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What mistakes I made? (1) It takes me ages to get to work, although  (2) it’s only a few miles from my house to the office. (3) There isn't too much traffic on the roads when I leave home, but (4) there‘s impossible to park by the time I reach the city centre. (5) There are always loads of cars driving around looking for a space and these are days (6) there are parking meters, so you have to pay. (7) There used to be company bus, but they stopped it because (8) there were only a few of us that used it. (9) It‘s all right for those people with a motorbike, but (10) there really tedious for us car drivers!
Dec 25, 2016 2:20 PM
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1) It takes me ages to get to work, although (2) it’s only a few miles from my house to the office. (I think this is ok; you can say "takes" instead of "took" if you mean that it always takes a long time, since simple present is used for situations that are always true.) (3) There isn't too much traffic on the roads when I leave home, but (4) there's impossible to park by the time I reach the city centre. (Should be "it's impossible to park) (5) There are always loads of cars driving around looking for a space and these are days (6) there are parking meters, so you have to pay. (This sentence sounds a bit odd; makes it sounds like the cars are driving around on their own looking for spaces. It might be better to say, "There are always many drivers looking around for a space, because these days there are parking meters so you have to pay.") 7) There used to be company bus, but they stopped it because (8) there were only a few of us that used it. (the use of "they" is a bit vague; who is "they" referring to in this sentence?) (9) It‘s all right for those people with a motorbike, but (10) there really tedious for us car drivers! (Should be, "it is really tedious")
December 25, 2016
Tatiana, thank you, you helped me a lot!
December 25, 2016
i assume that the main mistake is just the same - you should use past tenses instead of present. 1) It TOOK me ages; 3) there WASN'T too much traffic; Next mistake - excessive use of THERE 4) It was impossible |not there| 10) IT IS really tedious for us |not there| 8) just "because only few of us"
December 25, 2016
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