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PUBLIC_FLAG_#{@journal.pf_int} RSS feed of Anna Banana's latest journal entries Jan 24th 2009 18:46
Three days from tomorrow is one of biggist holiday in Korea.
That is the Lunar New Year's Day!
Usually we spend time with big family during whole holiday,
but this year, we can't because my mother has work.
So today we visit grandma, and went to Korean BBQ Restaurant for lunch.
We hoped great time, but felt bit bad because of service of staff.
It was worst choice=(

** I learnd same expression of "because of" are "owing to", "due to", "on account of" and "by reason of".
I used twice "because of" in my writing.
I wanted to change in same expression, but I have no idea which one is good to.
Could you rank that of negative/positive?
Jan 30th 2009 11:58 matthew254

  • Three days from tomorrow is one of biggist holiday in Korea.
  • Three days from tomorrow is one of biggest holidays in Korea.
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  • That is the Lunar New Year's Day!
  • It's called 설날 (Lunar New Year's Day)!
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  • Usually we spend time with big family during whole holiday,
  • Usually we spend time with our family during the whole three day holiday,
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  • but this year, we can't because my mother has work.
  • but this year we can't because my mother has to work.
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  • So today we visit grandma, and went to Korean BBQ Restaurant for lunch.
  • So instead, today we visited my grandma and then went to a Korean barbecue restaurant for lunch.
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  • We hoped great time, but felt bit bad because of service of staff.
  • We had hoped to have a great time, but felt a bit uncomfortable because of the bad service of staff.
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  • It was worst choice=(
  • We should have gone someplace else :(
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  • I wanted to change in same expression, but I have no idea which one is good to.
  • I wanted to use a similar expression, but I have no idea which one is good to use.
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"because" is most natural
"because of" is always okay

"I was late because I overslept"
"I like you because of how nice you are to my little sister"
"I will attend "A" university because of the cheap tuition"

"owing to", "due to", "on account of" and "by reason of" are very unnatural. I never say them. The only one I ever hear is on the news: "School was closed today due to inclement weather" 수업은 나쁜 날씨 때문에 취소되었어요
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