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sachisachi

April 2, 2025

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Our Trip to New York Part 4 (120)

This is a continuation of my last entry.

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "greek from greece."

We had a salad bowl with eight kinds of vegetables.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showcase in the cafe.

We didn't know how to order, but the shop staff explained that we could make our own salad bowl.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

He asked us "Which dressing would you like?", but non of them weren't familiar for us.

We asked him "What would you recommend?"

He said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them up.

It was very good. I loved it.


前回の投稿の続きです。

自由の女神を見た後、ホテルへ帰る途中で「グリークフロムグリース」というカフェでランチをしました。

私達は、8種類の野菜のサラダボールを食べました。

カフェのショーケースの中にはたくさんの野菜がありました。

私達は、どうやって注文するかわかりませんでしたが、お店のスタッフが自分の好きなサラダボールを作れると説明してくれました。

私達は、8種類の野菜とドレッシングを選んで、彼はそれを混ぜて、二つのボールに分けて盛り付けてくれました。

彼は、「どのドレッシングにする?」って聞きました。でも、どれも私達にとってなじみがなかったので、

「どれがおすすめ?」って聞きました。

彼は、少し考えて「うーん、たぶんレモンかなー」と言って混ぜてくれました。

とても美味しかった。すごく気に入りました。

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Our Trip to New York Part 4

This is a continuation of my last entry.

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "greek from greece."

We had a salad bowl with eight kinds of vegetables.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showcase inat the cafe.

"Showcase" has a slightly different meaning.

We didn't know how to order, but the shop staff explained that we could make our own salad bowl.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, and he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

He asked us "Which dressing would you like?

", but none of them weren't familiar forto us.

HAfter thinking about it for a little while, he said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them up.

It was very good.

I loved it.

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Nice work! Glad to read some more about your NYC trip!

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sachisachi

April 3, 2025

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Thank you so much for your corrections!

Our Trip to New York Part 4

This is a continuation of my last entry.

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "gGreek from gGreece."

I searched for a photo of "Greek from Greece," and I noticed that all of the words in the restaurant name are not capitalized (like "greek from greece," as you wrote). Normally we treat names of specific places like titles and capitalize all of the important words. However, sometimes there are places and restaurants that use all lowercase letters for various stylistic or branding reasons. For example, all lowercase letters can make a name feel more casual, friendly, or down-to-earth.

If you’re writing the restaurant name more generally (like on LangCorrect or something outside of the restaurant's branding), however, it’s typically correct to capitalize the important words: "Greek from Greece."

Does that make sense? I wanted to just explain in case you're confused because that might be confusing. 😅

We had a salad bowl with eight kinds of vegetables.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showfood display case in the cafe.

We didn't know how to order, but the shop staff explained that we could make our own salad bowl.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and a dressing, and then he mixed them uptogether and served them to us in two bowls.

"Mixed them together" sounds slightly more natural to me, but "mixed them up" is also fine.

Just for clarity, I changed it to "a dressing" because I think you chose only one dressing. If you chose multiple types of dressing, you can just say "dressing."

He asked us "Which dressing would you like?

"," but none of them weren't familiar forto us.

We asked him "What would you recommend?"

HAfter thinking for a moment, he said, "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them up," and then mixed it in with the salad.

It was very good.

I loved it.

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"Greek from Greece" sounds like a great restaurant, and I'm glad you liked the food! I love Greek food. I wish I could eat Greek food in Japan, but I haven't seen any Greek restaurants here. 😭

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sachisachi

April 3, 2025

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Thank you so much for your corrections and explaining about the lowercase letters. I understand. I didn't know lowercase letters can make a name feel casual. Good to know!

I googled Greek restaurant and found some of them in Tokyo. Now I'm interested in Greek food, but actually I've never tried Greek food except the salad I had in NY. If I visit a Greek restaurant in Tokyo, I think I'll write about it here^^

Our Trip to New York: Part 4

"New York: Part 4" or "New York - Park 4" work a little bit better as a title, but the way you wrote it is just fine, too! This is very, very minor and doe not affect understanding at all.

