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could you help me proofread my English mistakes ? Topic Sentences

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TOPIC: Your home town

  1. In my opinion, to live in your home town bring you nice childhood remembrances.

    1. You had had a good experience when you lived in your home town.

    2. Living in your home town requires home security.

TOPIC: Word processors

  1. Actually, there are very advanced word processors and they are useful.

  2. Students at different levels study with word processors, even in the kindergarten.

  3. Competition among word processors companies can be too hard.

TOPIC: Advertising

  1. Advertising competition can be unfair many times.

  2. There are some advertising not suitable for children.

  3. A good advertising is very important to promote products.

TOPIC: Movies

  1. Going to the movies while having time is a good idea.

  2. There are certain kind of movies that children could not see.

  3. Movies have changed the way entertain.

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updated Aug 15, 2011
posted by maylegoas
I will post my corrections shortly :) - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 15, 2011

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Your home town

In my opinion, to live in your home town bring you nice childhood remembrances.

In my opinion, to live/living in your home town brings back nice childhood memories.

You can use "to live" or "living" here. Both are acceptable. I suggest you use brings back instead of bring you.


You had had a good experience when you lived in your home town.

You had good experiences when you lived in your home town.

You do not need two "had"s. "Experience" should be plural, so "experiences".


Living in your home town requires home security.

Perfect grammar. However, I don't quite understand why it requires security.

Your sentence is structured perfectly. I just do not understand it. Can you clarify grin?


Word processors

Actually, there are very advanced word processors and they are useful.

Actually, there are very advanced and useful word processors.

You can use both adjectives (advanced and useful) before "word processors". Very good!


Students at different levels study with word processors, even in the kindergarten.

Students at different levels study with word processors, even in kindergarten.

Excellent. Just one correction: you do not need "the" before "kindergarten".


Competition among word processors companies can be too hard.

Competition among word processor companies can be very intense.

In this case, "processors" would not be plural, therefore "processor". "Companies" would remain plural. "Hard" does not seem like the right adjective here. I suggest you use "intense".


Advertising

Advertising competition can be unfair many times.

Hmmm...

This is okay, but it does not make much sense.


There are some advertising not suitable for children.

There are some advertisements not suitable for children.

Great! Just change "advertising" to "advertisements".


A good advertising is very important to promote products.

A good advertisement is very important when promoting products.

Again, change "advertising" to "advertisement". Also, the sentence flows better when you say when promoting, rather than "to promote".


Movies

Going to the movies while having time is a good idea.

Going to the movies while having free time is a good idea.

Your original sentence is okay, but I suggest putting "free" in front of "time" to make free time.


There are certain kind of movies that children could not see.

There are certain kinds of movies that children should not see.

"Could" should be "should". grin Very good.


Movies have changed the way entertain.

Movies have changed the way people are entertained.

I added "people are entertained".


Your English has improved tremendously since the last time you posted. Well done!

updated Aug 15, 2011
edited by SonrisaDelSol
posted by SonrisaDelSol
and here we are again je je :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 15, 2011
Hola, Kiwi! - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 15, 2011
thanks SonrisaDelSo - maylegoas, Aug 15, 2011
You're welcome!! - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 15, 2011
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Here are a few suggestions, I've tried not to change the content of your sentences just the grammar and word order smile

TOPIC: Your home town

In my opinion, to live in your home town bring you nice childhood remembrances.

Suggestion: In my opinion, living in your home town brings to mind nice childhood memories.

NB: bring's' - remember that 's' when you conjugate most English verbs in the third person singular - I bring, you bring, it/he/she brings

You had had a good experience when you lived in your home town.

You would have had good experiences when you lived in your home town.

Living in your home town requires home security.

Living in your home town provides security.

TOPIC: Word processors

Actually, there are very advanced word processors and they are useful.

Actually, there are some quite advanced word processors which are very useful.

Students at different levels study with word processors, even in the kindergarten.

Students at all levels study using word processors, even those in kindergarten.

Competition among word processors companies can be too hard.

Competition among companies which produce word processors can be fierce.

TOPIC: Advertising

Advertising competition can be unfair many times.

Advertising compeition can be unfair at times.

There are some advertising not suitable for children.

Some forms of advertising are not suitable for children.

A good advertising is very important to promote products.

Good advertising is very important when it comes to promoting products.

TOPIC: Movies

Going to the movies while having time is a good idea.

Going to the movies as a way to have a good time is a great idea.

There are certain kind of movies that children could not see.

There are certain kinds of movies that children should be viewing.

Movies have changed the way entertain.

Movies have changed the way that we are entertained.

updated Aug 15, 2011
edited by Kiwi-Girl
posted by Kiwi-Girl
thanks Kiwi-Girl - maylegoas, Aug 15, 2011
no hay de que, el placer es mío - you did very well :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 15, 2011
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In my opinion, to live in your home town bring you nice childhood remembrances.

In my opinion, living in your home town brings back nice childhood memories.

You had had a good experience when you lived in your home town.

Not sure what you wanted here, it sounds weird to me.

Even in the kindergarten.

Even in kindergarten, "the" isn't correct.

Competition among word processors companies can be too hard.

Can be very intense. (as in 'muy') Can be too harsh. (as in 'demasiado')

Can be unfair many times.

Many times, advertising competition can be unfair.

There are some advertising not suitable for children.

There is some advertising that is not suitable for children.

Going to the movies while having time is a good idea.

When you have time, or while having a good time?

that children could not see.

SHOULD not see.

the way entertain.

The way we entertain.

updated Aug 15, 2011
posted by Felixlynx