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Question : English: by itself / of itself ?
Question Details: Please rewrite my Eng writing and I would appreciate it. I still don't get this...

I really want to know about this:

1. I go falling asleep by myself as this room is very warm and cosy. Native speaker said that I can' t not use 'automatically or naturally'.

2. When I work on my papers on the computer, it was shut down by itsef / of itself so that I did not know what to do.
* are there other ways to say instead of saying I did not know what to do.

3. I was so tired that my eyes was closed by itself

4. My friend said using 'puts me to sleep' How can I use this one in a sentence?

Oh... I don't get that. Please help me using many example to understand if you can.

2007-09-08 07:08:23 · 3 answers · asked by Sky 2 in Travel Asia Pacific Korea

Thanks for the person below. You seems a man who is good at both Korean and English.

The reason I posted my questions is that I wanted to use right words and expression when I speak English, which make my English sound natarally.

Yes, I got the meaning 'by itself and by myself' finally. I did not fully understand those Eng native speaker explainted to me about my question, 저절로, unfortunelately and nobody mentioned 'by itself or by myself.

The reason I mentioned 'puts me to sleep' which I was told from a friend of mine is because I don't understnad the meaning. Therefore, I would like to know what the difinition and meaning of it as well as using that expresson in my sentence and conversation in English.

I hope you understand what I was supposed to. Thanks for your help. I really appreciate that.

2007-09-08 09:22:04 · update #1

oh. sorry... I got the meaning of 'by itself and by themselves, lol..

2007-09-08 09:23:45 · update #2

Yes, I desperately wanted to know of '저절로. My last question is that I would like to know the meaning of 'puts me to sleep' and to know some example of applying the words in a conversation. Thanks..

2007-09-08 09:29:49 · update #3

I am a self taught English student.

2007-09-08 09:33:51 · update #4

One of my friend told me that the eyes are part of our body, so we can not say that my eyes closed by themselves. Is that true? I learned this one today:

I could not keep my eyes (=them) open because I am so tired.

Thank you all so much for helping me out. I learned many things using ~~ so ~ that, ~~ because ~ , by itself if the subject is a thing, puts me to sleep, I could not keep my eyes open and so on during sevaral days. Thank you again !!

2007-09-09 08:13:14 · update #5

oh.. English is so completed.. I got it after all. I am so happy now

by itselp : apply to a thing
could not keep it(them) + p.p because ~
Noun + put(s) me to sleep
~ so that ~

2007-09-09 08:34:43 · update #6

complicated, lol ~

2007-09-09 08:35:54 · update #7

3 answers

Do you just want your sentences fixed? I'm a bit confused.
Here It is...
1. Because the room is very warm and cosy, I fell asleep.

2. When I was working on my papers on the computer, it shut down by itself, and I did not know what to do (I paniced?)

3. I was so tired that my eyes closed by themselves

4. Is this a sentence you want corrected or just a sidenote??

Sorry, I had trouble interpreting your question.

edited:
Sorry, I forgot to check this for awhile.

Well you might want to say "unconciously" (무의식적으로)
instead of automatically or naturally.

Put(s) me to sleep is an idiom (관용구) and it basically means the same thing as "something makes me sleep."

Ex. Watching the sheeps put me to sleep

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EDITED AGAIN: You can say the eyes closed by themselves. This is personification (의인법)

personification 은 물건이나 동물같이
사람이 아닌것을 사람인듯이 표현하는 겁니다.

And, although eyes are part of yourself, you can still connect them with a verb (동사).

2007-09-08 07:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by scvtres 3 · 1 0

1. You could say it this way: "Because of the room being so warm and cozy (or cosy), I fell asleep."

2."While I was working on my papers on the computer, it shut down and I did not know what to do."

3."My eyes closed because I was so tired."
"A long night of studying made me so tired that my eyes closed the minute my head touched the pillow on my bed."

4. "Reading a boring book puts me to sleep."
"A dull class puts me to sleep."
"Speeches that seem to go on and on put me to sleep."

(There are a few examples for you. I spell cozy with a "z" because that is the American-English version. The "s" is more British.)

2007-09-08 21:14:18 · answer #2 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0 0

I don't understand your question. Sorry.

2007-09-08 14:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

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