This is a continuation of my last entry.

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "gGreek from gGreece."

Since "Greek from Greece" is the name of a specific place, it should be treated like a title. As such, important words of the name should be capitalized.

Interestingly, "cafe" can both be written like that and written as "café"! It is a word that English borrowed from the French language.

We had a salad bowl with eight kinds of vegetables.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showcase in the cafthere.

This is a minor correction. What you wrote originally is perfectly understandable, but writing it like this would make it sound more natural! Since the reader understands you are in the cafe in your story, there is not a strong need to re-emphasize where this is happening.

We didn't know how to order, but the shop staff explained that we could make our own salad bowl.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and a dressing, hand an employee mixed them up and served them to us in two bowls.

The main point is that there should be an "and" between "...dressing, " and "he mixed them...". That, or these should be two separate sentences separated by a period.

A good way to tell whether to put a word like "and" or "but" between two ideas like this is if they sound like complete sentences when they are said on their own! I can explain something like this further, but it may be too technical. Only if you want to hear about it!

He asked us, "Which dressing would you like?

If you have something like "he said" or "he asked" before a quote, then be sure to add the comma before the quotation marks as well.

", but none of them weren't familiar for us.

We asked him, "What would you recommend?"

He said, "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing", wondering a little while, and then mixed themall the ingredients up.

It was very good.

I loved it.

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I am glad the salad bowl was delicious, sachi-san! Enjoy your trip in New York, and stay safe in your travels!

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sachisachi

April 3, 2025

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Thank you so much for your corrections and explaining a lot. I enjoyed our trip a lot, but it was a short trip, so I'm in Japan now😭I wish I could go back again.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showcasebuffet in the cafe.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, then he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

Just sounds a bit more natural to have a stop word in here since you changed the subject for the second clause.

", but none of them weren't familiar forto us.

He said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wonderafter thinking a little while, and then mixed them up.

"thinking" sounds more natural here than "wondering" in this situation.

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sachisachi

April 3, 2025

2

Thank you so much for your corrections!

Our Trip to New York Part 4

This is a continuation of my last entry.

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "g[the] "Greek from gGreece."

ALSO POSSIBLE: We had a salad bowl with eight kinds of vegetables.

TSMOOTHER: Moreover, there were a lot of vegetables in the cafe's showcase in the cafe.

ALSO POSSIBLE: Moreover, lots of vegetables were on display in the cafe's display case.

We didn't know how to order, but the shop staff explained that we could make our own salad bowl.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and a dressing, then he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

He asked us "Which dressing would you like?

", but non of them weren't familiar for us.

He said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them up.

It was very good.

I loved itOPTION: You could delete this; it has no new information.

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Glad you had a great experience. Greek food is yummy, isn't it?

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sachisachi

April 3, 2025

2

Thank you so much for your corrections! Yes, I wish I could go back!

Our Trip to New York Part 4

This is a continuation of my last entry.

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "gGreek from gGreece."

We had a salad bowl with eight kinds of vegetables.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showfood display case in the cafe.

"showcase" would be used more for things displayed in a museum or jewelry store.

We didn't know how to order, but the shop staff explained that we could make our own salad bowl.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, he, plus some dressing, and the server mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

I added "plus some" just to make it clear that there weren't 8 kinds of dressing.

He asked us "Which dressing would you like?

", but non of themBut we weren't familiar for uswith any of them.

We asked him "What would you recommend?"

He said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them upAfter thinking for a little while, he said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing", and then added the dressing to the salads.

It was very good.

I loved it.

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Well done overall. A couple of sentences needed to be rephrased, but the meaning was perfectly clear!

sachisachi's avatar
sachisachi

April 3, 2025

2

Thank you so much for your corrections!

Our Trip to New York Part 4

This is a continuation of my last entry.

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "gGreek from gGreece."

We had a salad bowl with eight kinds of vegetables.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showcase in the cafe.

We didn't know how to order, but the shop staff explained that we could make our own salad bowl.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

He asked us "Which dressing would you like?

