a few months ago, I’ve been using an app to block the most distracting apps on my phone, and today I’ve decided to take it a step further.
Starting a few months ago, I’ve been using an app to block the most distracting apps on my phone and today I decided to take it a step further.
This one is confusing to explain based on time structure in the sentence. Since a few months ago sounds okay, but 'Starting' makes it clear the action is continuing after you started it a couple months ago. I [have] been using an app follows this logic where you started it and are continuing it but a bit more passively than the second action in the sentence where you decided (today) to take it a bit further. Because the action decided is the more active action (compared to the passive action of using the app in the 'background of this sentence'), you can remove the 'have' from I decided
I do home officwork from home and my problem is that, after I finishing my work, I use my Mac to check all the websites I had blocked alreadyalready blocked on my phone, so. So today I set up my modem to cut all the internet access to my Mac after 5pm.
I work from home and my problem is that after I finish my work, I use my Mac to check all the websites I had already blocked on my phone. So today I set up my modem to cut all the internet access to my Mac after 5pm.
I would break this into 2 sentences to make it cleaner. Set up = the verb setup = the noun (configuration of something)
To complementIn addition, now my phone has more restrictive setups too, like. For example, if I want to check Instagram quickly, I’d have to walk 2,000 steps for each opentime I open the app.
In addition, now my phone has more restrictive setups too. For example, if I want to check Instagram quickly, I’d have to walk 2,000 steps each time I open the app.
'To complement' technically works but it's quite formal and I would add 'to complement this system'
Maybe all of this could sound too muchthis sounds excessive, but right now I feel thatlike I want to live and do more.
Maybe this sounds excessive, but right now I feel like I want to live and do more.
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Great job! The 'have been' 'could have' 'have to' is advanced and hard to navigate even for native speakers
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Since a few months ago, I’ve been using an app to block the most distracting apps on my phone, and today I’ve decided to take a step further.
S This one is confusing to explain based on time structure in the sentence. Since a few months ago sounds okay, but 'Starting' makes it clear the action is continuing after you started it a couple months ago. I [have] been using an app follows this logic where you started it and are continuing it but a bit more passively than the second action in the sentence where you decided (today) to take it a bit further. Because the action decided is the more active action (compared to the passive action of using the app in the 'background of this sentence'), you can remove the 'have' from I decided
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I do home office and my problem is that, after finishing my work, I use my Mac to check all the websites I had blocked already on my phone, so I setup my modem to cut all the internet access to my Mac after 5pm.
I I would break this into 2 sentences to make it cleaner. Set up = the verb setup = the noun (configuration of something)
I setup = noun set up = verb 'to cut all the internet access' still makes sense but it sounds more natural without 'the'. To be honest, it is hard to explain why it sounds more natural without 'the' so I hope someone else can explain it. |
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To complement, now my phone has more restrictive setups too, like if I want to check Instagram quickly, I’d have to walk 2000 steps for each open.
'To complement' technically works but it's quite formal and I would add 'to complement this system'
To complement, now my phone has more restrictive setups too, like if I want to check Instagram quickly, I’d have to walk 2000 steps |
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Maybe all of this could sound too much, but right now I feel that I want to live and do more.
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