Comments on: Procrastination is the thief of time.

By: honeypotter

honeypotter — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:04:02 +0000

Hello, girlgeum, how are you?
oh…you showed me the way to improve how to express in English. Thank you so much. Recently, I found it’s enjoyable to read English-English dictionaries. So as you suggested, I’ll try to check synonyms of the words in which I got interested with my dictionary.

By: girlgeum

girlgeum — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:49:57 +0000

At least you’re trying; some don’t. Don’t worry about it. I can understand what you wrote, and if there are mistakes, then you can learn from it. Trying and doing better.

(I’d rather endure stagnating) is wrong. It’s like saying I’d rather endure inactivating . . .

Here’s what you can do. Look up the word stagnate and see what other words can match that word. Words like inactive, dull, motionless. And then write sentences with those words, replace them with the word stagnate, and see if the sentence makes sense. Once again it’s how you use the word.

All the best.

By: honeypotter

honeypotter — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:58:04 +0000

Hi, girlgeum, thank you so much for your comment.
Oh…I was wrong in how to express, sorry about that. I should have expressed like this; “I’d rather endure stagnating untill I break through the wall for the dream than I do nothing for it”. What do you think of this?
Wow, yeah, “wait”… How wasn’t this word born in my brain? It’s quite natural, I think.
Probably you might feel something strange in my comments during our communication. Sorry about that if it happen, but I’ll try to be better…better than now every day.

By: girlgeum

girlgeum — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:43:14 +0000

Stagnate means to be inactive, motionless. In other words, I also could have frame when I wrote above that we all must try new things or we might become inactive.

The way you used it is incorrect. Your sentence would read I’d inactive . . . . And, it’s not so bad for me to inactive . . . .

Try to substitute a word and see if it fits in the context that you want. Like, I hope I don’t become stagnate; in other words, I hope I don’t become inactive.

You can say, “I’d rather wait on my way . . . . Also you can use wait in the next sentence. I hope this helps.

Yes, we also should wait for our dreams. Sometimes rushing only makes things worse and longer.

By: honeypotter

honeypotter — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:57:13 +0000

Hello, girlgeum, how are you?

Yeah, I do hope I’d rather stagnate on my way for my dream than I do nothing for it, I mean, I might struggle for my dream and it’s not so bad for me to stagnate in front of some walls for the dream. I think that that “stagnate” sounds good, right?(ummm…Is it a correct expression in English?)

By: girlgeum

girlgeum — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:46:08 +0000

Absolutely. No matter where older people are from, others will laugh and try to make fools out of them for trying new things based on their age.

But we all must try new things or we might become stagnated.

By: honeypotter

honeypotter — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:14:56 +0000

Hello, girlgeusm, thank your for your comment. I’m so glad that the person I’ve not ever met in person before left a comment. You’re the first one who did it.
Yeah, you’re right, but unfortunately, there are such people in Japan who tend to make a fool of elder people trying to do something new. That’s definitely ridiculous.
I don’t know where you are from, but no matter how old I am and you are, it’s precious for us to keep trying new, isn’t it?
Thank you so much again, girlgeusm, I’m looking forward to your new comment

By: girlgeum

girlgeum — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:02:57 +0000

At what age should “living” stop? Some think that once you grow old, then that’s it. A foolish thought. Older people nowadays, and even before, are still experiencing and doing new things, including learning a foreign language.

People will do things at their own pace, the reality should be, that they are “doing” and not letting life past them by.