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Many people with brilliant, adventurous, or powerful made a fortune at the port. There were a lot of opportunities passed by and more new ways of earning money appeared.
I knew some people bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public sea and sold them at the port. My boss was one of their big customers because we often sold them to the ships. People smoking in Marlboro was a fashion in the 1990s. My boss told me the technology of making cigarettes was not difficult. They set up a small cigarette factory on a ship on the public sea, the mainland of China was their market. I am not sure but they said the factory floated on the sea was a real one from official Marlboro.
One afternoon, when I was at Director Chen's office. He said he would like to give me a good news, "We have some cars all originally made in Japan, the steer is on the right (vehicles in china are left-hand-drive), and you can buy it for 20,000 yuan for each one, only cash." Maybe you don't know in the 1990s, a Japanese car symbolized rich and deluxe in China. Some car dealers tried any possible ways to buy right-hand-drive cars and disassemble them, then sold parts because the tax for the imported cars was too high. It's no doubt that these cars were confiscated by the army. Unfortunately, I ignored the news because I didn't know how much a car made-in-japan in the market was.
Several years later, my classmate in Guangzhou told me, "You missed a chance, the price for an import car worth about 250,000."

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My boss was one of their big customers because we often sold them to the ships.

One afternoon, when I was at Director Chen's office.

It's no doubt that these cars were confiscated by the army.

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My boss was one of their big customers because we often sold them to the ships.

It's no doubt that these cars were confiscated by the army.

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I knew some people who bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public searegular stores and sold them at the port.

I don't know what a "public sea" is.

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I should write "International Seas" or "High Seas". 日本語:公海 In Chinese: 公海 you may guess why I wrote "public sea". Of course, it was wrong. :-)

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I knew some people bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public sea market and sold them at the port.

not sure what public sea is in this context

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Many people with brilliant, adventurous, or powerful made a fortune at the port.


Many people withho are brilliant, adventurous, or powerful have made a fortune at the port. Many people who are brilliant, adventurous, or powerful have made a fortune at the port.

Many people with brilliant, adventurous, orand powerful people made a fortune at the port. Many brilliant, adventurous, and powerful people made a fortune at the port.

The adjectives describing the people who made a fortune go before the word people in this instance.

Many people withho are brilliant, adventurous, or powerful made a fortune at the port. Many people who are brilliant, adventurous, or powerful made a fortune at the port.

Many people with brilliant, adventurous, or powerful people made a fortune at the port. Many brilliant, adventurous, or powerful people made a fortune at the port.

Brilliant, adventurous, and powerful are adjectives and cannot be possessed by someone

There were a lot of opportunities passed by and more new ways of earning money appeared.


There were aA lot of opportunities passed by and more new ways of earning money appeared. A lot of opportunities passed by and more new ways of earning money appeared.

There were a lot of opportunities that passed by and more new ways of earning money appeared. There were a lot of opportunities that passed by and more new ways of earning money appeared.

A 'that' is essential for the structure of the sentence.

There were aA lot of opportunities passed by and more new ways of earning money appearmaterialized. A lot of opportunities and more new ways of earning money materialized.

There were, a lot of opportunities passed by and more new ways of earning money appeared. There, a lot of opportunities passed by and more new ways of earning money appeared.

"were" and "passed" are both past tense, so you only need one

I knew some people bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public sea and sold them at the port.


I knew some people bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public sea market and sold them at the port. I knew some people bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public sea market and sold them at the port.

not sure what public sea is in this context

I knew some people who bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public sea and sold them at the port. I knew some people who bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public sea and sold them at the port.

You need to put a who in front of bought because people is a collective human group.

I knew some people who bought Marlboro cigarettes from the public searegular stores and sold them at the port. I knew some people who bought Marlboro cigarettes from the regular stores and sold them at the port.

I don't know what a "public sea" is.

I knew some people who bought Marlboro cigarettes from the publichigh sea and sold them at the port. I knew some people who bought Marlboro cigarettes from the high sea and sold them at the port.

I think you meant "high sea" - water that is not owned by any countries

My boss was one of their big customers because we often sold them to the ships.


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People smoking in Marlboro was a fashion in the 1990s.


People smoking in Marlboro was a fashion trend in the 1990s. People smoking in Marlboro was a fashion trend in the 1990s.

People smoking in Marlboro was a fashion in the 1990s. People smoking in Marlboro was a fashion in the 1990s.