", but none of them weren't familiar for us.

We asked him "What would you recommend?"

He said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them up.

It was very good.

I loved it.

sachisachi's avatar
sachisachi

April 2, 2025

2

Thank you so much for your corrections!

Our Trip to New York Part 4


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Our Trip to New York: Part 4

"New York: Part 4" or "New York - Park 4" work a little bit better as a title, but the way you wrote it is just fine, too! This is very, very minor and doe not affect understanding at all.

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There were a lot of vegetables in the showcase in the cafe.


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There were a lot of vegetables in the showfood display case in the cafe.

"showcase" would be used more for things displayed in a museum or jewelry store.

TSMOOTHER: Moreover, there were a lot of vegetables in the cafe's showcase in the cafe.

ALSO POSSIBLE: Moreover, lots of vegetables were on display in the cafe's display case.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showcasebuffet in the cafe.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showcase in the cafthere.

This is a minor correction. What you wrote originally is perfectly understandable, but writing it like this would make it sound more natural! Since the reader understands you are in the cafe in your story, there is not a strong need to re-emphasize where this is happening.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showfood display case in the cafe.

There were a lot of vegetables in the showcase inat the cafe.

"Showcase" has a slightly different meaning.

We didn't know how to order, but the shop staff explained that we could make our own salad bowl.


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We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.


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We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, he, plus some dressing, and the server mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

I added "plus some" just to make it clear that there weren't 8 kinds of dressing.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and a dressing, then he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, then he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

Just sounds a bit more natural to have a stop word in here since you changed the subject for the second clause.

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and a dressing, hand an employee mixed them up and served them to us in two bowls.

The main point is that there should be an "and" between "...dressing, " and "he mixed them...". That, or these should be two separate sentences separated by a period. A good way to tell whether to put a word like "and" or "but" between two ideas like this is if they sound like complete sentences when they are said on their own! I can explain something like this further, but it may be too technical. Only if you want to hear about it!

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and a dressing, and then he mixed them uptogether and served them to us in two bowls.

"Mixed them together" sounds slightly more natural to me, but "mixed them up" is also fine. Just for clarity, I changed it to "a dressing" because I think you chose only one dressing. If you chose multiple types of dressing, you can just say "dressing."

We chose eight kinds of vegetables and dressing, and he mixed them up and served us in two bowls.

He asked us "Which dressing would you like?


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He said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them upAfter thinking for a little while, he said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing", and then added the dressing to the salads.

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He said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wonderafter thinking a little while, and then mixed them up.

"thinking" sounds more natural here than "wondering" in this situation.

He said, "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing", wondering a little while, and then mixed themall the ingredients up.

HAfter thinking for a moment, he said, "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them up," and then mixed it in with the salad.

HAfter thinking about it for a little while, he said "Ummm, maybe lemon dressing" wondering a little while, and then mixed them up.

It was very good.


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On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "greek from greece."


On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "gGreek from gGreece."

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "gGreek from gGreece."

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "g[the] "Greek from gGreece."

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "gGreek from gGreece."

Since "Greek from Greece" is the name of a specific place, it should be treated like a title. As such, important words of the name should be capitalized. Interestingly, "cafe" can both be written like that and written as "café"! It is a word that English borrowed from the French language.

On the way back to the hotel after seeing the Statue of Liberty, we had lunch at a cafe called "gGreek from gGreece."

I searched for a photo of "Greek from Greece," and I noticed that all of the words in the restaurant name are not capitalized (like "greek from greece," as you wrote). Normally we treat names of specific places like titles and capitalize all of the important words. However, sometimes there are places and restaurants that use all lowercase letters for various stylistic or branding reasons. For example, all lowercase letters can make a name feel more casual, friendly, or down-to-earth. If you’re writing the restaurant name more generally (like on LangCorrect or something outside of the restaurant's branding), however, it’s typically correct to capitalize the important words: "Greek from Greece." Does that make sense? I wanted to just explain in case you're confused because that might be confusing. 😅

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We had a salad bowl with eight kinds of vegetables.


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I loved it.


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