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May 22nd 2012 00:05
The before yesterday, yesterday and today, I dedicated to do part-time job in UNIQULO.
I've worked there for 8 hours each the day.
I was so exhaust, but, I'm glad to learn the job which I should do.
Because I want to continue to work in UNIQULO, I decided to keep doing my best.

George
May 22nd 2012 00:08
  • The before yesterday, yesterday and today, I dedicated to do part-time job in UNIQULO.

  • The day before yesterday, yesterday and today, I dedicated to do part-time job in UNIQULO.

 
  • I've worked there for 8 hours each the day.

  • I've worked there for 8 hours each the day.

 
  • I was so exhaust, but, I'm glad to learn the job which I should do.

  • I was so exhausted, but, I'm glad to learn my new job.

 
kiewiee
May 22nd 2012 00:38
  • The before yesterday, yesterday and today, I dedicated to do part-time job in UNIQULO.

  • The day before yesterday, yesterday and today, I have decided to take a part-time job in UNIQULO.

    natural speech

 
  • I was so exhaust, but, I'm glad to learn the job which I should do.

  • I was so exhausted, but, I'm glad. Because I got a chance to experience a new job.(---But I am glad because I am learning new things through my new job.)

 
  • Because I want to continue to work in UNIQULO, I decided to keep doing my best.

  • Because I want to continue to working for in UNIQULO, I decided to keep doing my best.

 
Part time job is 8 hours? Isn't that full time?
Good job. Keep doing your best.
akimtda
May 22nd 2012 02:49
  • The before yesterday, yesterday and today, I dedicated to do part-time job in UNIQULO.

  • For the past three days, I decided to do take a part-time job in at UNIQLO.

    Saying "the day before yesterday, yesterday, and today" is correct but sounds unnatural. Native speakers would usually say "the past three days" instead of listing the timeframes.

    "dedicated" would be only thinking or doing something towards one goal. You could say "For the past three days, I dedicated myself to a part-time job at UNIQLO", but this would imply that all you did for those three days was work non-stop at UNIQLO.

    When talking about employment, we would usually say "take a job", but if you were talking about a task in the job, you would say "do a job". (Example, "I took a part-time job over the summer." / "I may be late home tonight as I still need to do a few more jobs.")

    Although 'Q' is usually followed by 'U' in English, UNIQLO is an exception as it is the name of a company/brand. UNIQLO is actually a contraction of "unique clothing", so the QLO is trying to use the pronunciation of CLOthing, whilst keeping the spelling of UNIQue.

4 people think this correction is good.  
  • I've worked there for 8 hours each the day.

  • I've worked there for 8 hours each the day.

    "I have worked there for 8 hours each day" sounds strange/unnatural, but isn't entirely incorrect.

 
  • I was so exhaust, but, I'm glad to learn the job which I should do.

  • I was so exhausted, but I'm glad to I learned how to do the job which I should do.

    "learned" or "learnt" could be used here.

 
  • Because I want to continue to work in UNIQULO, I decided to keep doing my best.

  • Because As I want to continue to work in at UNIQLO, I decided to keep doing my best.

    It's bad practice to start sentences with "because" in written English, instead it should be used to join two parts of a sentence together. (Example: "I had to go to the store, because I had run out of milk.")

    It's common to hear people start a sentence in speech with "because", but this is because when you write, you plan what you want to say, then write it. However, in speech, you can say something then think of something else, then use "because" to add to it.

    Even though it is acceptable in speech, it is still the same rules as written English. It would sound strange if someone started talking to you with a sentence starting with "because". They would only start with "because" if they were adding to something they already said or possibly something that you said.

 
Sorry if my explanations are hard to understand.
May 22nd 2012 06:02 markbellis
It's a myth that 'because' should not be used at the start of a sentence - it's the old idea that you shouldn't start a sentence with a conjunction - since this is a complete sentence, it's quite alright - the only time you shouldn't is when it's not a complete sentence, or, as you said, if the sentence works better combined with the previous sentence.
May 22nd 2012 06:18 akimtda
I only say that it is bad practice because in general, a sentence that starts with a conjunction is either a sentence after a sentence that it could be combined with, so a new sentence doesn't need to be made, or it is in a sentence where the conjunction can be removed and the sentence would lose no meaning.

Saying "I think I'll go the store. Because I need some milk." doesn't require two sentences, and is far easier and more natural to say "I think I'll go to the store, because I need some milk."

Just saying "Because that's the way it is" may sound fine but if you remove "because" the meaning of the sentence doesn't change, and you're using less syllables so it's easier to say "That's the way it is."

Although I know this isn't an absolute grammar rule, and is disputed, like you said, I still think it is good to teach that it is at least 'bad practice' as it is often clearer to not use a conjunction at the start of a sentence.
May 22nd 2012 06:29 markbellis
But in this case, the sentence wasn't one that should have been combined with another, or one that you could remove the 'because'. It's actually a really weird rule - it seems that it comes from just this one writer in the 19th Century who thought it was a bad idea - Shakespeare does it all the time, and if you look at any high quality magazine like the Atlantic, they start sentences with conjunctions all the time, so of course it's not bad practice - trying to put a substitute like "As" in the place of "Because" is the thing that editors hate. I know it's something people use to learn in school, but this is just a silly rule that modern grammarians want to put to sleep.
May 22nd 2012 06:35 akimtda
Ah, I see what you mean with this sentence. "I want to continue to work at UNIQLO, so I decided to keep doing my best." would have been a better correction for me to make, but I can see that simply substituting "because" with "as" is, in some ways, no different than using "because" in the first place. I'll make sure I keep this in mind for my future corrections. Thanks for the information~
golden1412
May 22nd 2012 05:25
  • The before yesterday, yesterday and today, I dedicated to do part-time job in UNIQULO.

  • The before yesterday, yesterday and today, I was dedicated to a part-time job at UNIQULO.

 
Good luck!
markbellis
May 22nd 2012 06:09
  • Because I want to continue to work in UNIQULO, I decided to keep doing my best.

  • Because I want to continue to work in UNIQLO, I decided to keep doing my best.

    It's fine to use 'Because' at the start of this sentence - you could have written "I decided to keep doing my best because I want to continue to work in UNIQLO." but writing it the way you did shows that working at UNIQLO is important to you.

 
Have fun - UNIQLO has a great web page!
SarZ
May 22nd 2012 18:59
  • The before yesterday, yesterday and today, I dedicated to do part-time job in UNIQULO.

  • I decided to take up a part-time job at UNIQULO and I've been working there for the past three days.

 
  • I've worked there for 8 hours each the day.

  • I've been working there for 8 hours a each the day.

 
  • I was so exhaust, but, I'm glad to learn the job which I should do.

  • I was so It's exhausting, but I'm glad to be learning how to do the job which I should do.

 
  • Because I want to continue to work in UNIQULO, I decided to keep doing my best.

  • Because I want to continue to work in for UNIQULO, I've decided to keep doing my best.

 
Best of luck! ^^
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