A couple of days ago, I came accross a sentence included "myself." A native English speaker said the sentence was perfect, but I wondered about the us ...

My husband and I went to the farm yesterday.  On Friday night, we wondered which day we should go there on Saturday or Sunday because the weatherman p ...

A short while ago,  I corrected a sentence in an entry after I read the  entry a few times to understand the sentence.  The sentence is as follows: " ...

As I wrote yesterday, I went shopping at the shopping street 10 minutes away on foot today. I usually go there by bike, so I didn't know how long it w ...

Last Friday, I underwent surgery to have the plate removed from my right wrist. I stayed in the hospital overnight and returned home on Saturday morni ...

In school we learn about tense agreement, but I am often confused as to whether or not we must use tense agreement in some sentences. While reading a ...

I like cooking. I can't cook fancy foods, but I believe I have enough cooking skills.  My sister also likes cooking, so whenever she finds something

I'm writing on my iPad, so I will just ask a question.  I read the following sentence: To stabilize rice prices, the government has released some of ...

As I mentioned before, I will undergo surgery tomorrow to remove the plate from my right wrist. I have to go to the hospital by 8:30. It seems that my ...

In Japanese baseball, there are six teams in both the Pacific League and the Central League. In the past, there were no interleague games, but 20 yea ...

1. You don't have to find a meaning for what you are doing. 2. You don't have to find meaning in what you are doing.  I think there are different

I'm not nearsighted, so I don't usually wear glasses, but when I read books or newspapers, I always need glasses. Two years ago, when I was not feelin ...

The Japanese government has finally released stockpiled rice. Some companies have started selling it.  Stockpiled rice is called by different names

This Sunday, a friend who lives 10 minutes from my house and I are going to see our friends in Kobe.  We've been friends since high school. The friend ...

I learned in school that when a subordinate clause comes before the main clause, there must be a comma between the subordinate and main clauses. Howev ...

Even though I've been learning English for many years, I can't tell immediately whether I should use restrictive or non-strictive clause when I read a ...

I'm writing this entry on my iPad. I'm not good at typing on it, so I just want to ask a question.  In Japanese, we have a katakana word "タレント," which ...

As some of you know, I broke my right wrist last May. I had surgery and had a plate inserted. I didn't know until recently that the plate is usually r ...

The new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Koizumi Shinjiro, has declared that he will release 5 kilograms of stockpiled rice in June a ...

An hour before the bus was scheduled to depart, we returned to town from Matsuyama Castle. After killing some time at a coffee shop, we went to the bu ...