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Jack

May 31, 2022

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Farm Work and Housework in the Old Time

The farm work and housework I did in the old days.

I was born and raised in the countryside. It’s inevitable to help my parents to do some farm work and housework, although it is not too much.

Feed Pig

In order to increase our family’s economic income, my father prefers to raise sow, which gives birth to piglets. We raise the piglets a little older and sell them.

The food for pigs is made of wheat bran and small cubes of sweet potatoes.
When we make pig food, we pour the food materials into a red pottery tub first and then pour boiling water in it and stir it to make it like porridge. When it cools down, we take it to the pigsty to feed the pigs.

Cut Grass

Family in the countryside often feed livestock, such as cattle, goats, ducks, and these livestock eat grass.

Many wild grass in the farmland affect the growth of crops. We often take a basket and a sickle going to the field to cut those wild grass and take it home to feed the livestock.

Catch Insect

We plant cotton every year and the cotton is easily infested with insects.

I go with my mom carrying a small glass bottle to the cotton field to catch insects and put insects into the bottle. The person who is in our production team will record how many insects we have caught as our labour scores.

Water Vegetables

Each family has a small vegetable garden. We plant some vegetables and melons for family use. Every garden has a well and a few small irrigation ditches.

On the well there is a primitive mechanical device. The main part of it is a thin and long wooden stick and attach a bucket to its lower end. We hold the stick to make the bucket full of water first and then lift the bucket out of the well.

Pushing millstones

Before the Chinese New Year, a tradition of villagers is to fry mung bean balls. The first step of it is to grind the mung beans, but we don’t have any modern devices except a millstone. Pushing a millstone around is really painful, you can easily get dizzy and sick.

Transport Farmyard Manure

Because buying fertilizer is a luxury, villagers like to compost farmyard manure to save money.

Every family has a farmyard manure pond in a corner of their front yard and after a certain time they take the stuff inside the pond out and dry it under the sun. Afterwards, people knock it into small pieces and it was done to be used as farmyard manure.

Before we plant some crops, we need to transport the farmyard manure to the farmland. We only have a manpowered cart and we need to transport fertilize to the field many times.

There is still a lot of other farm work and housework. I will introduce them later.

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Farm Work and Housework in the Old Time

The farm work and housework I did in the old days.

I was born and raised in the countryside.

It’s inevitable to help my parents to do some farm work and housework, although it is not too much.

Feed Pig

In your writing, you talked about multiple pigs and piglets. I won't correct this, though I would recommend making it plural in these circumstances.

In order to increase our family’s economic income, my father prefers to raise sow, which gives birth to piglets.

We raise the piglets a little older and sell them.

The food for pigs is made of wheat bran and small cubes of sweet potatoes.

When we make pig food, we pour the food materials into a red pottery tub first and then pour boiling water in it and stir it to make it like porridge.

When it cools down, we take it to the pigsty to feed the pigs.

Cut Grass

Family in the countryside often feed livestock, such as cattle, goats, ducks, and these livestock eat grass.

Many wild grass in the farmland affect the growth of crops.

We often take a basket and a sickle going to the field to cut those wild grass and take it home to feed the livestock.

Catch Insect

Same case as before. Recommend for it to be made plural.

We plant cotton every year and the cotton is easily infested with insects.

I go with my mom carrying a small glass bottle to the cotton field to catch insects and put insects into the bottle.

The person who is in our production team will record how many insects we have caught as our labour scores.

Water Vegetables

Each family has a small vegetable garden.

We plant some vegetables and melons for family use.

Every garden has a well and a few small irrigation ditches.

On the well there is a primitive mechanical device.

The main part of it is a thin and long wooden stick and we attach a bucket to its lower end.

Or you could use:
"The main part of it is a thin and long wooden stick and a bucket is attached to its lower end."
Or
"The main part of it is a thin and long wooden stick and attached to its lower end, is a bucket."

We hold the stick down to make the bucket full of water first and then lift the bucket out of the well.

"Down" describes how you hold the stick to get the water. You don't just hold a stick to make a bucket full of water, unless you do? If so, then teach me your ways.

