I'm a little bit confused with the following sentences

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:oops: I'm writting an Informal letter to a friend telling her that I've just moved to a new neighbourhood so my brother and I had to change school as well , but I'm not sure If the sentence can actually be typed that way.

(Moving to a new neighbourhood made me and my brother change school as well.):?:

(Yesterday It was the first day at my new school so I was really nervous.) I'd like to say that yesterday It was the first day of school but I was extremely nervous because I went to a new school.):?:

Finally I'd like to say that I have to make new friends, meet my new teachers and make a new/brand new/fresh start. (Can I actually say that in English , I mean does this phrase make a sense ? )


Please correct my mistakes and place the punctuations where it is necessary.English is not my native language and I'm sooo confused.

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I will make comments by making changes in the text, and I will make additional comments as well.

:oops: I'm writing an Informal letter to a friend telling her that I've just moved to a new neighbourhood so my brother and I had to change schools as well , but I'm not sure If the sentence can actually be typed that way.

(Moving to a new neighbourhood made me and my brother change school as well.):?:

(Yesterday It was the first day at my new school so I was really nervous.) I'd like to say that yesterday It was the first day of school but I was extremely nervous because I went to a new school.):?:

Finally I'd like to say that I have to make new friends, meet my new teachers and make a new/brand new/fresh start. (Can I actually say that in English , I mean does this phrase make [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] sense ? )


Please correct my mistakes and place the punctuations where it is necessary.English is not my native language and I'm so confused.

[STRIKE]Thank you in advance.[/STRIKE]

Try:

We've just moved to a new neighborhood, and we had to change schools. Yesterday was the first day of school, and I was really nervous. I'm going to be meeting a lot of new people, and I will pretty much be making a fresh start.

Please note that you shouldn't space before commas, periods, question marks, etc. Do space afterwards.

Any more questions?
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Thank you so much for replying me. I really appreciate it. Could I ask you something else? Because I've never used those tenses before .Can I say "I'm going to meet a lot of new people" instead of "I'm going to be meeting a lot of new people.
What about "I will pretty much make a fresh start" Can we change the tenses here?
 

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Thank you so much for replying to me. I really appreciate it. Could I ask you something else? Because I've never used those tenses before. Can I say "I'm going to meet a lot of new people" instead of "I'm going to be meeting a lot of new people? What about "I will pretty much be making a fresh start"? Can we change the tenses here?

"I'm going to meet a lot of new people" and "I'm going to be meeting a lot of new people" mean pretty much the same thing. As for changing tenses, I am rather confused about what you mean by that. (If you have any new questions you might want to start a new thread.)
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I meant whether I could say "I will pretty much make a fresh start" instead of "I will pretty much be making a fresh start".
Using Simple Future instead of Future Continuous. :)
 

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I meant whether I could say "I will pretty much make a fresh start" instead of "I will pretty much be making a fresh start".
Using Simple Future instead of Future Continuous. :)

I am hesitant to say anything because I am afraid you will ask me why. However, I suggest future continuous ("I will pretty much be making a fresh start"). Don't ask me to explain why. Just trust me on this one.
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