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Yesterday was the holiday to celebrate America’s independence from Britain.
There were many local events to celebrate the birth of America.
My family went to an event near my house in Rancho Palos Vedes.
My kids enjoyed jumping in an air bounce house, eating a mountain of rainbow snow cone, puppet show on the stage and so on.
It was a tranquil holiday.
There were many local events to celebrate the birth of America.
My family went to an event near my house in Rancho Palos Vedes.
My kids enjoyed jumping in an air bounce house, eating a mountain of rainbow snow cone, puppet show on the stage and so on.
It was a tranquil holiday.
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Yesterday was the holiday to celebrate America’s independence (and it's separation from Britain.)
because it was such a long time ago, because America is a much bigger contry the the UK, because the USA and the UK are allies, it just sounds a bit odd to refer to it like that (to me)
There were many local events to celebrate the birth of America// ..the birth of the american nation.
For some reason it seems more natural to refer to the nation here
My kids enjoyed jumping in the bouncy castle, eating a mountain of rainbow snow cone, the puppet show on the stage and so on.
In British English, it is a "bouncy castle" even if it's really just a house.
It was a tranquil/quiet holiday.
it's -> its
contry the -> country than
And just another thought on my second correction: I suppose the reason it sounds better to me as "the american nation" is because it avoids repeating "America" which you already used in the previous sentence.
Yesterday was the holiday to celebrate America’s independence from Britain.
The sentence sounds fine to me.
schoenewaleder is incorrect.
it's= it is. It's Monday. (It is Monday)
its= possession The dogs food (Its food)
There were many local events to celebrate the birth of America.
The sentence you wrote is fine. "Nation" means people. The American nation existed before July 4, 1776. The nation wasn't created on that day...people had been living there for more than a century.
My kids enjoyed jumping in an air bounce house, eating a lot of (?) rainbow snow cones, watching a puppet show on the stage and so on.
You have to put in a new verb before the puppet show. The verb you had before was "eating," so it sounds like you ate the snow cones and the puppet show!
My kids enjoyed jumping in an air bounce house, eating a mountain of rainbow snow cone, and watching a puppet show on the stage and so on.
This is the only grammatical mistake I see. "Jumping...", "eating..", "and watching...". Parallel structure is important.
Yesterday was the holiday to celebrate America’s independence from Britain.
Akira you are right. It's about independence from the British Empire. U.S. citizens like that part of it because at the time the colonies were weak and Britain was the worlds strongest power. That is a source of pride for us even though today we are allies.
There were many local events to celebrate the birth of America.
Well I would only like to add that it is really not the birth of "America". It's the United States of America. Usually we just say the U.S. America is a continent that includes Canada, Mexico, and many more countries to the south.
My family went to an event near my house in Rancho Palos Vedes.
I am from Los Angeles and I used to Live in Hawthorne and I worked in Torrance. RPV (Rancho Palos Verdes) is a nice place to live.