Pushing millstones

Before the Chinese New Year, a tradition of villagers is to fry mung bean balls.

The first step of it is to grind the mung beans, but we don’t have any modern devices except a millstone.

Pushing a millstone around is really painful, you can easily get dizzy and sick.

Transport Farmyard Manure

Because buying fertilizer is a luxury, villagers like to compost farmyard manure to save money.

Every family has a farmyard manure pond in a corner of their front yard, and after a certain time they take the stuff inside the pond out and dry it under the sun.

The comma (,) entails that there is a pause in the sentence. This sentence can be said in one breath, though it is better to use a comma to prevent a run-on sentence. If you have any questions about this, you can ask.

Afterwards, people knock it into small pieces and it wais done to be used as farmyard manure.

"Knock" is not past tense. This means that "was" has to become "is".

Before we plant some crops, we need to transport the farmyard manure to the farmland.

We only have a manpowered cart and we need to transport fertilizer to the field many times.

There is still a lot of other farm work and housework.

I will introduce them later.

Feedback

Nice job of using "primitive". Overall, nothing seriously wrong with this.

Jack's avatar
Jack

June 1, 2022

5

Thank you very much for correcting my journals.

As to the usage of commas, I have heard of two different sayings. One is that there shouldn’t be a comma ahead of “and”, the others think there should always be a coma going ahead of “and”, and say that it’s the Oxford coma. I am very confused about this issue. Even now, I still don't know if I should place a coma ahead of “and”.

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Lotus

June 20, 2022

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Thank you very much for correcting my journals. As to the usage of commas, I have heard of two different sayings. One is that there shouldn’t be a comma ahead of “and”, the others think there should always be a coma going ahead of “and”, and say that it’s the Oxford coma. I am very confused about this issue. Even now, I still don't know if I should place a coma ahead of “and”.

In my opinion, you could place it after. There isn't always a need for it, depending on your style of speech.

Farm Wwork and Housework in the Old TimePast

The fFarm work and housework I did in the old days.

I was born and raised in the countryside.

It’s inevitable that I have to help my parents to do some farm work and housework, although it is not too much.

Feeding Pigs

In order to increase our family’s economic income, my father prefers to raise sows, which can gives birth to piglets.

We raise the piglets until they are a little older and sell them.

ThePig food for pigs is made of wheat bran and small cubes of sweet potatoes.

When we make pig food, we first pour the food materialingredients into a red pottery tub first and then. Then, we pour boiling water in it and stir it to make it like porridge.

WhenAfter it cools down, we take it to the pigsty to feed the pigs.

Cutting Grass

Familyies in the countryside often feed livestock, such as cattle, goats, and ducks, and t. These livestock eat grass.

ManyThe wild grass in the farmland affects the growth of crops.

We often take a basket and a sickle going to the field to cut those wild grass and take it home to feed the livestock.

Catching Insects

We plant cotton every year and t. The cotton is easily infested with insects.

I go with my mom carrying a small glass bottle to the cotton field with my mom to catch insects and put insectsthem into the bottle.

The person who is inSomeone from our production team will record how many insects we have caught as our labour scores.

Watering Vegetables

Each family has a small vegetable garden.

We plant some vegetables and melons for family use.

Every garden has a well and a few small irrigation ditches.

On the well there is a primitive mechanical device.

The main part of ithe device is a thin and long wooden stick and attach a bucket. A bucket is attached to its lower end.

We hold the stick to makefill the bucket full of water first andwith water, then lift the bucket out of the well.

Pushing millstones

Before the Chinese New Year, a tradition of villagers is tothere is a village tradition of frying mung bean balls.

The first step of it is to grind the mung beans, but we don’t have any modern devices except a millstone.

Pushing a millstone around is really painful, you can easily get dizzy and sick.

Transporting Farmyard Manure

Because buying fertilizer is a luxury, villagers like to compost farmyard manure to save money.

Every family has a farmyard manure pond in a corner of their front yard and after a certain time, they will take the stuff inside the pond out and dry it under the sun.

