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ぎこちない英文ですみませんが・・。疑問点があります。

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 はじめまして。荒削りでは有りますが、英語の力そのものはかなりなものであるとお見受けしました。  お書きの英文についてですが、先ず、>My hobbies are diverse.と、趣味の具体的な数を指定していませんので、「こんなことも好きだし、あんなことも好きだ…」調の書き方を、添削された先生は、お考えだったのだと思います。つまり、順番ないし序列をつけることに、違和感をお感じだったのだと思います。  次に>but there I am ashamed of not buying an item but thinking it's so great and precious a goods that I should only stare at these goods.  についてですが、おそらく質問者様は「とても素敵で、貴重なものをただ見るだけで、買えない事にもどかしさを覚える」といった意味でお書きだと思いますが、同じ日本人の私には、意味は通じますが、英語を母語とする人々には、ちょっと意味不明の英文ととられることでしょう。  I feel ashamed of not being able to buy items that are so great and precious a thing and my only being able to stare at them and sigh. と、ashamed of … から、not being ableto … と、my only being able to … に並列で掛ければ、意図された意味に近くなるのでは?と思います。 最後に>in spite of I want to do. は、in spite of が群前置詞ですから、I want to do と、節が続くと変です。譲歩の接続詞を使って though I want to.( do も削除してください)の方がよろしいと思いませんか?

downtown06
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回答者様のおっしやるとおりです。 なるほど・・。考えさせられました。 まだまだ、そんなに実力の無い人です^^; でも、もっと頑張って実力をあげていきたいです。 in spite of は最初、群前置詞と考えていましたが、なかなかふさわしい表現が思いつかず、aolで検索してみると節みたく使っていた表現があったので、使えるのかな??と思い書きました。 to do..は確かに代不定詞で表すべきだったですね。 ありがとうございます。大変勉強になりました。

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