From New Zealand 2007年7月，ニュージーランドへ移住してきました。ニュージーランドでの日常生活についてつづります。

I want to write a birthday card for her.

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I want to write on a birthday card for her.

 

 
 

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Yesterday I went to buy a book for my homework.

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Yesterday I went to buy bought a book for my homework.

 

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I started to learn cooking from her.

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I started to learn learning cooking from her.

 
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After she went back to Canada, we started to exchange letters.

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After she went back to Canada, we started to exchange exchanging letters.

 

 

 

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Can you make a plan for the trip?

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Can you make a plan for plan the trip?

 

When did he finish making the plan for the trip?

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When did he finish making the plan for planning the trip?

 
 

He finished making the plan and showed it to his parents.

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Comment: [‘making’ is OK here]

 
 

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Last week our class had a new student from Tokyo.

　
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Last week our class had a new student from Tokyo joined our class.

 

 
 

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You live in Seattle and it is not a long way from Vancouver. Is that right?

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You live in Seattle and it is not a long way, which is not far from Vancouver. Is, is that right?

[Colloquially we can say “not a long way from,” but I think you’re mixing up the positive, “It is a long way from” and the negative “It isn’t far from.”]

Also, “heard about” would be a bit more natural here: “Have you heard about the new product?”
“heard of” usually occurs in sentences with ever/never.

I want to experience as much as possible.

　（できるだけたくさんのことを経験したい）

 
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I want to experience as much as possible have as many experiences as possible.

 

似た英文で、別のネイティブからの修正です。

 

１．We’ll have a lot of food and drink.

→We’ll have a lot of food and things to drink.

 

 

 ２．You don’t have to bring food or drink.

 

→You don’t have to bring food or drink anything to eat or drink.
 

The house was by the sea so we could go swimming whenever we wanted to.

>>> I often wonder a comma is not necessary before "so" if the meaning after "so" is the result of the part before "so".

 

I know "We want to buy a house by the sea so we can go swimming whenever we want to" is OK because this is the sentence that "that" is omitted after "so", which means the meaning after "so" is the purpose of the part before "so".

 

But if a comma is not necessary before "so", the sentence like "We bought a house by the sea so we could go swimming whenever we wanted to" possibly has two meanings: "go swimming" is the result or the purpose of "buying the house".