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"Your first example, “Walking on the beach, I got sunburnt,” is grammatically correct (although \"sunburnt\" is a substandard variant--should be \"sunburned\"). Here you're saying that you got sunburned while walking on the beach.\n\nYour rewritten version, \"Becuase I walk on the beach, I got sunburnt,\" has a different connotation. Here you're saying that you got sunburned (past tense, so something that happened at some point in the past) because you walk on the beach (present tense, so something you do regularly). (Another problem with that is the first word is typo'd--should be \"Because\")\n\nMy preferred rewrite for this sentence would be \"Because I walked on the beach, I got sunburned.\" Or better, \"While walking on the beach, I got sunburned.\"\n\nYour second example, \"Having revisions for several weeks, I have successfully got an A in the final exam,\" is confusing and grammatically awkward. What does it mean that you were having revisions for several weeks? \"Have got\" is very substandard English grammar.\n\nYour revised version is still confusing and grammatically awkward. What does it mean that you \"have had revisions for several weeks\"? And \"thereby\" indicates an action performed simultaneously with \"getting an A in the final exam.” Also, proper American grammar would be \"on the exam,\" not \"in\" it. In addition, I'm wondering what you revised for several weeks in order to get an A on a test, which is not something that can be revised over the course of several weeks. I'm not sure how to revise that sentence since the meaning is so unclear.\n\nI would strongly recommend that you hire a professional freelance editor to work with you on polishing your manuscript to make sure that what you're trying to convey is being communicated clearly."
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