Afterwards, people knocbreak it into small pieces and it was done to be used as farmyard manure.

Before we plant some crops, we need to transport the farmyard manure to the farmland.

We only have a human-powered cart and, so we need to transport fertilizer to the field many times.

There is still a lot of other farm work and housework.

I will introduce them later.

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Jack

May 31, 2022

5

Thank you very much.
Could you please tell me why you changed verbs to “ing” form? The difference?

The Farm work and Housework I Did in the past

I was born and raised in the countryside. It’s inevitable that I have to help my parents to do some farm work and housework, although it is not too much.

Feeding Pigs

In order to increase our family’s income, my father prefers to raise sows, which can give birth to piglets. We raise the piglets until they are a little older and sell them.

Pig food is made of wheat bran and small cubes of sweet potato.
When we make pig food, we first pour the ingredients into a red pottery tub. Then, pour boiling water in it and stir it to make it like porridge. After it cools down, we take it to the pigsty to feed the pigs.

Cutting Grass

Families in the countryside often feed livestock, such as cattle, goats, and ducks. These livestock eat grass.

The wild grass in the farmland affects the growth of crops. We often take a basket and a sickle to the field to cut wild grass and take it home to feed the livestock.

Catching Insects

We plant cotton every year. The cotton is easily infested with insects.

I carry a small glass bottle to the cotton field with my mom to catch insects and put them into the bottle. Someone from our production team will record how many insects we have caught as our labour scores.

Watering Vegetables

Each family has a small vegetable garden. We plant some vegetables and melons for family use. Every garden has a well and a few small irrigation ditches.

On the well there is a primitive mechanical device. The main part of the device is a thin and long wooden stick. A bucket is attached to its lower end. We hold the stick to fill the bucket with water, then lift the bucket out of the well.

Pushing Millstones

Before the Chinese New Year, there is a village tradition of frying mung bean balls. The first step is to grind the mung beans, but we don’t have any modern devices except a millstone. Pushing a millstone around is really painful, you can easily get dizzy and sick.

Transporting Farmyard Manure

Because buying fertilizer is a luxury, villagers like to compost farmyard manure to save money.

Every family has a manure pond in a corner of their front yard and after a certain time, they will take the stuff inside the pond out and dry it under the sun. Afterwards, people break it into small pieces to be used as farmyard manure.

Before we plant some crops, we need to transport the farmyard manure to the farmland. We only have a human-powered cart, so we need to transport fertilizer to the field many times.

There is still a lot of other farm work and housework. I will introduce them later.

Jack's avatar
Jack

May 31, 2022

5

I think I see now, to make it noun form?

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applesky

May 31, 2022

0

I think I see now, to make it noun form?

For the titles, yes :) It's not wrong even if you don't but I think it sounds more natural

Jack's avatar
Jack

May 31, 2022

5

Thank you very much.

Farm Work and Housework in the Old Time


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I was born and raised in the countryside.


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It’s inevitable to help my parents to do some farm work and housework, although it is not too much.


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Feed Pig


Feeding Pigs

Feed Pig

In your writing, you talked about multiple pigs and piglets. I won't correct this, though I would recommend making it plural in these circumstances.

In order to increase our family’s economic income, my father prefers to raise sow, which gives birth to piglets.


In order to increase our family’s economic income, my father prefers to raise sows, which can gives birth to piglets.

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We raise the piglets a little older and sell them.


We raise the piglets until they are a little older and sell them.

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The food for pigs is made of wheat bran and small cubes of sweet potatoes.


ThePig food for pigs is made of wheat bran and small cubes of sweet potatoes.

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When we make pig food, we pour the food materials into a red pottery tub first and then pour boiling water in it and stir it to make it like porridge.


When we make pig food, we first pour the food materialingredients into a red pottery tub first and then. Then, we pour boiling water in it and stir it to make it like porridge.

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When it cools down, we take it to the pigsty to feed the pigs.


WhenAfter it cools down, we take it to the pigsty to feed the pigs.

