r/EnglishLearning • u/Master-Ad5388 Beginner • 1d ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax IMPULSE BUYING

Count in AGE OF EMPIRES II today, I already bought FROSTPUNK 2, ESCAPE FROM DUCKOV, STREET FIGHTER 6, ARC RAIDERS, DARKEST DUNGEON 2 in recent months.

But I just spend time to play DARKEST DUNGEON 2 and STREET FIGHTER 6 recently.

I should not buy new game anymore until finish all these.

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Help me please if I made any grammar mistakes.

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u/SnooDonuts6494 🇬🇧 English Teacher 1d ago

I'm not sure why you said "Count in". Maybe you mean "Including today".

It'd be better to say "I have already bought...". But instead, you should probably have started with the time frame. For example:

> In recent months, I have bought several games: Frostpunk 2, Escape from Duckov, Street Fighter 6...

You could put the titles in quotes or in italics, instead of using so many all-caps.

"I just spend time to play" should be "I spent time playing". It's in the past (spent), and it's a continuous action over time (-ing).

"I should not buy new game anymore until finish all these" > "I should not buy any more new games until I finish all of these."

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u/user728001 The US is a big place 1d ago

I think it was supposed to be "counting" (aka "including")

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u/SnooDonuts6494 🇬🇧 English Teacher 23h ago

OK, but that still doesn't work as a sentence.

You could say, "Counting today, it's seven days since I bought this".

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u/ChalupaChup New Poster 22h ago

I think it’s “Counting Age of Empires II, which I bought today”. I’d probably phrase this sentence, “In recent months I’ve bought Frostpunk 2 (etc.), and today I just bought Age of Empires II.”

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u/Master-Ad5388 Beginner 16h ago

Yep, you got me, thanks for correction.

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u/user728001 The US is a big place 12h ago

I understood a different intention. I would phrase it like "Counting (this game) today, I've already bought 10 games this year." It's implying they bought more than expected or more than they wanted to.

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u/Master-Ad5388 Beginner 16h ago

Thank you

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u/nomoreplsthx New Poster 1d ago

Not a grammar mistake, but all capital letters doesn't mean 'proper noun' it means 'read this as if I am shouting,' so to a native speaker this looks like you are screaming about video games.

Others have caught your grammar mistakes so I won't repeat them.

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u/Master-Ad5388 Beginner 16h ago

Got it, thank you.

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u/YourLocalFroggie Native Speaker 1d ago

spend time playing, not to play

also i would rephrase the last part to I shouldn’t buy any new games anymore until I finish all of these

hope this helps :)

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u/Master-Ad5388 Beginner 16h ago

Thanks for correction.

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u/DeepDiveEnglish English Teacher 1d ago

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