April 8, 2022
Helping others online
Today when I recommended Snipaste to my classmates, I received lots of doubts.
Snipaste is a free, portable software allowing you to paste screenshots on the desktop. This unique function distinguishes it from Windows built-in features like printscreen. Then you can make marks, zoom the picture, adjust the transparency, etc.
Notes: I'm not advertising for it. I was impressed by its performance and wanted to share the productivity-increasing tool with my peers. But they just kept repeating the keyboard shortcuts, the chatting software QQ's screenshot function, etc.
Recently I'm losing the motivation to share or to help others, especially online. Maybe not "recently".
Last year I joined lots of discussion groups focusing on subjects like Mathematics and Physics. There I volunteered to deal with questions. Many lacked the basic politeness and were ignorant of how to properly state a question. So I often had to face unclear descriptions and blurred pictures taken from textbooks.
Once I met someone claiming to be a primary school student, on whom I spent an hour explaining what was "power" (in Mathematics). Then he told me he hadn't learnt division and asked me to teach him. After this incident I was lacking in interest to help others online for a long time.
I'm quite sensitive and susceptible, and it hurts when I get unkind response. I know I'd better change my fragile heart to a tough one. But I also hope that sincere help won't be treated as nothing. After all, anonymous identity shouldn't be the reason for bad manners in cyberspace.
Helping others online
Today when I recommended Snipaste to my classmates, I received lots ofmany of them expressed doubts.
Although the meaning of "I received lots of doubts" is clear, it's not what we would typically say in (British) English. You might say *I received lots of negative feedback".
Snipaste is a free, portable software allowing you to paste screenshots on the desktop.
We refer to a single software item as "a piece of software", not "a software". Software (by itself) can be one or more items. It's a special case, like "data".
This unique function distinguishes it from Windows built-in features like printscreen.
Then you can make marks, zoom the picture, adjust the transparency, etc.
Notes: I'm not advertising for it.
I was impressed by its performance and wanted to share theis productivity-increasing tool with my peers.
But they just kept repeating the keyboard shortcuts, the chatting software QQ's screenshot function, etc.
Recently I'm losing the motivation to share or to help others, especially online.
Maybe not "recently".
Last year I joined lots of discussion groups focusing on subjects like Mathematics and Physics.
There I volunteered to deal with questions.
Many lacked the basic politeness and were ignorant of how to properly state a question.
So I often had to face unclear descriptions and blurred pictures taken from textbooks.
Once I met someone claiming to be a primary school student, onwith whom I spent an hour explaining what was "power" (in Mathematics).
Good use of "whom". On whom is probably not wrong, but with whom is better, in my opinion.
Then he told me he hadn't learnt division and asked me to teach him.
After this incident I was lacking inlacked interest toin helping others online for a long time.
I'm quite sensitive and susceptible, and it hurts when I get an unkind response.
I know I'd better change my fragile heart to a tough one.
Perhaps better to say "I know I should toughen up".
But I also hope that sincere help won't be treated as nothing.
or: won't be treated as having no value.
After all, anonymous identity shouldn't be the reason for bad manners in cyberspace.
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An interesting journal. I sympathise with you! It amazes me that otherwise intelligent people are unwilling to learn even basic keyboard shortcuts that could save them many hours of time!
Fortunately the LangCorrect community seem to be very grateful for the help they receive! Chris in London
April 8, 2022
Snipaste is a free, portable software allowing you to paste screenshots on the desktop.
Got it. Maybe I should use "an app" instead of "a software" here.
April 8, 2022
Many lacked the basic politeness and were ignorant of how to properly state a question.
Along with the corrected sentence above, it seems that I'm using "the" too casually.
April 8, 2022
Once I met someone claiming to be a primary school student, onwith whom I spent an hour explaining what was "power" (in Mathematics).
"On" might result from the phrase "spend sth. on sth./sb." that my teacher repeats in English classes. When I wrote the journal, the sound "on" just jumped into my head. I think "on" emphasize an area or a field you focus on, while "with" means being together. Thus "with" is better here.
April 8, 2022
Thank you Chris! It seems that there's a huge gap between writing a journal and writing a fluent, natural journal. Your comments are quite native in my opinion, and I hope to reach that level some day in the future. (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و
April 8, 2022
Thank you Chris! It seems that there's a huge gap between writing a journal and writing a fluent, natural journal. Your comments are quite native in my opinion, and I hope to reach that level some day in the future. (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و
Don't underestimate yourself - your journal was well-written and fluent. Your English is good enough that you can devote some effort to concentrating on the fine detail of language that will make it sound 'native'.
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Today when I recommended Snipaste to my classmates, I received lots of doubts. Today when I recommended Snipaste to my classmates, Although the meaning of "I received lots of doubts" is clear, it's not what we would typically say in (British) English. You might say *I received lots of negative feedback". |
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Snipaste is a free, portable software allowing you to paste screenshots on the desktop. Snipaste is We refer to a single software item as "a piece of software", not "a software". Software (by itself) can be one or more items. It's a special case, like "data". |
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This unique function distinguish it from Windows built-in features like printscreen. |
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Notes: I'm not advertising for it. Note |
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I was impressed by its performance and wanted to share the productivity-increasing tool with my peers. I was impressed by its performance and wanted to share th |
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But they just kept repeating the keyboard shortcuts, the chatting software QQ's screenshot function, etc. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Recently I'm losing the motivation to share or to help others, especially online. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Maybe not "recently". This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Last year I joined lots of discussion groups focusing on subjects like Mathematics and Physics. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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There I volunteered to deal with questions. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Many lacked the basic politeness and were ignorant of how to properly state a question. Many lacked |
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So I often had to face blurred pictures taken from textbooks and unclear descriptions. |
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Once I met someone claiming to be a primary school student, on whom I spent an hour explaining what was "power" (in Mathematics). Once I met someone claiming to be a primary school student, Good use of "whom". On whom is probably not wrong, but with whom is better, in my opinion. |
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Then he told me he hadn't learnt division and asked me to teach him. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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After this incident I was lacking in interest to help others online for a long time. After this incident I |
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I'm quite sensitive and susceptible, and it hurts when I get unkind response. I'm quite sensitive and susceptible, and it hurts when I get an unkind response. |
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I know I'd better change my fragile heart to a tough one. I know I'd better change my fragile heart to a tough one. Perhaps better to say "I know I should toughen up". |
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But I also hope that sincere help won't be treated as nothing. But I also hope that sincere help won't be treated as nothing. or: won't be treated as having no value. |
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After all, anonymous identity shouldn't be the reason for bad manners in cyberspace. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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This unique function distinguishes it from Windows built-in features like printscreen. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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So I often had to face unclear descriptions and blurred pictures taken from textbooks. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Helping others online This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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