May 30, 2020
Do you know about Murphy's Law? Today I summed up my experiences falling into Murphy's law.
In the office:
1. When the company I work for announced to let us work from home due to the coronavirus probelms, I happily bought a lot of booze and finger food to enjoy them at home, but I ended up going to the office everyday for many reasons.
2. Only when I wear new clothes I splurged to the office, I spilled coffee and got a big stain on them .
3. Only when I bought an expensive nice food for my lunch at a famous deldelicatessen shop before going to the office in the morning, our boss tells us to go out for lunch on him.
4. My coffee is always spilled on the keyborad.
5. Only when I have to make documents immediately, the computer is frozen and won't be fixed soon. Consequently, time is up.
At language exchange events:
(Usually 4 to 5 attendees sit at a table and talk about a topic together. After 30 minutes, we change tables as the event staff's instructions and talk about another topic with different attendees.)
1. Only when I memorized many Enligsh phrases and I'm pumped up for conversation in English, the attendees at the first tabel are Japanese middle-aged men who came there to find a playmate. I still say merrily "Hello! Nice to meet you!", but they just say "Are you married? How old are you?" in Japanese without greetings. In the end, I find this kind of Japanese men are full of almost all the tables that day.😩
2. Only when I attend a language exchange event on the spur of the moment because my plan suddenly got cancelled and I want to just kill time by chatting with Japanese English learners, native English speakers are full of almost all the tables.😆
(Naturally I can't speak English as I don't prepare any English phrase.)
Others:
1. Only when I go for drink with my friends even though my face is puffy and I feel a little sick because I went out drinking at the previous night, I meet a nice and handsome bartender at a bar. I drink a nice cocktailk he made. I throw up at the bathroom later and he cleans there.
(See you in the afterworld😭)
2. My hairstyle is always on point in the place there are no people.
3. When I'm on a roll, the shops and the events are all closed and cancelled.
Have a nice weekend!😄
私のあるあるマーフィーの法則
マーフィーの法則って知ってる?マーフィーの法則に該当している私の経験をまとめたよ。
会社編:
1. 会社が在宅勤務okの発表をしたとき、喜んでお酒とおつまみをいっぱい買ったけど、結局、毎日会社に行くハメになった。
2. 奮発して買った新しい服を会社に着ていくと必ずコーヒーをこぼす。そして大きな染みになる。
3. 朝の通勤途中、有名なデリカでランチを買った日に限って、上司のおごりでランチを食べに行こうと上司が言い出す。
4. コーヒーがこぼれるときはいつもキーボードの上。
5. 急いで書類を作成しないといけない時に限ってパソコンが固まり、復旧せずタイムアウト。
言語交換イベント編:
(通常、4、5人で一つのテーブルに座り1つのトピックについて皆で話す。30分経ったらスタッフの指示に従いテーブルチェンジし、新たなメンバーと新たなトピックについて語る)
1. 英語のフレーズをたくさん覚えてやる気満々の時に限って、最初のテーブルの参加者がガールハント目的の日本人のおじさんだったりする。それでも元気に挨拶するが、返ってくるのは「結婚してるの?いくつ?」。。。その日の参加者ほぼ全員がこの種の連中と後でわかる😩
2. 予定がキャンセルになったので、時間を潰そうと何気に入った言語交換イベントで、日本人とおしゃべりしようと思いきや、そういう時に限ってどのテーブルもネイティブで埋まってたりする😆
(何のフレーズも準備してないので、当然ながら英語が話せない)
その他:
1. 前の晩に飲みに行って顔がむくんでる上に、気分が優れないのにまた飲みに行くと、決まってバーテンのお兄さんが男前である。お兄さんが作ってくれたカクテルを飲んだ後、トイレで吐き、そして、お兄さんが掃除する。(来世で会おう😭)
2. 誰もいないところではバッチリ髪型がきまる。
3. 絶好調なとき、お店もイベントも全部閉まってるし中止になっている。
よい週末を!😄
4. MWhenever I spill my coffee is, I always spilled it on the keyborard.
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1. Only when I go for drink with my friends even though my face is puffy and I feel a little sick because I went out drinking at the previous night, do I meet a nice and handsome bartender at a bar.
I throw up atin the bathroom later and he cleans thereit up.
Feedback
Nice job. I just made a few additional suggestions.
My Version of Murphy's Law
Do you know about Murphy's Law?
Today I am summeding up my experiences that falling into Murphy's law.
In the office:
1. When the company I work for announced tohat they would let us work from home due to the coronavirus probelms, I happily bought a lot of booze and finger food to enjoy them at home, but I ended up going to the office everyday for many reasons.
2. Only when I wear new clothes I splurged on to the office, do I spilled coffee and goet a big stain on them .
The "only when" construction requires inversion, using an auxiliary verb ("do," "will," "can," "have," "be," etc.). This page provides some examples and explanation: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html
3. Only when I bought anice, expensive nice food for my lunch at a famous deldelicatessen shop before going to the office in the morning, did our boss tells us to go out for lunch on him.
4. My coffee is always spilleds on the keyborard.
This is technically correct, but here, you probably want to emphasize the action, using the active voice.
5. Only when I have to make documents immediately, will the computer is frofreezen and won't be unfixed soonable for a while.
"For a while" makes sense based on context, but you might want to use a different verb.
Consequently, time is up.
At language exchange events:
(Usually 4 to 5four to five attendees sit at a table and talk about a topic together. After 30 minutes, we change tables asper the event staff's instructions and talk about another topic with different attendees. )
Usually, unless you want to emphasize the number, like in a math problem, you should write out small numbers. The exact cut-off varies, but those less than 10 generally fall into that category. Example:
- Fyodor Pavlovich had three sons: Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei.
