April 19, 2025
Journal
This morning, I woke up early, around four.
Usually, I go to sleep around ten. On weekends, I stay up about an hour later.
Before going to bed, I pee. During the night, I pee again. If I pee the second time in the latter part of the night, I won't go back to sleep. Instead, I spend time on my phone, just like I'm doing now.
After waking up this morning, I opened this website and corrected several Chinese posts. These days, I've noticed that not many people are learning Chinese; maybe only three or five. I always try my best to help them.
There will be a marathon in my city this morning. My son will participate in the half - marathon. Last night, I told my wife that we would go to watch the marathon.
I have a small battery - powered tricycle. On weekends, I enjoy wandering around the city with my wife in it.
Now, it’s getting bright outside, and I can hear some birds singing, though I don't know what kind of birds they are.
The marathon will start at 7:20. The starting point of the marathon is only about two or three kilometers from my home, so setting off thirty minutes earlier will be enough for us.
As I wrote in my previous post, I like to see runners filling the streets and hear the audience cheering, even though I'm old.
Okay, I'll finish this post right now. Let’s meet next time.
Journal
This morning, I woke up early, around four.
Usually, I go to sleep around ten.
Completely correct. Some optional suggestions for variety:
"I usually go to sleep around ten."
"I tend to go to bed around ten."
"I go to bed ~10." (This one is pretty casual, but I use it a lot, since ~ is faster to write than either "around" or "approximately")
On weekends, I stay up about an hour later.
Before going to bed, I pee.
During the night, I pee again.
I hope you don't pee in your bed!
All jokes aside, to be a bit pedantic; Even though most normal people would understand that it's implied that you go to the bathroom to pee, but this sentence has the slightest undertone that "you aren't getting out of bed to go pee," so you could fix that by saying "During the night, I go to pee again." (which adds the extra nuance that you are moving to a destination in order to pee).
Don't get me wrong, you're sentence is perfectly correct as is, and is exactly the same way I would expect most native English speakers to say it as well. I just want to point out as many subtleties as I can so that you can hopefully learn some new information from your posts!
If I pee the second time during the latter part of the night, I won't go back to sleep.
"latter part of the night" sounds a little bit weird. I usually hear "latter" used when talking about things that have clearly defined pieces (are discretized), especially into 2 pieces, such as:
"The latter half of <something>"
"The latter" (after someone stated 2 options in order)
Instead, I spend time on my phone, just like I'm doing right now.
"right now" adds the nuance that you are "doing it" at this very moment, exact moment, or instant in time, as opposed to a loosely defined period of time.
After waking up this morning, I opened this website and corrected several Chinese posts.
These days, I've noticed that not many people are learning Chinese; maybe only three or five.
I always try my best to help them.
There will be a marathon in my city this morning.
My son will participate in the half - -marathon.
When using a hyphenated word, like "half-marathon," the words don't get separated by spaces.
Last night, I told my wife that we would go to watch the marathon.
I have a small battery - -powered tricycle.
On weekends, I enjoy wanderriding around the city with my wife in it.
I feel like I've only ever heard "wandering" used in conjunction with "walking." (maybe "wandering aimlessly through space?") At least to me, it's mostly synonymous with walking.
Now, it’s getting bright outside, and I can hear some birds singing, though I don't know what kind of birds they are.
The marathon will start at 7:20.
The starting point of the marathon is only about two or three kilometers from my home, so setting off thirty minutes earlier will be enough for us.
As I wrote in my previous post, I like to see runners filling the streets and hear the audience cheering, even though I'm old.
Okay, I'll finish this post right now.
Let’s meet next time.
Feedback
Excellent job! Your posts are so good that I have to work really hard to hopefully give you new information to learn from. But that's a good thing! Since you're English grammar skills are so good that they probably better than most native English speakers that haven't gone to college! (I at least know that your understanding of the explicit grammar rules of English are probably better than mine, though I've found that I've been ironically learning more about English grammar by studying another language).
April 20, 2025
“I go to pee again.” Indeed, the original sentence is a bit off and can cause a wrong understanding. Your word made me laugh a few times. I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Later part of the night” – I wanted to say “后半夜” in Chinese. I looked it up one more time and translation apps say: wee hours, or small hours.
“Wandering” – I think you are absolutely right. I should say “ride around” instead of “wander around”. “Wander” should be used in relation to “walk”.
Yes, I think my grammar is not bad. I like grammar. I like to analyze sentence structures. Often times, I spend a lot of time on a sentence and its components.
You have done a lot of work on my journals. I am very grateful for that. Thank you so much.
April 20, 2025
Sorry the hyphen and other punctuations were used wrongly again. It may be because of some wrong settings on my phone.
Journal
This morning, I woke up early, around four.
