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Originally Posted by YuriTokoro
Hi.
Could you correct my English?
It’s Golden Week here. (Today is May 5th)
Golden Week refers to the period from April 29th to May 5th when there are four national holidays. Many people go out for a trip during this time. You might notice that every yearmany Japanese tourists appear in your country during this week.
I went to a beach and gathered clams. Have you ever done this? Digging clams with a small rake.****
I’ve got a bucket of clams, and made a rice dish with them. I really enjoyed.
Thank you!
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**** To me this sentence reads correctly, but it is what we call a 'fragment'. You could try making it more explanatory. "You dig up the clams with a small rake." or "You use a small rake to dig up the clams".
The country/countries thing is complicated. I'm not sure 'countries' is ~incorrect~ but to me 'country' sounds more natural. The best way I can thin to describe it is that although the tourists might go to ~many~ different countries, the 'you' you are addressing seems to be singular. That is, it's like you're talking to one person, who of course, can only live in one country at a time. However, even if we're talking to more than one person, you still hear people use plurals like this when they are directly addressing a crowd using 'you'. Politicians do it a lot because it sounds like you're considering each person individually, even if they're part of a big group.
hope that's not too confusing!