As you know, I am from Québec in Canada. There, we also have a lot of snow during the winter. Usually, it accumulates gradually (そろそろ) all winter and we end up having a lot of snow. I am very impressed by how quickly (さっと) the snow accumulates here in Minami Uonuma. I am very happy to have good snow boots!
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| Snow in Urasa |
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English tip of the week:
When you list things, make sure to use commas (,) to separate each items in your list and use “AND” only for the last one instead of the comma.
Examples: ( O = Good : X = Not Good)
O – I like apples, oranges, bananas and grapes.
X – I like apples, oranges, bananas, and grapes.
X – I like apples and oranges and bananas and grapes.
When you want to say that there are more things in your list, you should use “and so on” ONLY IF people know what the other things are.
Examples:
O – The letters of the alphabet are: A, B, C, D and so on. (People already know what the other letters are)
X – I like apples, oranges, bananas and so on. (People cannot really guess what other fruits you like)
You should use “and other things” or “and some others” or “and many more” instead of “and so on” if people don’t know the other things in the list.
Examples:
O – I like apples, oranges, bananas and some other fruits.
O – I really like music. I like the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin and many more.
I hope this can help you!
See you next week for another blog post!
JD
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