Diary entry - My stomach and belly didn't feel well for weeks

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Maybo

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This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

My stomach and belly didn't feel well for weeks, but I didn't go to see doctors because I knew they couldn't help me much. Based on my experience, if I haven't got a temperature, vomiting or diarrhea, they usually prescribe only antacid. Yesterday, I wanted to buy a light so I went to a big scale furniture company. It has three storeys, and costumers have to walk through them from start to finish. When I walked half way, I got worse so I walked faster. Today, I find I recover suddenly. I guess it was because the walking was somewhat an exercise. I rarely do exercise this year.
 

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I don't have time to make most of the corrections (I'm on a very short lunch break at work) but the thing that jumped off the page at me was that you have made a very common spelling error. You wrote "costumers" (people who make costumes for other people to wear) instead of "customers" (clients).
 

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This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

My stomach and belly didn't feel well for weeks, but I didn't go to see [STRIKE]doctors [/STRIKE] a doctor because I knew they couldn't help me much. Based on my experience, if I haven't [STRIKE]got[/STRIKE] had a temperature, vomiting or diarrhea (diarrhoea in BrE), they usually prescribe only antacids. Yesterday, I wanted to buy a light fitting/lamp, so I went to a [STRIKE]big scale[/STRIKE] large furniture [STRIKE]company[/STRIKE] store/showroom/shop. It [STRIKE]has[/STRIKE] occupies three storeys, and [STRIKE]costumers[/STRIKE] customers have to walk through them (the entire building) from start to finish. [STRIKE]When[/STRIKE] After I walked halfway, I got worse (felt my diarrhoea was back again) so I walked faster. (What happened after that?) Today, I find I [STRIKE]recover suddenly[/STRIKE] have completely recovered. I guess it [STRIKE]was[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] is because the walking [STRIKE]was somewhat an[/STRIKE] exercise has helped. I [STRIKE]rarely do exercise[/STRIKE] have rarely been exercising this year.
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Can I say "I guess it is because the walking exercise helped"?
 

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Can I say "I guess it is because the walking exercise helped"?

Yes, you can, but the present perfect tense is better for past actions which have a bearing on the present.
 
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