April 2, 2021
Hobbies
My favourite hobby is gardening---especially growing chilies and Lycium Chinense plants. Although I had many failures growing them, I've made some progress in recent years. Every autumn, they produce a few goji berries. Yet, they had some problems in the last summer, which manifested in growth stagnation and leaves yellowing. I haven't found the cause yet. However, I saw pictures of dry fields with plants doing really well, so I suspect the soil might have been too wet. But that's just guessing. There could be many reasons actually. I think that's what I like about it. It's challenging to get satisfying results.
I also like running, both casually and competitively. But more about it next time, maybe.
My favourite hobby is gardening---especially growing chilies and Lycium Chinense plants.
Although I've had many failures growing them, I've made some progress in recent years.
Simple past tense does work here, but it seems to kind of suggest that the process of growing them is finished, completely in the past. No present consequences. I had many failures growing them - but now I've finished doing that.
For an ongoing process like gardening, I'd be more likely to use present perfect, even for past failures. It doesn't imply the failures were recent, just that you're still engaged in the same process. Or if I wanted to emphasise that the failures were long ago, "I used to have many failures".
Every autumn, they produce a few goji berries.
Yet,But they had some problems in the last summer, which manifested in growth stagnation and leaves yellowing.
"yet" on its own is a bit strange here. "Still, they had" or "And yet, they had", or "Even so, they had" work. But good old "but" seems most natural.
The second clause is okay, but sounds very technical. Something like "last summer, with yellowing leaves and stunted growth" would be more likely.
And "in the last summer" is okay but unnecessary.
I haven't found the cause yet.
However, I saw've seen pictures of dry fields with plants doing really well, so I suspect the soil might have been too wet.
Again simple past is okay but present perfect is better. There's focus on the action being completed and the result of that, the present consequence - because you *have seen* these pictures, you have a suspicion.
But that's just guessing.
There could be many reasons actually.
I think that's what I like about it.
It's challenging to get satisfying results.
I also like running, both casually and competitively.
But more about ithat next time, maybe.
Just a little more natural.
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Good! Better than me, in some ways - I didn't know the plural was "chilies" :)
April 2, 2021
Wonderful corrections! I'm glad when the corrector comments their corrections. :) Thanks a lot.
Actually, it's not the first time I'm writing about chilies, so I guess I found a shorter way of saying "pepper plants" or "chili plants". I don't know how common it is though. Anyway, it feels natural to me.
April 2, 2021
Appreciated :) It's not that much more effort to add comments and I always feel like it's difficult to learn if the only thing you're told is that you were wrong.
I would definitely just say "chili plants", because I would look at "chili" and think "oh god, how do I pluralise that?" Much easier to avoid the issue entirely than actually look at a dictionary!
April 2, 2021
Of course, that's not something a native speaker would do. Neither would I. I don't know how I became familiar with the plural form, it just came to me. I mostly use English dictionaries to search for the meaning of a word.
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Although I had many failures growing them, I've made some progress in recent years. Although I've had many failures growing them, I've made some progress in recent years. Simple past tense does work here, but it seems to kind of suggest that the process of growing them is finished, completely in the past. No present consequences. I had many failures growing them - but now I've finished doing that. For an ongoing process like gardening, I'd be more likely to use present perfect, even for past failures. It doesn't imply the failures were recent, just that you're still engaged in the same process. Or if I wanted to emphasise that the failures were long ago, "I used to have many failures". |
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But more about it next time, maybe. But more about Just a little more natural. |
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My favourite hobby is gardening---especially growing chilies and Lycium Chinense plants. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Every autumn, they produce a few goji berries. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Yet, they had some problems in the last summer, which manifested in growth stagnation and leaves yellowing.
"yet" on its own is a bit strange here. "Still, they had" or "And yet, they had", or "Even so, they had" work. But good old "but" seems most natural. The second clause is okay, but sounds very technical. Something like "last summer, with yellowing leaves and stunted growth" would be more likely. And "in the last summer" is okay but unnecessary. |
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I haven't found the cause yet. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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However, I saw pictures of dry fields with plants doing really well, so I suspect the soil might have been too wet. However, I Again simple past is okay but present perfect is better. There's focus on the action being completed and the result of that, the present consequence - because you *have seen* these pictures, you have a suspicion. |
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But that's just guessing. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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There could be many reasons actually. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I think that's what I like about it. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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It's challenging to get satisfying results. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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