- I have 5 apples. I give 3 to you. How many do I have now?
1. Only when I memorized many Engligsh phrases and I'mwhen I was pumped up for conversation in English, were the attendees at the first tabel are Japanesle middle-aged Japanese men who came there to find a playmate.
I still say merrily, "Hello!
Commas go before quoted speech, if the "I said" part is before the quote. Example:
- I said, "Don't walk on the ice!"
- "Don't walk on the ice!" I said.
Nice to meet you!
", b But they just say "Are you married?
Normally, we don't really put a quote in the middle of a sentence: either it starts it or ends it. The part after the quote should be broken off.
How old are you?"
in Japanese without greetings.
In the end, I find this kind of Japanese men are full of almost all the tablesat all the tables are full of this kind of Japanese men that day.😩
2. Only wWhen I attend a language exchange event on the spur of the moment because my plan suddenly got cancelled and I want to just kill time by chatting with Japanese English learners, native English speakers are full of almost all the tablealmost all the tables are full of native English speakers.😆
The first part is a bit too long for the "only when" structure.
(Naturally I can't speak English as I dohaven't prepared any English phrase. )
"Don't" describes the situation in general, but based on (1), it sounds like you do normally prepare.
Others:
1. Only when I go for drink with my friends even though my face is puffy and I feel a little sick because I went out drinking at the previous night,. I meet a nice and handsome bartender at a bar.
This was a bit long, so I think it sounds better in two sentences.
I drink a nice cocktailk he made.
I throw up at the bathroom later and he cleans there.
(See you in the afterworld😭)
2. My hairstyle is always on point in the placewhen there are no people around.
3. When I'm on a roll, the shops and the events are all closed and cancelled.
"On a roll" doesn't quite work here. I don't know Japanese, so I'm not sure if it fits your original idea, but maybe something like "When I'm in a good mood" or "When I'm out and about" would work better.
Have a nice weekend!😄
Feedback
This was very entertaining! It might be good to read up about inversion and practice that (or identify scenarios where you would use it). I found the link that I included from a quick search, but there may be better explanations out there.
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1. When the company I work for announced to let us work from home due to the coronavirus probelms, I happily bought a lot of booze and finger food to enjoy them at home, but I ended up going to the office everyday for many reasons. 1. When the company I work for announced t |
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2. Only when I wear new clothes I splurged to the office, I spilled coffee and got a big stain on them . 2. Only when I wear new clothes I splurged on to the office The "only when" construction requires inversion, using an auxiliary verb ("do," "will," "can," "have," "be," etc.). This page provides some examples and explanation: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html |
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3. Only when I bought an expensive nice food for my lunch at a famous deldelicatessen shop before going to the office in the morning, our boss tells us to go out for lunch on him. 3. Only when I bought |
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4. My coffee is always spilled on the keyborad. 4. My coffee This is technically correct, but here, you probably want to emphasize the action, using the active voice. 4. |
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5. Only when I have to make documents immediately, the computer is frozen and won't be fixed soon. 5. Only when I have to make documents immediately "For a while" makes sense based on context, but you might want to use a different verb. |
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(Usually 4 to 5 attendees sit at a table and talk about a topic together. After 30 minutes, we change tables as the event staff's instructions and talk about another topic with different attendees. ) (Usually Usually, unless you want to emphasize the number, like in a math problem, you should write out small numbers. The exact cut-off varies, but those less than 10 generally fall into that category. Example: - Fyodor Pavlovich had three sons: Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei. - I have 5 apples. I give 3 to you. How many do I have now? |
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1. Only when I memorized many Enligsh phrases and I'm pumped up for conversation in English, the attendees at the first tabel are Japanese middle-aged men who came there to find a playmate. 1. Only when I memorized many Engli |
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I still say merrily "Hello! I still say merrily, "Hello! Commas go before quoted speech, if the "I said" part is before the quote. Example: - I said, "Don't walk on the ice!" - "Don't walk on the ice!" I said. |
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", but they just say "Are you married? " Normally, we don't really put a quote in the middle of a sentence: either it starts it or ends it. The part after the quote should be broken off. |
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In the end, I find this kind of Japanese men are full of almost all the tables that day.😩 In the end, I find th In the end, I find |
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2. Only when I attend a language exchange event on the spur of the moment because my plan suddenly got cancelled and I want to just kill time by chatting with Japanese English learners, native English speakers are full of almost all the tables.😆 2. The first part is a bit too long for the "only when" structure. |
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(Naturally I can't speak English as I don't prepare any English phrase. ) (Naturally I can't speak English as I "Don't" describes the situation in general, but based on (1), it sounds like you do normally prepare. |
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1. Only when I go for drink with my friends even though my face is puffy and I feel a little sick because I went out drinking at the previous night, I meet a nice and handsome bartender at a bar. 1. This was a bit long, so I think it sounds better in two sentences. 1. Only when I go for drink with my friends even though my face is puffy and I feel a little sick because I went out drinking |
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I drink a nice cocktailk he made. I drink a nice cocktail |
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I throw up at the bathroom later and he cleans there. This sentence has been marked as perfect! I throw up |
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2. My hairstyle is always on point in the place there are no people. 2. My hairstyle is always on point |
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3. When I'm on a roll, the shops and the events are all closed and cancelled. 3. When I'm on a roll, the shops and the events are all closed and cancelled. "On a roll" doesn't quite work here. I don't know Japanese, so I'm not sure if it fits your original idea, but maybe something like "When I'm in a good mood" or "When I'm out and about" would work better. |
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