tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652020746892759821.post6034302498664772135..comments2023-03-28T05:27:10.415-04:00Comments on An Ordinary Japanese Mom's Diary: My poor daughter!Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04953459416346536609noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652020746892759821.post-63829694840449944972016-01-06T16:02:19.782-05:002016-01-06T16:02:19.782-05:00Thank you Terry.
It is helpful and worthwhile to l...Thank you Terry.<br />It is helpful and worthwhile to let me know the odd expressions, I will never notice it!<br />But I might make a similar mistake from now on, if you find such kind of mistake, please let me know.<br />Thank you so much!<br />Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953459416346536609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652020746892759821.post-54152992534865841312016-01-06T08:44:03.549-05:002016-01-06T08:44:03.549-05:00Hi Kumi-san,
If you take the corrected sentence a...Hi Kumi-san,<br /><br />If you take the corrected sentence and use yesterday, as in:<br /><br />Since my husband was on vacation from yesterday.<br /><br />This is a grammatically correct phrase but it sounds odd.<br /><br />Since my husband was on vacation from the previous day.<br /><br />Or<br /><br />Since my husband was on vacation as of yesterday.<br /><br />Or<br /><br />Since my husband was on vacation from the day before.<br /><br />The above three sentences sound more natural but why I am not really able to explain why.<br /><br />It is odd because some sentences sound completely natural when using from yesterday, for example:<br /><br />We ate the leftover food from yesterday. (This sounds totally natural)<br /><br />Even so we could still use:<br /><br />We ate the leftover food from the previous day.<br />We ate the leftover food from the day before.<br /><br /><br />Sorry I am not really about to give you a useful answer to this one. :(Terry Wallworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175573589082853160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652020746892759821.post-29417874502060856412016-01-05T16:52:24.312-05:002016-01-05T16:52:24.312-05:00Happy New Year Terry!
Thank you for your correctio...Happy New Year Terry!<br />Thank you for your corrections again.<br /><br />I would like to ask you about this correction below:<br /><br /><br />This line:<br />Since my husband was in vacation from yesterday,<br /><br />Should be:<br />Since my husband was on vacation from the previous day, <br /><br />Why is the previous day better than yesterday?<br />In this case, the day when my husband's New Years Holiday began was exactly a day ago when I wrote this post.<br />I often use yesterday in past sentence, but I am not sure that the difference of previous and yesterday.<br /><br /><br />Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953459416346536609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652020746892759821.post-7987744474480392712016-01-03T08:03:59.694-05:002016-01-03T08:03:59.694-05:00Hello Kumi-san,
Another good post. I hope your d...Hello Kumi-san,<br /><br />Another good post. I hope your daughter's bruises heal quickly. <br /><br />Japan seems to have some very good ghost stories, I have watched a number of them that have been turned into movies.<br /><br />Here is a list of some of the issues found:<br /><br />This line:<br />I was relieved to see their smile and I thought my duty finally ended.<br /><br />Should be:<br />I was relieved to see their smiles and I thought my duty finally ended.<br /><br />This line:<br />Since my husband was in vacation from yesterday, I asked him to pick our 5-year-old daughter up from the nursery school and take her to the park near our house to practise the kick scooter which she got for Christmas present.<br /><br />Should be:<br />Since my husband was on vacation from the previous day, I asked him to pick our 5-year-old daughter up from the nursery school and take her to the park near our house to practise on the kick scooter which she got for (Christmas/a Christmas present).<br /><br />This line:<br />I guessed that my daughter would want to ride a kick scooter.<br /><br />Should be:<br />I guessed that my daughter would want to ride (the/her) kick scooter.<br /><br />This line:<br />When I was bringing in laundry at the balcony, I heard children's noisy voice from somewhere.<br /><br />Should be:<br />When I was bringing in laundry from the balcony, I heard children's noisy voice from somewhere.<br /><br />This line:<br />The voice was getting bigger, and I noticed that it was my daughter's.<br /><br />Should be:<br />The voice was getting louder, and I noticed that it was my daughter's.<br /><br />This line:<br />"Are you OK? Let's put some cream on. Could you ride a kick scooter?"<br /><br />Should be:<br />"Are you OK? Let's put some cream on. Could you ride the kick scooter?"<br /><br />This line:<br />"No, she didn't fell down while she was riding the kick scooter. She fell down when she was chasing me on our way home."<br /><br />Should be:<br />"No, she didn't fall down while she was riding the kick scooter. She fell down when she was chasing me on our way home."<br /><br />This line:<br />"What??? Anyway, you should take this calamity as the price of an escape from a greater evil. I've seen worse. It was good for you that it happened within this year than the beginning of the next year."<br /><br />Should be:<br />"What??? Anyway, you should take this calamity as the price of an escape from a greater evil. I've seen worse. It was good for you that it happened this year rather than the beginning of the next year."<br /><br />Note this expression:<br />you should take this calamity as the price of an escape from a greater evil. I've seen worse. <br /><br />Would in English more likely be said as:<br />it could have been worse. I've seen worse. <br /><br />This line:<br />She cried more to hear me.<br /><br />Should be:<br />She cried even more on hearing this.<br /><br />This line:<br />My word couldn't become any comforts for her.<br /><br />Should be:<br />My words were no comfort to her.<br /><br /><br />This line:<br />Poor my daughter!<br /><br />Should be:<br />My poor daughter!Terry Wallworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175573589082853160noreply@blogger.com