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Molly
I woke up at midnight, opened the balcony door and opposite me, across the road, the light was on. It was 3 a.m. The lady was preparing noodle soup for her customers. I suddenly remembered, just last night, when I came back home from my joggings at 10:30, she was still waiting for the last customers. I have no idea if she sleeps 2 hours, 3 hours or 4 or 5. As for myself, I sleep 8 hours and I still want to have some more at noon as a nap. Because of her, I think I should sleep less, 8 hours is enough for me.
24 jun. 2024 21:18
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I woke up at midnight and opened my balcony door only to discover that across the road from me a light was on. It was 3 a.m. The lady who has a restaurant there was preparing noodle soup for her customers. I suddenly remember (_present tense_) that just last night when I came back home from jogging at 10:30, she was still waiting for the last of her customers. I have no idea whether she sleeps 2, 3, 4 or 5 hours. As for myself, I sleep 8 hours yet still want a noon nap. She leads me to believe that I should sleep less, that 8 hours should suffice for me. It is not clear to me whether your expression "just last night" refers to when you remembered or when the lady was waiting. It could mean either. Say it one of these ways, depending which you intend: "Just last night I suddenly remembered that ..." "I suddenly remember that just last night when ..." Who is the lady? Is there a restaurant across the street from you?
25 juni 2024
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I woke up at midnight, opened the balcony door and opposite me, across the road, the light was on. It was 3 a.m. The lady was preparing noodle soup for her customers. I suddenly remembered, just last night, when I came back home from my joggings at 10:30, she was still waiting for the last customers. I have no idea if she sleeps 2 hours, 3 hours or 4 or 5. As for myself, I sleep 8 hours and I still want to have some more at noon as a nap. Because of her, I think I should sleep less, 8 hours is enough for me.
have my computer with me so hopefully my notes make sense. If they don't feel free to let me know and I can explain my notes. I woke up at midnight, opened the balcony door, and on the opposite side of the road a light was on. You don't need to use opposite of me and across the street. Either one is fine and I picked the phrase that is most natural to me. It was 3 a.m. and a lady was preparing noodle soup for customers. I suddenly remembered that when I came back home from jogging last night at 10:30, she was still waiting for her last customers. Jogging is an activity so you don't need to make it plural. I changed the word order around a little but I also think here you should pick suddenly remembered or just last night to start the sentence. "Just last night when I came home from jogging she was..." or "I suddenly remembered that last night when I came back from jogging she was..." I have no idea how long she sleeps, maybe 2 to 5 hours every night. I think you were trying to practice listing but I believe that writing it this was is more appropriate. If you do want to list I believe it's best to say something like," I have no idea if she sleeps 2 or 3 hours at night." just make sure that the hours are sequential (2 or 3, 7 or 8,etc) if you are using or. When using to you can use a range of numbers. As for myself, I sleep 8 hours and I still want to take a nap at noon. Because of her, I think I should sleep less. 8 hours should be enough for me. I only made some minor changes to the grammar but I want to include how I would say this last section so you have an idea of another way to say it. "As for myself, I sleep 8 hours and it's still not enough. I'm sleepy again by noon. If she can get away with so little sleep maybe 8 hours is enough for me too."
24 juni 2024
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