Oct. 6, 2020
Living abroad
I'd often think about moving abroad. I think the experience must be quite different from just travelling. To spend a couple of days or weeks in a foreign country must be nice, but I'm sure that living abroad must feel different. My family is not rich so we've never traveled much, even within our country. When I was younger, we would visit the relatives that live in another state, and those are still, to this say, the longest trips that I've ever made. By bus, we'd take about 8 to 12 hours to reach our destination, depending on the conditions of the road and the weather.
When I was a teenager I would often talk about my plans of graduating college and applying for a master's degree scholarship in another country. I had many friends that would often say the same. The destinations varied a lot, but we all shared the same goal of going abroad and building a whole new life in a different country.
However, I don't feel the same way anymore. Even though I still think about one day going abroad and visiting all kinds of places, I don't know if I could live abroad like I wished to do before. I wonder if it's just the years catching up (I say as if I were on my mid 60s or something, haha), or if I just got too comfortable and became afraid of the challenge.
Living abroad
I'dve often thinkought about moving abroad.
If you're talking about the past (and you are no longer thinking about moving abroad), you would say "I'd often think..." But it sounds like you are talking about the present, so I changed it to "I've often thought."
I think the experience must be quite different from just travelling.
TIt must be nice to spend a couple of days or weeks in a foreign country must be nice, but I'm sure that living abroad mustwould feel different.
What you wrote was grammatically correct. I rearranged the first part to make it sound more natural, and I changed "must feel different" to "would feel different" so as to avoid using the word "must" twice in one sentence. (But the meaning remains the same.)
My family is not rich, so we've never traveled much, even within our country.
More information on the comma usage here:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma-before-so/#:~:text=If%20you%20are%20unsure%20if,have%20a%20comma%20before%20it.
When I was younger, we would visit theour relatives thatwho live in another state, andbut those are still, to this say,were the longest trips that I've ever madebeen on.
If you want to emphasize that you haven't ever travelled a greater distance, I would say, "that's still the farthest I've ever travelled."
"The longest trips I've ever been on" could mean distance, but this could also refer to the amount of time the trips lasted.
ByThe bus, we'd take about 8 to 12 hours to reach our destination ride there would last between 8 and 12 hours, depending on the conditions of the road and the weather.
Same meaning; I just corrected it to make it sound more natural (at least to me).
When I was a teenager, I would often talk about my plans tof graduatinge college and applying for a master's degree scholarship in another country.
I had many friends that would often say the samewith similar aspirations.
The destinations varied a lotEach of us wanted to go to different places, but we all shared the same goal of going abroad and building a whole new life in a different country.
Again, same meaning, but this way, it sounds more natural.
However, I don't feel the same way anymore've changed my mind since then.
Even though I still think about one day going abroad one day and visiting all kinds of places, I don't know if I could live abroad like I wished to do before.
I wonder if it's just the years catching up (I say as if I were oound like I'm in my mid -60s or something, haha), or if I just got too comfortable and became afraid of the challenge.
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Good work! Most of my edits were stylistic. I hope my feedback was helpful ;)
Oct. 6, 2020
Thank for your corrections! ^^
I think I'm still thinking in Portuguese and trying to translate some of the expressions to English. I'll work harder to improve. *determination*
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I'd often think about moving abroad. I' If you're talking about the past (and you are no longer thinking about moving abroad), you would say "I'd often think..." But it sounds like you are talking about the present, so I changed it to "I've often thought." |
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I think the experience must be quite different from just travelling. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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To spend a couple of days or weeks in a foreign country must be nice, but I'm sure that living abroad must feel different.
What you wrote was grammatically correct. I rearranged the first part to make it sound more natural, and I changed "must feel different" to "would feel different" so as to avoid using the word "must" twice in one sentence. (But the meaning remains the same.) |
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Living abroad This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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My family is not rich so we've never traveled much, even within our country. My family is not rich, so we've never traveled much, even within our country. More information on the comma usage here: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma-before-so/#:~:text=If%20you%20are%20unsure%20if,have%20a%20comma%20before%20it. |
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When I was younger, we would visit the relatives that live in another state, and those are still, to this say, the longest trips that I've ever made. When I was younger, we would visit If you want to emphasize that you haven't ever travelled a greater distance, I would say, "that's still the farthest I've ever travelled." "The longest trips I've ever been on" could mean distance, but this could also refer to the amount of time the trips lasted. |
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By bus, we'd take about 8 to 12 hours to reach our destination, depending on the conditions of the road and the weather.
Same meaning; I just corrected it to make it sound more natural (at least to me). |
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When I was a teenager I would often talk about my plans of graduating college and applying for a master's degree scholarship in another country. When I was a teenager, I would often talk about my plans to |
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I had many friends that would often say the same. I had many friends |
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The destinations varied a lot, but we all shared the same goal of going abroad and building a whole new life in a different country.
Again, same meaning, but this way, it sounds more natural. |
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However, I don't feel the same way anymore. However, I |
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Even though I still think about one day going abroad and visiting all kinds of places, I don't know if I could live abroad like I wished to do before. Even though I still think about |
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I wonder if it's just the years catching up (I say as if I were on my mid 60s or something, haha), or if I just got too comfortable and became afraid of the challenge. I wonder if it's just the years catching up (I s |
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