[Grammar] Correcting My Grammar by Telling Stories (Part 4)

[adenfzn]

Are these sentences below correct?


It's been a while since I read books.
Actually, I've decided to not read paper books anymore because I really love to use technology as a learning tool and a lot of people these days are using it too like smartphones, laptops, etc to read novels or any kind of book which are available in digital form (e-book). But sometimes there are a couple of books I'd like to read that are not available in the form of e-books. So it's kind of forced me to buy paper books when the story of them are interesting to read, especially if they were written by a well-known writer.

 

[tedmc]

Are these sentences below correct?


It's been a while since I read books.

Actually, I've decided [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] not to read paper (printed) books anymore because I really love to use technology as a learning tool and a lot of people these days are using it too like smartphones, laptops, etc to read novels or any kind of book which are available in digital form (e-book). But sometimes there are a couple of books I'd like to read that are not available in the form of e-books. So it's kind of forced me to buy paper books when their story [STRIKE]of them[/STRIKE] are interesting to read, especially if they were written by [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] well-known writers.

See if you agree with me on my corrections. Printed books is far more common.

 

[Tarheel]

Say:

It's been a while since I have read any books.

Or:

It's been a while since I have read a book.

For some unknown reason the next sentence starts with Actually.

:?:

 

[teechar]

It's been a while since I read a book.
Actually, I've decided to not read paper books anymore because I really love [Strike]to[/Strike] using technology as a learning tool, and a lot of people these days are using [Strike]it too[/Strike] devices like smartphones, laptops, etc to read novels, or any kind of book, which are available in digital form (e-book). But sometimes there are a couple of books I'd like to read that are not available [Strike]in the form of[/Strike] as e-books. So [Strike]it's[/Strike] that has kind of forced me to buy paper books [Strike]when the story of them are interesting[/Strike] that I really want to read, especially if they were written by a well-known writer.

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[Yankee]

Say:

It's been a while since I have read any books.

Or:

It's been a while since I have read a book.

For some unknown reason the next sentence starts with Actually.

:?:

Use of "Actually". It would not be unusual or necessarily wrong in that context. But anyway, better than "literally", use of which has become an epidemic.