When I was reading Chap.1, I was nervous because Lyra was hiding in wardrobe, and I worried about her safety. It was a tense situation which she could not get out of the room before someone came into the room, and she looked at the secret the Master put some powder in a wine which Asriel was going to drink. Once she looked at that, she was an important witness against the crime which was supposed to happen later.
Just one thing I wondered in the chap.1 is why Asriel did not say any appreciate word to Lyra after she told the fact that the Master put some poisonous stuff in the wine. Insted of his appreciation, he ordered to protect him without her safety. I am almost going to hate him because he has never treated her kindly. He is not a man. However, I think that he only allowed his daemon to feel him to relax. What a poor he is !
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
discuss my strength and weakness of a writing
What I always confuse in my writing is how to use an article 'a' or 'the'. I know 'a' is put only with countable words while 'the' is with uncountable words. Can you exactly distinguish which word is countable or uncountable? Do you have any good ideas to definitely distinguish the two confusing words?
It is confusing for me to distinguish these two kinds of words. 'Milk' is able to count, isn't it? yes.. How about 'paper'? Is it an uncountable word? We can see how MANY PAPERS there are on a disk as a countable word, but we have to say how MUCH PAPER there is. The reason why I confuse to choose either one word is the difference of expression of language from Japanese one. In my country, Japan, every single word has a countable way to make sure it is a thing or an animal, or how big or how shape it is. Therefore, we can count for one paper, two papers, three papers, and so on, or one house, two houses, and three houses.
Probably, my brain might work in Japanese even though I don't realize that. Is increasing my English vocabulary the best solution to conquer my problem in wiring ? If you have any suggestions to prevent from the problem, let me know.... Oh, is the word 'suggestion' coutable or uncountable?
thanks.
It is confusing for me to distinguish these two kinds of words. 'Milk' is able to count, isn't it? yes.. How about 'paper'? Is it an uncountable word? We can see how MANY PAPERS there are on a disk as a countable word, but we have to say how MUCH PAPER there is. The reason why I confuse to choose either one word is the difference of expression of language from Japanese one. In my country, Japan, every single word has a countable way to make sure it is a thing or an animal, or how big or how shape it is. Therefore, we can count for one paper, two papers, three papers, and so on, or one house, two houses, and three houses.
Probably, my brain might work in Japanese even though I don't realize that. Is increasing my English vocabulary the best solution to conquer my problem in wiring ? If you have any suggestions to prevent from the problem, let me know.... Oh, is the word 'suggestion' coutable or uncountable?
thanks.
-MASA
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