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Looking for his first job

Two years ago, Peter was looking for his first job. But after several months he couldn't find any. His uncle had a *witty* idea: "You should get a driver's license, it will give you more chances to get a job", he said. So, Peter *got hold of* a new car and *took up* driving around his neighborhood. Unfortunately, the first day Peter drove over a *sewer*, *pricked* one tire and almost had an accident.


I write the text to use and learn new vocabulary (*words*). They are no related words, so the story may sound a bit strange in some cases.

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Looking for his first job

Two years ago, Peter was looking for his first job.

But after several months he couldn't find any.

His uncle had a *wittygreat* idea: "You should get a driver's license, it will give you moreincrease your chances tof getting a job", he said.

We don't tend to call ideas "witty", we would probably say "great idea" or "brilliant idea". "give you more chances to get a job" doesn't sound right so I suggested an alternative

So, Peter *got hold of* a new car and *took up* driving around his neighborhood.

Unfortunately, on the first day Peter drove over a *sewer*, *prickunctured* onea tire and almost had an accident.

A preposition is almost always needed when talking about time: "on the first day", "at 9:00" etc. Pricking suggests sticking a needle (or needle-like object) into something but it obviously takes more than that for a tire to rupture, so a more forceful word like "punctured" is used. You would only ever say "one <object>" to emphasize that there is exactly one object, but that's not what you are doing here, so you can just say "a tire".

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Dani

Oct. 10, 2022

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I appreciate your time and your advice. Thank you.

Looking for his first job

Two years ago, Peter was looking for his first job.

But after several months he couldn't find anyone.

"Any" is used when the antecedent is plural; since you said "job" in the singular in the last sentence, "one" is better here.

His uncle had a *witty*bright idea: "You should get a driver's license, it will give you more chances to get a job", he said.

"witty" is mostly used to describe clever jokes or writings, "bright idea" is the most common set phrase for expressing this concept

So, Peter *got hold of* a new car and *took up* driving around his neighborhood.

Unfortunately, the first day Peter drove over a *sewer*, *prickmanhole/sewer grating, punctured* one tire and almost had an accident.

"Sewer" is used to describe the entire piping system, it sounds weird to say he drove over a sewer when his tire must have been damaged by a "manhole" or possibly a "grating" that is part of the sewer system. "Pricked" is mostly used in the context of minor injuries to the skin I would say, e.g. you can be "pricked" in the finger by a sewing needle, causing your finger to bleed. Tires on the other hand are usually said to be "punctured."

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Great writing, keep it up! These are some difficult and subtle points of terminology, so don't worry if you don't get it exactly right the first time.

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Dani

Oct. 10, 2022

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Thank you very much for your correction and the great hints

Looking for his first job


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Two years ago, Peter was looking for his first job.


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But after several months he couldn't find any.


But after several months he couldn't find anyone.

"Any" is used when the antecedent is plural; since you said "job" in the singular in the last sentence, "one" is better here.

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His uncle had a *witty* idea: "You should get a driver's license, it will give you more chances to get a job", he said.


His uncle had a *witty*bright idea: "You should get a driver's license, it will give you more chances to get a job", he said.

"witty" is mostly used to describe clever jokes or writings, "bright idea" is the most common set phrase for expressing this concept

His uncle had a *wittygreat* idea: "You should get a driver's license, it will give you moreincrease your chances tof getting a job", he said.

We don't tend to call ideas "witty", we would probably say "great idea" or "brilliant idea". "give you more chances to get a job" doesn't sound right so I suggested an alternative

So, Peter *got hold of* a new car and *took up* driving around his neighborhood.


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This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Unfortunately, the first day Peter drove over a *sewer*, *pricked* one tire and almost had an accident.


Unfortunately, the first day Peter drove over a *sewer*, *prickmanhole/sewer grating, punctured* one tire and almost had an accident.

"Sewer" is used to describe the entire piping system, it sounds weird to say he drove over a sewer when his tire must have been damaged by a "manhole" or possibly a "grating" that is part of the sewer system. "Pricked" is mostly used in the context of minor injuries to the skin I would say, e.g. you can be "pricked" in the finger by a sewing needle, causing your finger to bleed. Tires on the other hand are usually said to be "punctured."

Unfortunately, on the first day Peter drove over a *sewer*, *prickunctured* onea tire and almost had an accident.

A preposition is almost always needed when talking about time: "on the first day", "at 9:00" etc. Pricking suggests sticking a needle (or needle-like object) into something but it obviously takes more than that for a tire to rupture, so a more forceful word like "punctured" is used. You would only ever say "one <object>" to emphasize that there is exactly one object, but that's not what you are doing here, so you can just say "a tire".

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