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The proper usage of some words
As Kuku's teacher, I've edited the article below, and there are some usages that I can not make sure.

Hello! My name is Kuku Tu. I live in New Taipei City in Taiwan. I am twelve years old this year. I’m a very ordinary girl. My favorite color is pink, but I like my small orange pillow very much. I don’t like doing homework; however, I have lots of homework to do every day! I always feel weary when I start to do them. Now, my self-introduction is finished. I am looking forward to your self-introduction very much.

1.I'm not sure the conjunction -"but" is proper in the sentence of "My favorite color is pink, but I like my small orange pillow very much." I tried to stress the conflict tendency in her favorite color. 
2.The word "weary" is supposed to describe the negative attitude to the homework. Is there other word more proper to put in the sentence?
3. Kuku wrote "Now, my self-introduction is finished." at the end of the brief article. Is that strange in general self-introduction?

2016년 3월 26일 오후 9:55
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Also, when "(very) ordinary" is used to describe a person, it usually sounds negative, like "nothing special".  You might say that about a film or a meal, but to say that about yourself sounds sad. The American expression "a regular guy / girl" is perhaps what she meant.  
2016년 3월 26일
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Hi

1. I agree that BUT seems an unusual conjunction in this case but its 100% accurate, however, I would suggest adding "still" in order to stress that there is a deliberate difference in the conjunctive clause - "but I still like my Orange pillow very much" - its an unusual sentence structure but natural for younger people (slight stress on the Orange here)

2. Weary is perfectly fine here, we all feel weary, however, homework here is a pronoun, suggest "it" rather than "them"

3. In common usage, we don't use "self-introduction", we just conjugate and use "her introduction", "my introduction", "his introduction", "your introduction", etc -- imo, in common usage, to say that someone had a "self-introduction" would imply that they were belittling the recipient and trying to be more grandoise than they should be.


2016년 3월 26일
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We Yanks might also say 'I'm just an ordinary guy/girl' and it doesn't sound negative to my ear.  'I'm an ordinary girl', 'I'm a very ordinary girl'... they both sound humble, but not necessarily bad.  Maybe it's a Yank thing?  Maybe it's a me thing.


I agree with you guys about the oddness of using 'but' in this situation.  The above two alternatives sound much better.

2016년 3월 27일
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I agree with Kieran.  I've seen "self-introduction" used a lot recently but only by non-native speakers.  

You could change "but" for "though". It would be my preference.

2016년 3월 26일

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