Usually, I go to sleep around ten.
On weekends, I stay up about an hour later.
Before going to bed, I pee.
During the night, I pee again.
If I pee the second time in the latter part of the night, I won't go back to sleep.
Instead, I spend time on my phone, just like I'm doing now.
After waking up this morning, I opened this website and corrected several Chinese posts.
These days, I've noticed that not many people are learning Chinese; maybe only three or five.
I always try my best to help them.
There will be a marathon in my city this morning.
My son will participate in the half - -marathon.
You don’t need to put spaces before and after hyphenated words.
Last night, I told my wife that we would go to watch the marathon.
I have a small battery - -powered tricycle.
On weekends, I enjoy wandering around the city with my wife in it.
Now, it’s getting bright outside, and I can hear some birds singing, though I don't know what kind of birds they are.
The marathon will start at 7:20.
The starting point of the marathon is only about two or three kilometers from my home, so setting off thirty minutes earlierbefore will be enough for us.
I would say “before” instead of “earlier” here. Earlier would be used if you usually leave around a certain time, and you were leaving a certain amount of time before that. “Before” can be used when there’s an event at a certain time, and you need to leave a certain number of minutes before that event.
As I wrote in my previous post, I like to see runners filling the streets and hear the audience cheering, even though I'm old.
Okay, I'll finish this post right now.
Let’s meetSee you next time.
I think you want to include a good-bye with this last sentence, right? “Let’s meet next time” sounds like you want to meet the reader in-person. I would say “see you next time” instead. It’s a common way to say good-bye.
Feedback
Your English is excellent! Well done writing such a long post!
April 20, 2025
There shouldn't be spaces before and after hyphenated words.
Set off a number of minutes before.
I always try to write long journals to get more practice in writing. Thank you very much.
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During the night, I pee again. This sentence has been marked as perfect! During the night, I pee again. I hope you don't pee in your bed! All jokes aside, to be a bit pedantic; Even though most normal people would understand that it's implied that you go to the bathroom to pee, but this sentence has the slightest undertone that "you aren't getting out of bed to go pee," so you could fix that by saying "During the night, I go to pee again." (which adds the extra nuance that you are moving to a destination in order to pee). Don't get me wrong, you're sentence is perfectly correct as is, and is exactly the same way I would expect most native English speakers to say it as well. I just want to point out as many subtleties as I can so that you can hopefully learn some new information from your posts! |
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If I pee the second time in the latter part of the night, I won't go back to sleep. This sentence has been marked as perfect! If I pee the second time during the lat "latter part of the night" sounds a little bit weird. I usually hear "latter" used when talking about things that have clearly defined pieces (are discretized), especially into 2 pieces, such as: "The latter half of <something>" "The latter" (after someone stated 2 options in order) |
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Instead, I spend time on my phone, just like I'm doing now. This sentence has been marked as perfect! Instead, I spend time on my phone, just like I'm doing right now. "right now" adds the nuance that you are "doing it" at this very moment, exact moment, or instant in time, as opposed to a loosely defined period of time. |
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After waking up this morning, I opened this website and corrected several Chinese posts. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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These days, I've noticed that not many people are learning Chinese; maybe only three or five. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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There will be a marathon in my city this morning. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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My son will participate in the half - marathon. My son will participate in the half You don’t need to put spaces before and after hyphenated words. My son will participate in the half When using a hyphenated word, like "half-marathon," the words don't get separated by spaces. |
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Last night, I told my wife that we would go to watch the marathon. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I have a small battery - powered tricycle. I have a small battery I have a small battery |
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On weekends, I enjoy wandering around the city with my wife in it. This sentence has been marked as perfect! On weekends, I enjoy I feel like I've only ever heard "wandering" used in conjunction with "walking." (maybe "wandering aimlessly through space?") At least to me, it's mostly synonymous with walking. |
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Now, it’s getting bright outside, and I can hear some birds singing, though I don't know what kind of birds they are. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The marathon will start at 7:20. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The starting point of the marathon is only about two or three kilometers from my home, so setting off thirty minutes earlier will be enough for us. The starting point of the marathon is only about two or three kilometers from my home, so setting off thirty minutes I would say “before” instead of “earlier” here. Earlier would be used if you usually leave around a certain time, and you were leaving a certain amount of time before that. “Before” can be used when there’s an event at a certain time, and you need to leave a certain number of minutes before that event. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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As I wrote in my previous post, I like to see runners filling the streets and hear the audience cheering, even though I'm old. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Okay, I'll finish this post right now. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Let’s meet next time.
I think you want to include a good-bye with this last sentence, right? “Let’s meet next time” sounds like you want to meet the reader in-person. I would say “see you next time” instead. It’s a common way to say good-bye. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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