“I Don’t Understand You”
A couple coming back from the USA brought boxes of water, instead of drinking the water here. I was like, “REALLY! Is that necessary? We live healthily [1], right? ”
The anther other day, my colleague said people in Hong Kong don’t need to wash their shoes in for half of a year. However, I wash my shoes once a week due to the dirty weather. I was like, “ OMG! [2] How clean Hong Kong can must be !”
Then Now I can understand the couple’s behavior--[3]we must have different standards on for “clean” water.
People are in different shoes have different concepts of what is normal [4, 5], so we can’t understand each other. Next time, instead of making a quick judgment, trying to understand them.
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[1] In terms of grammar, your sentence is correct. However, I cannot imagine a native speaker using this phrase. A native speaker is more likely to say, "We live in a healthy country," or, "We have a healthy lifestyle."
[2] Be careful here. If you write 'OMG!' outside of a quotation, we know that is slang for, "Oh my God!" However, inside a quotation it means that you actually said, "Oh, em, gee!"
[3] An 'em-dash' ( — ) is represented by only two hyphens ( -- ).
[4] In the comments, Katya mentioned the expression, "Don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in his shoes." The difficulty with expressions is that, generally, you cannot "cut them up" and retain their meaning. Here, the phrase "People are in different shoes" only means that people are wearing different shoes.
[5] A simpler phrase would be, "People have different expectations." However, I believe my longer correction is closer to your meaning.
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If you're studying English or are preparing for an IELTS exam, be careful with your use of slang. If you're not studying English or preparing for an English exam, the slang is okay.
“I Don’t Understand You”
A couple coming back from the USA brought boxes of water, instead of drinking water here. I was like, “REALLY! Is that necessary? We live healthily,right? ”
The another day, my colleague said people in Hong kKong don’t need to wash their shoes in for half of a year. However, I wash my shoes once a week due to the dirty weather. I was like, “ OMG! How clean hHong kKong can must be !”
Then I can could understand the couple’s behavior---we must have different standards on for “clean” water.
People are in different shoes, so we can’t understand each other. Next time, instead of making a quick judgment, trying to understand them.
Keep up the great work with your English!
