Diary - It's freezing outside so I don't want to go out

[Maybo]

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

It's freezing outside so I don't want to go out. I've spent most of my time on bed and been binge watching TV shows. I've found a baking competition quite interesting. It requires the contestants to replicate an object into a real cake. If they can fool the judges, they will get award money. I guessed it right a few time. Ha!

 

[Maybo]

Can I say "I found a baking..."?

 

[Tarheel]

I might say: "I've spent most of my time in bed binge watching TV shows." (You could also say it a couple of other ways.)

I think a baking competition is a competition that involves baking. In fact, I'm sure of it.

I'm not sure what you mean by "replicate an object" there.

**a few times

 

[Maybo]

I'm not sure what you mean by "replicate an object" there.

For example, bakers choose an object such as a bag first. Then, they will make a cake looks like the bag. Finally, the judges will have to identify the real cake from the real bags.

This is the show.

 

[Tarheel]

It looks like fun viewing. Thanks for the link.

 

[Maybo]

Is it OK to say "replicate an object into a real cake"?

 

[Tarheel]

@Maybo I didn't catch that. You want to say they made a cake that looks like something else.

It's amazing that you even know that word (replicate). You must be a Star Trek fan. (It's not an everyday word.)

 

[Maybo]

@Maybo I didn't catch that. You want to say they made a cake that looks like something else.

It's amazing that you even know that word (replicate). You must be a Star Trek fan. (It's not an everyday word.)

The host in this show used this word.

Is it that I should say "It requires the contestants to make a cake that looks like an object"?

 

[emsr2d2]

It's freezing outside here at the moment so I don't want to go out. I've spent I spend most of my time on in bed and I've been binge watching TV shows. I've found a baking competition that's quite interesting. It requires the contestants to replicate an object into a real cake make a cake in the shape of something else. If they can fool the judges can't tell if it's a cake or the real thing, they will get award win money. I've guessed it right a few times. Ha!

If you're under the covers, you're "in bed". If you're simply lying on top of the bed, you're "on the/my bed".

Don't you get to watch the contestants make the cakes? If not, then it makes sense that you can try and guess whether it's a cake or not. If you watch them making these clever creations, there's no guesswork involved!

 

[Tarheel]

No, they don't watch them making the cake before they guess.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is it OK to say "replicate an object into a real cake"?

No. There's nothing wrong with using "replicate" but don't "replicate something into something else". You've also got the cake and the other thing the wrong way round. The bakers make cakes that replicate other objects.

 

[Tarheel]

It just so happens that it's a word
That most of us have never heard.

 

[Maybo]

If you're under the covers, you're "in bed". If you're simply lying on top of the bed, you're "on the/my bed".

Don't you get to watch the contestants make the cakes? If not, then it makes sense that you can try and guess whether it's a cake or not. If you watch them making these clever creations, there's no guesswork involved!

No, they don't watch them making the cake before they guess.

Some of the cakes were made without showing the process. However, even sometimes I watched them make the cakes, I couldn't guess right because they looked very real.

 

[emsr2d2]

Some of the cakes were made without showing the process. However, even sometimes, even when I had watched them make the cakes, I couldn't guess right because they looked very real.

There are some very clever bakers out there.