What is your favorite day
of the week?
Today’s Topic
What is your favorite day of the week? State your reason.
1. 내가 쓴 글
My favorite day of the week is Friday. I'll state my reason as follows. I go to Lotte Department Store to do an English conversation class with several women and a man with a native speaker. We have a textbook but we are too talkative even only with our stories. So, even though there are articles and questions in the textbook, we don't want to read them in class. We have so many things to talk about. The time has passed so quickly, that we have decided to do only questions not reading all of the units. Everybody was eager to say about their own life. After the class, we usually move to the restaurant or the cafe to talk more and more. They were the women who had been worked at the company with English in their youth days. However, nowadays they don't have the opportunity to speak in English except only in traveling abroad. In order not to forget to speak in English, they come here. We miss our youth days when we have worked proudly at the company with very fluent English. How wonderful it was to be said that your English was perfect!
2. 첨삭되어 온 글
My favorite day of the week is Friday. I'll state my reason as follows. I go to Lotte Department Store to do an English conversation class with several women and a man with a native speaker. We have a textbook(,) but we are too talkative even only with our stories. So, (So) even though there are articles and questions in the textbook, we don't want to read them in class. We have so many things to talk about. The time has passed(Usually time passes) so quickly, (quickly) that we have decided to do only(decide to just answer the) questions not(without) reading all of the units. Everybody was(is) eager to say (something) about their own life. After the class, we usually move to the(a) restaurant or the(a) cafe to talk more and more. They were(Some of) the women who had been worked(experienced working) at the company with English in their youth days.(youth.) However, nowadays they don't have the opportunity to speak in English except only in(when) traveling abroad. In order not to forget (how) to speak in English, they come here. We miss our youth days(youth) when we have worked(used to work) proudly at the company with very fluent English. How wonderful it was to be said(told) that your English was perfect!
3. 내가 기억해야 할 것들
We have a textbook(,) but we are too talkative even only with our stories.
but 앞에 콤마!
So, (So) even though there are articles and questions in the textbook, we don't want to read them in class.
맞아. 기억해야 해. So가 문장 앞에 올 때는 콤마 없다.
The time has passed(Usually time passes) so quickly, (quickly) that we have decided to do only(decide to just answer the) questions not(without) reading all of the units.
대개 시간은 빨리 지나간다. 그래서 우리는 글을 읽지 않고 질문에 대답만 하기로 한다. 괜히 현재 완료형을 쓰는 거 아니구나. 이럴 땐 그냥 현재형을! 오케이! 그리고 so that 용법이니까 콤마 없이 그대로 이어 쓴다. 현재 완료형 아니고 현재형 쓴다. 그냥 not이 아니고 그치 without을 써주어야지. 읽는 것 없이~인데 어떻게 그냥 not이라고 쓰느냐. 정신 차리자. 넵!!! Usually time passes so quickly that we decide to just answer the questions without reading all of the units.
Everybody was(is) eager to say (something) about their own life.
일반적인 이야기는 현재형.
say something
After the class, we usually move to the(a) restaurant or the(a) cafe to talk more and more.
a restaurant 정해진 곳 아니니 the가 아니라 a
a cafe 역시 정해진 카페 아니니 the 가 아니라 a
They were(Some of) the women who had been worked(experienced working) at the company with English in their youth days.(youth.)
오호 Some of the women으로 해야겠구나.
그리고 굳이 관계대명사 who를 쓰지 말고 그냥 the women experienced working 이런 식의 표현을 자꾸 익히도록 하자. Some of the women experienced working at the company... in their youth days가 아니라 그냥 in their youth로 그녀들의 젊은 날이 되는구나. 기억하자. 굳이 days를 넣지 않아도 된다. 오케이~ Some of the women experienced working at the company with English in their youth.
However, nowadays they don't have the opportunity to speak in English except only in(when) traveling abroad.
오호. 외국 여행할 때뿐. 그러니까 여기 in 이 아니라 when이 되어야지... 할 때니까. 아하. except only when traveling abroad~
In order not to forget (how) to speak in English, they come here.
영어로 말하는 걸 잊는 게 아니라 어떻게 말하는 가를 잊지 않기 위해니까 how to를 써야 한다. 여하튼 how를 넣음으로 훨씬 세련된 표현이 된 것 같다. 자꾸 고쳐진 표현을 외우도록 하자꾸나. 파이팅!!! In order not to forget how to speak in English, they come here.
We miss our youth days(youth) when we have worked(used to work) proudly at the company with very fluent English.
그치. 우리의 젊을 때.... 그냥 our youth라고 하면 된다. 굳이 days 넣을 필요 없다. 오호 이럴 땐 그냥 과거형을 쓰는구나. used to work... 가만 요건 시제 일치에 상관없나? miss와 시제 일치시키느라고 일부러 현재 완료형을 썼는데 아닌가 보다. 종속절이니까 시제 일치가 필요 없는 걸까?
