June 4, 2025
Have you ever run a full marathon?
Of course no I haven't! Even if I try, I don't have confidence to finish the goal lone. I've heard that slower people among participants will dropout. I don't have stamina at all, so I can't even reach the end.
Have you ever run a full marathon?
Of course no I haven't!
Alternatively: "No, of course I haven't!"
Even if I try, I don't have (the) confidence to finish the goal reach the finish line alone.
(1) We don't say "finish the goal"; the correct phrase is "reach the goal".
(2) Since we're talking about marathons in the context, "finish line" might be more appropriate than "goal".
(3) "Lone" is strictly an adjective. "Alone" is both an adjective and an adverb, and is the word you're looking for here.
I've heard that the slower people among the participants will drop out.
(1) I think it's more natural to write "the" before "slower people", because you're not referring to slow runners in general, but specifically those amongst the participants.
(2) You definitely need the article "the" before "participants".
(3) "Dropout" is a noun, referring to a person who has abandoned a course of study (such as in the phrase "college dropout"). "Drop out" is the verb.
I don't have stamina at all, so I cawouldn't even (be able to) reach the end.
Alternatively: "so I couldn't even reach the end", but for the reader, this might be easily interpreted to be in the simple past tense rather than a hypothetical, so I'd still suggest using "wouldn't".
In general, when writing hypothetical statements such as this one, we'd use the past tense of verbs ("could" rather than "can"; "would" rather than "will"). By the way, in case you were wondering, the sentence you wrote is indeed a hypothetical; the condition is simply omitted but implied: "I wouldn't even reach the end (IF I were to participate)."
You might notice that in your second sentence, "Even if I try, I don't have the confidence to reach the finish line alone", I didn't correct it by changing "don't" to "wouldn't" even though it's also a hypothetical, because in that case, the phrase "I don't have the confidence" is referring to your present state rather than the hypothetical situation, and does not need a condition to be true. Of course, if you wanted, you could also write "I wouldn't have the confidence".
June 5, 2025
Thank you for your very thorough and easy-to-understand explanations.
You also wrote the reason for each correction, which is very educational.
My English is still imperfect, but I need to study more.
Of course not. I haven't!
Even if I tryied, I don't have the confidence to finisreach the goal lone.
You can also say "finish line" instead of "goal".
I've heard that slower people among the participants will drop out.
I don't have stamina at all, so I can'twould not be able to even reach the end.
June 5, 2025
Thank you very much for the careful correction.
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Have you ever run a full marathon? This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Of course no I haven't! Of course not. I haven't! Of course Alternatively: "No, of course I haven't!" |
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Even if I try, I don't have confidence to finish the goal lone. Even if I tr You can also say "finish line" instead of "goal". Even if I try, I don't have (the) confidence to (1) We don't say "finish the goal"; the correct phrase is "reach the goal". (2) Since we're talking about marathons in the context, "finish line" might be more appropriate than "goal". (3) "Lone" is strictly an adjective. "Alone" is both an adjective and an adverb, and is the word you're looking for here. |
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I've heard that slower people among participants will dropout. I've heard that slower people among the participants will drop out. I've heard that the slower people among the participants will drop out. (1) I think it's more natural to write "the" before "slower people", because you're not referring to slow runners in general, but specifically those amongst the participants. (2) You definitely need the article "the" before "participants". (3) "Dropout" is a noun, referring to a person who has abandoned a course of study (such as in the phrase "college dropout"). "Drop out" is the verb. |
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I don't have stamina at all, so I can't even reach the end. I don't have stamina at all, so I I don't have stamina at all, so I Alternatively: "so I couldn't even reach the end", but for the reader, this might be easily interpreted to be in the simple past tense rather than a hypothetical, so I'd still suggest using "wouldn't". In general, when writing hypothetical statements such as this one, we'd use the past tense of verbs ("could" rather than "can"; "would" rather than "will"). By the way, in case you were wondering, the sentence you wrote is indeed a hypothetical; the condition is simply omitted but implied: "I wouldn't even reach the end (IF I were to participate)." You might notice that in your second sentence, "Even if I try, I don't have the confidence to reach the finish line alone", I didn't correct it by changing "don't" to "wouldn't" even though it's also a hypothetical, because in that case, the phrase "I don't have the confidence" is referring to your present state rather than the hypothetical situation, and does not need a condition to be true. Of course, if you wanted, you could also write "I wouldn't have the confidence". |
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