This sentence should go before the "I knew some people who sold Marlboro cigarettes.." sentence.

People smoking in Marlboro's was a fashion in the 1990s. People smoking Marlboro's was a fashion in the 1990s.

People smoking in Marlboro was aere fashionable in the 1990s. People smoking in Marlboro were fashionable in the 1990s.

People = plural = use "were"

My boss told me the technology of making cigarettes was not difficult.


My boss told me the technologyprocess of making cigarettes was not difficult. My boss told me the process of making cigarettes was not difficult.

My boss told me the technologyprocess of making cigarettes was not difficult. My boss told me the process of making cigarettes was not difficult.

Cigarettes are not technological, so you don't use the term technology.

My boss told me that the technology ofor making cigarettes was not difficult. My boss told me that the technology for making cigarettes was not difficult.

My boss told me the technology of making cigarettes was not difficultcomplicated. My boss told me the technology of making cigarettes was not complicated.

"Difficult" is how hard it is to do something. You can't "do" a technology, so something like "complicated" is a better word

They set up a small cigarette factory on a ship on the public sea, the mainland of China was their market.


They set up a small cigarette factory on a ship on the public sea, t. The mainland of China was their market. They set up a small cigarette factory on a ship on the public sea. The mainland of China was their market.

You make the second part its own sentence because it has a separate subject.

They set up a small cigarette factory on a ship on the public sea, so the mainland of China was their market. They set up a small cigarette factory on a ship on the public sea so the mainland of China was their market.

They set up a small cigarette factory on a ship oin the publichigh sea, and the mainland of China was their market. They set up a small cigarette factory on a ship in the high sea, and the mainland of China was their market.

IN the sea Connect clauses with "and" especially if the second clause is closely related to the first

I am not sure but they said the factory floated on the sea was a real one from official Marlboro.


I am not sure but they said the factory that floated on the sea was a real one from official Marlboro. I am not sure but they said the factory that floated on the sea was a real one from official Marlboro.

I a'm not sure, but they said the factory that floated on the sea was a real one from the official Marlboro. I'm not sure, but they said the factory that floated on the sea was a real one from the official Marlboro.

"I'm not sure" flows better than the way it was before, but its stylistic.

I am not sure but they said that the factory which floated on the sea was a real one from the official Marlboro company. I am not sure but they said that the factory which floated on the sea was a real one from the official Marlboro company.

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I am not sure but they said that the factory floateding on the sea was a ren official one from official Marlboro. I am not sure but they said that the factory floating on the sea was an official one from Marlboro

Floated - verb Floating - adjective "was" is the verb in this clause so don't use "floated" and "was" together. It would be two verbs at once

One afternoon, when I was at Director Chen's office.


One afternoon, when I was atin Director Chen's office., One afternoon, when I was in Director Chen's office,

His office is a room, so you are "in" it.

One afternoon, when I was at Director Chen's office.

This is an incomplete sentence so I deleted it and added it to the next line.

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He said he would like to give me a good news, "We have some cars all originally made in Japan, the steer is on the right (vehicles in china are left-hand-drive), and you can buy it for 20,000 yuan for each one, only cash."


He said he would like to give me asome good news, "We have some cars all originally made in Japan, the steer is on the right (vehicles in china are left-hand-drive), and you can buy it for 20,000 yuan for each one, only cash." He said he would like to give me some good news, "We have some cars all originally made in Japan, the steer is on the right (vehicles in china are left-hand-drive), and you can buy it for 20,000 yuan for each one, only cash."

He saidtold me that he would like to give me asome good news,. "We have some cars all originally made in Japan, t. The steering wheel is on the right (vehicles in cChina are left-hand-drive), and you can buy iteach one for 20,000 yuan for each one, only cash., cash only. " He told me that he would like to give me some good news. "We have some cars originally made in Japan. The steering wheel is on the right (vehicles in China are left-hand-drive), and you can buy each one for 20,000 yuan, cash only. "

HOne afternoon, when I was in Director Chen's office, he said that he would like to give me a good news, "We have some cars all originally made in Japan, t. The steering wheel is on the right (vehicles in cChina are left-hand-drive), and you can buy itone for 20,000 yuan for each one, onlyas long as it's in cash." One afternoon, when I was in Director Chen's office, he said that he would like to give me good news, "We have some cars all originally made in Japan. The steering wheel is on the right (vehicles in China are left-hand-drive), and you can buy one for 20,000 yuan as long as it's in cash."

