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Aug. 5, 2021

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This morning, I went to work early so I could see some people playing Taiji and some children were practicing basketball. People usually play Taiji in the morning and stop it before 8 am because they will start working then. Those children who are playing basketball no doubt are from some summer interest classes because I saw them in uniform and there was a coach there. I hope you enjoy them.

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This morning, I went to work early, so I couldwas able to see some people playracticing Taij-chi and some children were practicplaying basketball.

People usually playractice Taij-chi in the mornings and stop it before 8 am because they will start working thenfore going to work.

Those children who awere playing basketball no doubt are fromin some summer interest classescamp because I saw them in uniform and there was a coach there.

I hope you enjoy them.

This sentence seems out of place, not sure what you mean here.

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Jack

Aug. 6, 2021

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This morning, I went to work early, so I couldwas able to see some people playracticing Taij-chi and some children were practicplaying basketball.

I was able to see some people practicing Tai-Chi and some students playing basketball.

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Jack

Aug. 6, 2021

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People usually playractice Taij-chi in the mornings and stop it before 8 am because they will start working thenfore going to work.

People usually practice Tai-Chi in the mornings and stop before 8 am for going to work.

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Jack

Aug. 6, 2021

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Those children who awere playing basketball no doubt are fromin some summer interest classescamp because I saw them in uniform and there was a coach there.

Those children who were playing. No doubt are in some summer camp.

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Jack

Aug. 6, 2021

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I hope you enjoy them.

I took videos and sent the videos to my penpal. This short passage is an explanation for the videos. Them refers to those videos.

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Jack

Aug. 6, 2021

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Thank you very much. Could you please tell me the change of "could" to"were able to"? What are the nuances between them?

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pringerx

Aug. 7, 2021

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I took videos and sent the videos to my penpal. This short passage is an explanation for the videos. Them refers to those videos.

Got it, it just seems out of place for someone reading this without context.

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pringerx

Aug. 7, 2021

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Thank you very much. Could you please tell me the change of "could" to"were able to"? What are the nuances between them?

In your sentence, ”could“ is a bit like "可以“ and "were able to" is more like ”能“, it sounds a bit more natural in english because you were only "able to" see them because you went to work early.

You could also omit it completely and simply write: This morning, I went to work early and saw...

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Jack

Aug. 7, 2021

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Thank you very much.

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This morning, I went to work early so I could see some people playing Taiji and some children were practicing basketball.


This morning, I went to work early, so I couldwas able to see some people playracticing Taij-chi and some children were practicplaying basketball.

People usually play Taiji in the morning and stop it before 8 am because they will start working then.


People usually playractice Taij-chi in the mornings and stop it before 8 am because they will start working thenfore going to work.

Those children who are playing basketball no doubt are from some summer interest classes because I saw them in uniform and there was a coach there.


Those children who awere playing basketball no doubt are fromin some summer interest classescamp because I saw them in uniform and there was a coach there.

I hope you enjoy them.


I hope you enjoy them.

This sentence seems out of place, not sure what you mean here.

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