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Cut Grass


Cutting Grass

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Family in the countryside often feed livestock, such as cattle, goats, ducks, and these livestock eat grass.


Familyies in the countryside often feed livestock, such as cattle, goats, and ducks, and t. These livestock eat grass.

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Many wild grass in the farmland affect the growth of crops.


ManyThe wild grass in the farmland affects the growth of crops.

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We often take a basket and a sickle going to the field to cut those wild grass and take it home to feed the livestock.


We often take a basket and a sickle going to the field to cut those wild grass and take it home to feed the livestock.

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Catch Insect


Catching Insects

Catch Insect

Same case as before. Recommend for it to be made plural.

We plant cotton every year and the cotton is easily infested with insects.


We plant cotton every year and t. The cotton is easily infested with insects.

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I go with my mom carrying a small glass bottle to the cotton field to catch insects and put insects into the bottle.


I go with my mom carrying a small glass bottle to the cotton field with my mom to catch insects and put insectsthem into the bottle.

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The person who is in our production team will record how many insects we have caught as our labour scores.


The person who is inSomeone from our production team will record how many insects we have caught as our labour scores.

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Water Vegetables


Watering Vegetables

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Each family has a small vegetable garden.


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We plant some vegetables and melons for family use.


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Every garden has a well and a few small irrigation ditches.


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On the well there is a primitive mechanical device.


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The main part of it is a thin and long wooden stick and attach a bucket to its lower end.


The main part of ithe device is a thin and long wooden stick and attach a bucket. A bucket is attached to its lower end.

The main part of it is a thin and long wooden stick and we attach a bucket to its lower end.

Or you could use: "The main part of it is a thin and long wooden stick and a bucket is attached to its lower end." Or "The main part of it is a thin and long wooden stick and attached to its lower end, is a bucket."

We hold the stick to make the bucket full of water first and then lift the bucket out of the well.


We hold the stick to makefill the bucket full of water first andwith water, then lift the bucket out of the well.

We hold the stick down to make the bucket full of water first and then lift the bucket out of the well.

"Down" describes how you hold the stick to get the water. You don't just hold a stick to make a bucket full of water, unless you do? If so, then teach me your ways.

Pushing millstones


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Before the Chinese New Year, a tradition of villagers is to fry mung bean balls.


Before the Chinese New Year, a tradition of villagers is tothere is a village tradition of frying mung bean balls.

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The first step of it is to grind the mung beans, but we don’t have any modern devices except a millstone.


The first step of it is to grind the mung beans, but we don’t have any modern devices except a millstone.

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Pushing a millstone around is really painful, you can easily get dizzy and sick.


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Transport Farmyard Manure


Transporting Farmyard Manure

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Because buying fertilizer is a luxury, villagers like to compost farmyard manure to save money.


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Every family has a farmyard manure pond in a corner of their front yard and after a certain time they take the stuff inside the pond out and dry it under the sun.


Every family has a farmyard manure pond in a corner of their front yard and after a certain time, they will take the stuff inside the pond out and dry it under the sun.

Every family has a farmyard manure pond in a corner of their front yard, and after a certain time they take the stuff inside the pond out and dry it under the sun.

The comma (,) entails that there is a pause in the sentence. This sentence can be said in one breath, though it is better to use a comma to prevent a run-on sentence. If you have any questions about this, you can ask.

Afterwards, people knock it into small pieces and it was done to be used as farmyard manure.


Afterwards, people knock it into small pieces and it wais done to be used as farmyard manure.

"Knock" is not past tense. This means that "was" has to become "is".

Afterwards, people knocbreak it into small pieces and it was done to be used as farmyard manure.

Before we plant some crops, we need to transport the farmyard manure to the farmland.


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We only have a manpowered cart and we need to transport fertilize to the field many times.


We only have a human-powered cart and, so we need to transport fertilizer to the field many times.

We only have a manpowered cart and we need to transport fertilizer to the field many times.

There is still a lot of other farm work and housework.


There is still a lot of other farm work and housework.

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I will introduce them later.


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