He said he would like to give me ahas good news for me, "We have some cars all originally made in Japan, t. The steer is on the right (vehicles in china are left-hand-drive), and you can buy itone for 20,000 yuan for each one, only cash." He said he has good news for me, "We have some cars all originally made in Japan. The steer is on the right (vehicles in china are left-hand-drive), and you can buy one for 20,000 yuan, only cash."

"Have good news" is more natural and it implies that you are sharing the good news anyway "buy one for 20,000 yuan" is better than "buy it, one is 20,000 yen"

Maybe you don't know in the 1990s, a Japanese car symbolized rich and deluxe in China.


MaybIn case you don't know, in the 1990s, a Japanese car symbolized rich and deluxewealth in China. In case you don't know, in the 1990s a Japanese car symbolized wealth in China.

Maybe you don't know that in the 1990s, a Japanese car symbolized rich and deluxe living in China. Maybe you don't know that in the 1990s, a Japanese car symbolized rich and deluxe living in China.

Maybe you doidn't know but in the 1990s, a Japanese car symbolized ricwealth and deluxeury in China. Maybe you didn't know but in the 1990s, a Japanese car symbolized wealth and luxury in China.

Rich and deluxe are adjectives You use "symbolize" as in to symbolize something = symbolize nouns "Don't know " is in past tense because after you tell us about this fact, we now know. We didn't know in the past

Some car dealers tried any possible ways to buy right-hand-drive cars and disassemble them, then sold parts because the tax for the imported cars was too high.


Some cCar dealers tried anevery possible ways to buydisassemble right-hand-drive cars and disassemble them, then soldto sell the parts because the tax for the imported cars was too high. Car dealers tried every possible way to disassemble right-hand-drive cars to sell the parts because the tax for imported cars was too high.

Some car dealers tried any possible ways to buy right-hand-drive cars and disassemble them, then sold in order to sell the parts because the tax foron the imported cars was too high. Some car dealers tried any possible way to buy right-hand-drive cars and disassemble them in order to sell the parts because the tax on the imported cars was too high.

Some car dealers tried any ways possible ways to buy right-hand-drive cars and disassemble them, then sold parts because the tax for the imported cars was too high. Some car dealers tried any ways possible to buy right-hand-drive cars and disassemble them, then sold parts because the tax for the imported cars was too high.

"Any ways possible " because you are essentially saying "any ways (that are ) possible" It's not very intuitive of a rule

It's no doubt that these cars were confiscated by the army.


It's no doubt that tThese cars were most likely confiscated by the militarmy. These cars were most likely confiscated by the military.

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Unfortunately, I ignored the news because I didn't know how much a car made-in-japan in the market was.


Unfortunately, I ignored the newspassed on the offer because I didn't know how much a car made-in-japan in the market was. Unfortunately, I passed on the offer because I didn't know how much a car made-in-japan in the market was.

Unfortunately, I ignored the news because I didn't know how much a car made- in-j Japan in the market was. Unfortunately, I ignored the news because I didn't know how much a car made in Japan was.

Unfortunately, I ignored the news because I didn't know how much a car made- in-j Japan in the market was. Unfortunately, I ignored the news because I didn't know how much a car made in Japan was.

Unfortunately, I ignored the news because I didn't know how much a car made- in-j Japan was worth in the market was. Unfortunately, I ignored the news because I didn't know how much a car made in Japan was worth in the market

Several years later, my classmate in Guangzhou told me, "You missed a chance, the price for an import car worth about 250,000."


Several years later, my classmate in Guangzhou told me, "You missed a chance, the price for an import car was worth about 250,000." Several years later, my classmate in Guangzhou told me, "You missed a chance, the price for an import car was worth about 250,000."

Several years later, my classmate in Guangzhou told me, "You missed ayour chance, t. The price for an imported car is worth about 250,000." Several years later, my classmate in Guangzhou told me, "You missed your chance. The price for an imported car is worth about 250,000."

Several years later, my classmate in Guangzhou told me, "You missed a chance, t. The price for an imported car worth about 250,000." Several years later, my classmate in Guangzhou told me, "You missed a chance. The price for an imported car worth about 250,000."

Imported - adjective Import - verb or noun

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