Views— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Your answer is clear and relevant with a good topic sentence and examples, but reduce fillers and slightly reorganize to be more natural. Remove "in fact" and "for me to"; instead state purpose concisely and avoid hesitation sounds. Keep it within 2–3 sentences and add a brief linking phrase to group examples.

Ejemplo: Yes, I love taking pictures. I bought a compact camera last year to capture cinematic views, such as landscapes, buildings and interesting streets.

Sugerencia: Good structure: direct answer followed by reasons and examples. Improve naturalness by tightening phrasing and using a linking word to connect reason with examples. Replace "for me to" with "to" and combine sentences to avoid repetition.

Ejemplo: I prefer rural areas because I appreciate minimalism and fewer distractions; therefore I often go to the mountains or beaches to relax and enjoy the scenery.

Sugerencia: Strong answer with a clear contrast and specific details. Improve by avoiding filler opening ("That's a hard question") and use a concise topic sentence stating preference or mixed feelings. Use a linking word to contrast the two examples and keep sentences within 2–3 lines.

Ejemplo: I have mixed preferences: I admired the powdery snow and tidy streets in Sapporo, Japan, but when it comes to beaches I prefer those in my own country, the Philippines.

× I love taking pictures, in fact, I bought a compact camera last year for me to take cinematic views, for example.

✓ I love taking pictures. In fact, I bought a compact camera last year to take cinematic views, for example.

The phrase 'for me to take' is an unnecessary use of a full infinitive phrase with a pronoun; after 'bought a camera last year' the infinitive without 'for me' ('to take') is natural. Also merge into two sentences to improve clarity by separating independent clauses with a period. Suggestion: Remove 'for me' and split into two sentences: 'I love taking pictures. In fact, I bought a compact camera last year to take cinematic views.'

× I love minimalism and fewer distractions.

✓ I love minimalism and fewer distractions.

This sentence is grammatically acceptable; 'fewer' correctly modifies the countable plural noun 'distractions'. No correction needed. Explanation: 'fewer' is the appropriate quantifier for countable nouns. Suggestion: Keep as is.

× That is why I like to go to the mountains and beaches for me to relax and enjoy the scenery.

✓ That is why I like to go to the mountains and beaches to relax and enjoy the scenery.

Using 'for me to relax' is an unnecessary and awkward prepositional/infinitive phrase. The natural structure is the infinitive 'to relax' without 'for me'. Suggestion: Remove 'for me' so the purpose is expressed concisely: 'to relax and enjoy the scenery.'

× I recently went to Japan and I was in awe of the powdery snow in Sapporo and how the streets are peaceful and clean.

✓ I recently went to Japan and was in awe of the powdery snow in Sapporo and of how the streets were peaceful and clean.

Parallel structure and article usage: after 'in awe of' the two connected noun phrases should be parallel and can both take 'of'. Also when narrating a past visit, verb tense consistency favors 'were' rather than 'are'. Suggestion: Use 'was in awe of X and of how Y were...' to maintain parallelism and past tense consistency.