How wonderful it was to be said(told) that your English was perfect!
아, 정말 say랑 tell이랑 그 차이를 잘 모르겠다. 아들이 쉽게 가르쳐주었는데도 쓸 때면 이거 같고 저거 같고 잘 모르겠다. 여하튼 이런 문장일 때 said가 아니라 told라는 것만 잘 기억하자. 파이팅!
4. 첨삭받은 대로 다시 쓴 글
My favorite day of the week is Friday. I'll state my reason as follows. I go to Lotte Department Store to do an English conversation class with several women and a man with a native speaker. We have a textbook, but we are too talkative even only with our stories. So even though there are articles and questions in the textbook, we don't want to read them in class. We have so many things to talk about. Usually time passes so quickly that we decide to just answer the questions without reading all of the units. Everybody is eager to say something about their own life. After the class, we usually move to a restaurant or a cafe to talk more and more. Some of the women experienced working at the company with English in their youth. However, nowadays they don't have the opportunity to speak in English except only when traveling abroad. In order not to forget how to speak in English, they come here. We miss our youth when we used to work proudly at the company with very fluent English. How wonderful it was to be told that your English was perfect!
5. 그리고 딸려온 특별 멘트
Thank you for completing Step 4. We are impressed with your diligence to write something nice here. You expressed some of your ideas in English successfully, and that was a good job! Just study the corrections well. Also, please take note of the following tips:
넵. 고쳐주신 것들과 팁 잘 기억하겠습니다.
1. A comma is not needed after coordinating conjunctions (such as and, but, so) when they start a sentence. But a comma is needed before them when they are between two clauses. However, when the two clauses are too short, the comma can be omitted.
그치그치. and, but, so 같은 등위접속사로 문장이 시작될 땐 그것들 뒤에 콤마가 필요치 않다. 대신 절과 절이 이어질 때 그 접속사 뒤가 아니라 앞에 콤마가 필요하다. 그러나 이때 역시 문장이 너무 짧으면 콤마는 생략될 수 있다. 그치그치~ 푸하하하 전에 지적해준 건데 또 깜빡했다. 난 얼마나 많이 깜빡깜빡하려나. 그러면 또 어떠랴. 이렇게 될 때까지 그냥 계속 익히면 되지. 암. 푸하하하
EXAMPLES:
Those people are wonderful and optimistic. So hanging out with them helps me a lot.
So로 시작되는 문장엔 So다음에 콤마 쓰지 않는다. 넵!!! 기억하게씀돠!!!
They are really nice people, so I hang out with them.
두 개의 절로 이어질 때 콤마가 있으려면 so 뒤가 아니라 앞에 온다. 넵!!!
My friends are cheerful people. And they like attending joyful events.
아하. 두 개의 절이 마침표로 끝나면 등위접속사가 대문자로 시작되며 콤마가 필요 없다.
They are cheerful, and they like hanging out.
콤마로 이어질 때 and 앞에 콤마. 당근!!! 이 쉬운 걸 왜 헷갈렸을까? 내참.
Those people are wonderful and optimistic. But I don't hang out with them a lot.
They are wonderful people, but they don't like going out.
문장 시작 땐 콤마 없이.
콤마로 이어질 땐 뒤가 아니라 앞. 당근!
I like you and you like me.
요렇게 짧은 문장일 땐 생략도 가능. 오케이~
2. The words so and so that are used with a subject and a verb to make a clause. So that tells us for what purpose something is done. What was the intention or plan? In contrast, so tells us the effect. It tells us what happened as a result. So is preceded by a comma (,) but so that is not.
so와 so that은 절을 만들기 위해 주어와 동사와 함께 사용되는 단어다. So that 은 어떤 목적으로 일이 이루어졌는가를 말해준다. 의도와 계획이 무엇이었는가? 반대로 so는 효과를 말해준다. 즉 그 결과로 무엇이 일어났는지를 말해준다. So는 앞에 콤마를 써주지만 so that은 콤마를 쓰지 않는다.
EXAMPLES:
I am writing this blog so that I can explain the difference between these two words.
I can explain the difference between these two words, so I am writing this blog.
이 두 단어의 차이점을 설명할 수 있도록 이 블로그를 작성하고 있습니다.
이 두 단어의 차이점을 설명할 수 있으므로 이 블로그를 작성하고 있습니다.
We hope these simple explanations can help you a lot. Keep on expressing yourself in English. They say that constant correct practice makes perfect, so we believe you can do it much better next time! We'll be here to help you improve your English writing skill every step of the way, so keep writing. :)
넵! 감사합니다~ 계속 쓰겠습니다. 충성!!! 푸하하하!
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