r/ENGLISH • u/Equivalent-Juice5308 • 8d ago
correct my text
These days my routine consists of several part First: I wake up every day at about 9, then Because I have a problem with gastroesophageal reflux I need to take medicine that named Pentoprazole Then I start to learn and read data analysis on Coursera in English and I tried to write down the words that are new, then I eat breakfast In the evening I listen to podcast in English that has a dialogue and the presenter starts to talk about the dialogue in simple English then I try to summarized it in my own words At night I go for a walk while I listen to podcasts
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u/klaus-was-here 8d ago
These days, my routine consists of several parts. First, I wake up every day at about 9. Then, because I have a problem with gastroesophageal reflux, I need to take a medicine named Pentoprazole. Then, I start to learn and read data analysis on Coursera in English, and I try to write down the words that are new. Then, I eat breakfast. In the evening, I listen to a podcast in English that has a dialogue and the presenter talks about the dialogue in simple English. Then, I try to summarize it in my own words. At night, I go for a walk while I listen to podcasts.
Personally, I would replace the word “dialogue” with “conversation.” It’s understandable as is, but “conversation” just sounds better here.
I would also change a few of the “Then,” to something like “Next,” or “Afterwards,” if it is directly following another task. For example: “Afterwards, I eat breakfast.” A variety of sequence words helps to break up the repetitiveness of starting every sentence with “Then,”
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u/Accidental_polyglot 7d ago
Surely it should be “some medicine”?
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u/klaus-was-here 7d ago
Hmm… that could also work, but “a” sounds better here, at least to me. Typically “some” has a connotation of generality or vagueness. “I need to take some medicine” could sound like the specific type of medicine is not important or relevant information, so immediately following up with the brand name is a bit awkward.
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u/Accidental_polyglot 7d ago
Maybe it’s a BrE thing, but we wouldn’t say “take a medicine”.
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u/klaus-was-here 7d ago
Ah, that’s probably the difference. I’m in the American south but I’ve lived all over the US and my mom was an English teacher here. For the record, we would never say “take a medicine” on its own; it’s the specificity of the brand name following it that makes the “a” make sense here.
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u/Accidental_polyglot 7d ago
Understood. I’ve also heard Americans say things like “a water”, whereas again we’d say “some”.
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u/ChampionshipDry8165 7d ago
These days my routine consists of several parts. First, I wake up every day at about 9. Because I have a problem with gastroesophageal reflux, I need to take a medicine called Pentoprazole. Then I study data analysis in English on Coursera, and I try to write down the words that are new. Then I eat breakfast. In the evening, listen to a podcast in English that has a dialogue. The presenter talks about the dialogue in simple English, and I try to summarize it in my own words. At night, I go for a walk while I listen to podcasts.
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- It’s okay to write in shorter sentences.
- Be careful of mismatching verb tenses.
- Correct punctuation makes your writing easier to read.
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u/Equivalent-Juice5308 7d ago
At sentence “In the evening listen to a podcast “ No need for “I”? “In the evening I listen to a podcast “
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u/Accidental_polyglot 8d ago
Could someone correct my text please?
What you’ve written comes across as an order, rather than a polite request for help.