Originally Posted by flowforever
Please, check this out) it's an imaginary letter..and i don't think like Maria :D sorry for mistakes))
Dear Angie,
Gosh, don’t you Americans read at all? I stayed with Mrs. Jones for 3 months and once I asked her if she could advised me something to read. ...reccomend something for me to read.Mrs. Jones was a bit confused and replied that she hadn’t been reading any book for a long time. ....hadn't read much in a long time.And then I discovered, that there’s no library in her house. You shouldn't begin a sentence with 'and', although it is common to do so informally.I thought about an idea, that she is not into reading. I thought perhaps she is not into reading.But it ended up that it’s a hassle for her to lug all these books from place to place and it’s really hard to find time to read. You also shouldn't begin a sentence with 'but' You know, that she moves a lot and always overwork. ...always overworks/is overworkedI had a culture shock. I got used having a big library backhome. back home is two wordsDo you think Americans are well-read?the hyphen isn't neccesary
One day I went with her to a drugstore to buy some new books. I found a spy thriller. It was written there “the bestseller of the year”. I thought I found a novel that everyone is raving about, but when I picked up another book. It was also the bestseller. I was surprised. Mrs. Jones explained that it was just a sales pitch and all those books had no literary value. She called them trash. I bought an interesting “how-to” manual which gives a lot of gardening tips. I think it’s quite useful. And then I discovered a lot of interesting self-assertion books and bought some of them. I really like Dale Carnegie and what do you think about him? replace 'and' with a commaI think it’s very important nowadays to be able to say “no”, get rid of some persistent people, so that nobody will not push you around.
When we were returning home, I saw a paper boy. I asked Mrs. Jones where I can buy magazines or newspapers. And she advised me to go to a grocery store. I decided to buy 2 papers “The Times” and the “Washington Post”. You know, Iwas/am/get fed up reading newspapers because of a yellow press which drives me up the wall, but these papers are really informative and I can improve my English reading them. Also I bought there my favourite magazine “National Geographic”. It’s so interesting! And illustrations are really excellent. I saw a lot of gossip magazines like backhome: you name it they have it. I believe that there’s rarely an ounce of truth in it.
So, I come up with an idea to read American classics.came up with the idea Maybe, you can advise me something. reccomend somethingPlease let me know what you think. I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours, Maria.