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TOMO_o

May 5, 2025

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Have you had any memorable encounter lately?

A few month ago, I walked around my office to look for cafe where I can drink espresso, and finally found it. I got along with a cafe manager and have often talked about coffee. I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

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Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

A few month ago, I walked around my office to look for a cafe where I can drink espresso, and finally found itone.

I got along with athe cafe manager and we have often talked about coffee.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

I have never heard of quagmire before. I just looked it up, and it is a very interesting word!

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TOMO_o

May 6, 2025

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Thank you for the careful correction.

Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

A few months ago, I walked around my office to look for a cafe where I canould drink espresso, and finally found itone.

I got along with athe cafe manager and have often talked about coffee.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

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TOMO_o

May 6, 2025

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Thank you for the careful correction.

Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

The word "encounter" needs to be pluralized ("encounters") since "any" suggests more than one possible experience.

A few months ago, I walked around my office to look for a cafeé where I canould drink espresso, and I finally found it.

"Month" should be plural ("months") since the phrase refers to a period of time. Also, "a café" is more appropriate (a place you can go to), and "could" should be used for past ability (since the event happened in the past).

I got along with athe cafeé manager and have often talked about coffee.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

The phrase "of an espresso" sounds unnatural. "Espresso" is uncountable in this context, so "of espresso" makes more sense. Additionally, "quagmire" is metaphorical here, and it works best without the article "an" when referring to something general.

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Overall, your writing is clear, but there are a few small mistakes that make it sound a bit awkward. Just be careful with plural forms (like "months" instead of "month") and articles ("a café" instead of just "café"). Once you tweak those little things, your sentences will sound much more natural. Keep up the good work!

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TOMO_o

May 6, 2025

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Thank you so much for your kind corrections.
Your help is very encouraging.
I'll keep up the good work.

Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

A few months ago, I walked around the street near my office to look for a cafe where I can drinkould get an espresso, and finally found itone.

We're talking about the past, so I would use "could" instead of "can" in this scenario.

Drinking refers to the actual action of consuming the expresso. This almost implies you already have one and are looking for a place to sit down and drink it. But if we're talking about somewhere where you'd buy one to drink, it's more natural to say "get".

Also, when you say "I walked around my office", the image in my head is you are walking around IN your office, looking for a cafe that is inside the building itself. "Around" often carries a meaning similar to "in" in contexts like this.

I got along with athe cafe manager and have oftenwe talked about coffee a lot.

Usually, there's only one manager of a store or a cafe, so we'd use the definite article "the". But if there's actually multiple cafe managers, we'd probably say "I got along with one of the cafe managers".

"Have often" is something I would use to talk about things someone has done a lot in the past, and still does in the recent past.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

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Hope this helps!

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TOMO_o

May 6, 2025

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Thank you so much for your kind corrections.
Your help is very encouraging.
I'll keep up the good work.

Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

The noun after "any" is always plural.

A few months ago, I walked around the neighbourhood near my office to look for cafe where I canould drink espresso, and finally found it.

If you say you walked around your office, we understand that you are staying inside the building and just walking around the room. I don't think that's what happened here...

I got along with athe cafe manager and have often talked about coffee.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

I love his expression :-)

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Excellent!

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TOMO_o

May 6, 2025

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Thank you so much for your kind corrections.
Your help is very encouraging.

Have you had any memorable encounter lately?


Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

The noun after "any" is always plural.

Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

The word "encounter" needs to be pluralized ("encounters") since "any" suggests more than one possible experience.

Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

Have you had any memorable encounters lately?

A few month ago, I walked around my office to look for cafe where I can drink espresso, and finally found it.


A few months ago, I walked around the neighbourhood near my office to look for cafe where I canould drink espresso, and finally found it.

If you say you walked around your office, we understand that you are staying inside the building and just walking around the room. I don't think that's what happened here...

A few months ago, I walked around the street near my office to look for a cafe where I can drinkould get an espresso, and finally found itone.

We're talking about the past, so I would use "could" instead of "can" in this scenario. Drinking refers to the actual action of consuming the expresso. This almost implies you already have one and are looking for a place to sit down and drink it. But if we're talking about somewhere where you'd buy one to drink, it's more natural to say "get". Also, when you say "I walked around my office", the image in my head is you are walking around IN your office, looking for a cafe that is inside the building itself. "Around" often carries a meaning similar to "in" in contexts like this.

A few months ago, I walked around my office to look for a cafeé where I canould drink espresso, and I finally found it.

"Month" should be plural ("months") since the phrase refers to a period of time. Also, "a café" is more appropriate (a place you can go to), and "could" should be used for past ability (since the event happened in the past).

A few months ago, I walked around my office to look for a cafe where I canould drink espresso, and finally found itone.

A few month ago, I walked around my office to look for a cafe where I can drink espresso, and finally found itone.

I got along with a cafe manager and have often talked about coffee.


I got along with athe cafe manager and have often talked about coffee.

I got along with athe cafe manager and have oftenwe talked about coffee a lot.

Usually, there's only one manager of a store or a cafe, so we'd use the definite article "the". But if there's actually multiple cafe managers, we'd probably say "I got along with one of the cafe managers". "Have often" is something I would use to talk about things someone has done a lot in the past, and still does in the recent past.

I got along with athe cafeé manager and have often talked about coffee.

I got along with athe cafe manager and have often talked about coffee.

I got along with athe cafe manager and we have often talked about coffee.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.


I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

I love his expression :-)

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

The phrase "of an espresso" sounds unnatural. "Espresso" is uncountable in this context, so "of espresso" makes more sense. Additionally, "quagmire" is metaphorical here, and it works best without the article "an" when referring to something general.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

I'm stuck in a quagmire of an espresso.

I have never heard of quagmire before. I just looked it up, and it is a very interesting word!

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