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Feb 16, 2007 05:23

The screen is looking at me.
It whispers:
«4.24 A.M. You should be in your bed. Your brain hands in its resignation. Here. You. Are. Useless.»
Likeable screen.
Few minutes ago it showed me two books I have to buy. L'Etat royal and L'Ancien Régime. (Sorry, I don’t know the English translation.) Short history (864 pages) of the French Reformation ( Read more... )

a.d.1630, daily life

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nkdlife February 16 2007, 07:10:05 UTC
Anziché scrittura, dovreste ottenere una parte piacevole... di..d.......

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qoelet February 17 2007, 11:39:45 UTC
... Di... Di... :P

I already know how to make pleasant the life thanks to pleasant pasttimes - but, you know, although pleasant pasttimes could be improved as if they're arts, you cannot spend your entire life in the name of Hedonism. I'll think about pleasant pasttimes tonight, in the name of your piece of advise. Thanks. ;)

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nkdlife February 17 2007, 15:30:38 UTC
Hedonism is a philosophy that focuses on increasing pleasure. And Yes!!, you could at least try to spend your life on Hedonism!!.

You can take "My piece" of advise Any time you so want.

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qoelet February 17 2007, 20:14:04 UTC
[Hedonism is a philosophy that focuses on increasing pleasure. And Yes!!, you could at least try to spend your life on Hedonism!!.]

Already made.
I love the old uncle Sade, but I think I won't spend my entire life writing the things he has written.

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technogoddesss February 16 2007, 12:45:14 UTC
Hyperlexia explains a lot of the blogosphere.

Big Sister--ohhhhh gawwwwwd! It really turns out to be quite expensive if you do anything but watch. And it seems that going there could lead to...HYPERLEXIA--at least I would hope, so we could read about it!

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qoelet February 17 2007, 11:51:14 UTC
That reminds me about that geek also named Leopardi, who became blind thanks to his hyperlexia.
If the worst comes to the worst, I'll have to take the blame upon myself if someone will become blind reading my LJ.
(Your comments foment my hypergraphia. Take upon yourself the responsibility. :P)

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luce_cinerea February 16 2007, 18:36:54 UTC
Perhaps this isn't the best post to start correcting as you requested, given your sleepless night, but here goes... :)

It's actually quite good! Your English is not only strong but also moving. I enjoyed reading this.

The few things i caught:

Few minutes ago it showed me...

In this use of few, it should be "a few". What you wrote isn't technically incorrect, but is unusual.

One years ago I have chosen...

Just "one year", because it's one. Also, i don't think you can use the passato prossimo (i think it's called the "present perfect" in English) with a past time like "one year ago"; it would be either "one year ago i chose" (regular past, saying you chose it exactly one year ago) or "one year ago i had chosen" (trepassato, if it was already chosen by then).

He also putted...

"Put" is irregular. It's past form is just "put". "Today i put..." "Yesterday i put..." So is the past participle. "I have already put..." It's normal in the imperfect, though. "Yesterday, I was putting..."

...by my keyboard.This isn't incorrect ( ... )

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qoelet February 17 2007, 12:31:57 UTC
[Perhaps this isn't the best post to start correcting as you requested, given your sleepless night, but here goes... :)]
That's right. If I'm not sleepy I'm raving. :P

[It's actually quite good! Your English is not only strong but also moving. I enjoyed reading this.]
Thanks. :)
I'm going to make a note of this phrase - it helps self-esteem.

[In this use of few, it should be "a few". What you wrote isn't technically incorrect, but is unusual.]
Thanks. Few/a few is that kind of English structure that I never remember ( ... )

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luce_cinerea February 20 2007, 15:57:19 UTC
I'm going to make a note of this phrase - it helps self-esteem.

I'm glad! It's true: what you write is so interesting. The language barrier doesn't seem to stop you from sharing your ideas.

Few/a few is that kind of English structure that I never remember.

I was thinking about this a bit, trying to think of a rule. It's actually not very clear to me, either. :) The only rule i could think of was to always use "a few", unless you're talking about a general concept (not something specific) and wish to say "rare" or "in scarce supply ( ... )

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qoelet February 20 2007, 19:23:56 UTC
[The language barrier doesn't seem to stop you from sharing your ideas ( ... )

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