[Grammar] Tim and Kevin were sitting in the living room

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Hello.

Are the following sentences grammatically correct?

Tim and Kevin were sitting in the living room. After a few minutes of talk, Tim made an offer to his friend.

-Do you want to watch the ice hockey match? USA versus Norway? I will bring beer and nachos.

After Kevin nodded and smiled, Tim quickly headed for the kitchen. From his pocket he took out the hallucinogenic pills, which he smashed and grinded. Then he took out a glass in which he mixed the beer with the grinded pills, making sure that the mixture was imperceptible to the eyes. After opening the bag of nachos and emptying it on a plate, he walked to the living room.


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"Grinded" is not the correct word for either the past participle or adjectival form of "grind". (Well, "grinded" is a rare past tense form but I don't recommend using it.)
 

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Also, "imperceptible to the eye."
 

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First of all, thanks for your answer.


Tim and Kevin were sitting in the living room. After a few minutes of talk, Tim made an offer to his friend.


-Do you want to watch the ice hockey match? USA versus Norway? I will bring beer and nachos.

After Kevin nodded and smiled, Tim quickly headed for the kitchen. From his pocket he took out the hallucinogenic pills, which he smashed and ground. Then he took out a glass in which he mixed the beer with the grinded pills, making sure that the mixture was imperceptible to the eye. After opening the bag of nachos and emptying it on a plate, he walked to the living room.


Which are the other grammatical mistakes?

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"the grinded pills" is still wrong.
 

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And Tim didn't bring the beer and nachos. Instead, he went into the kitchen and got them.
 

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He is more likely to have crushed the pills before he ground them.
 

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First of all, thanks for all your time and help.


Tim and Kevin were sitting in the living room. After a few minutes of talk, Tim made an offer to his friend.


-Do you want to watch the ice hockey match? USA versus Norway? I will bring beer and nachos.

After Kevin nodded and smiled, Tim quickly headed for the kitchen. One there, he took out from his pocket the hallucinogenic pills, which he first smashed and then ground. Then he took out a glass in which he mixed the beer with the ground pills, making sure that the mixture was imperceptible to the eye. After opening the bag of nachos and emptying it on a plate, he walked to the living room.


Are the sentences grammatically correct?

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First of all, thanks for all your time and help.


Tim and Kevin were sitting in the living room. After a few minutes of talk, Tim made an offer to his friend.


-Do you want to watch the ice hockey match between the USA [STRIKE]versus[/STRIKE] and Norway? I will bring beer and nachos.

After Kevin nodded and smiled, Tim quickly headed for the kitchen, [STRIKE]One there, he[/STRIKE] took out [STRIKE]from his pocket[/STRIKE] the hallucinogenic pills from his pocket, [STRIKE]which he first smashed and then[/STRIKE] ground them quickly, [STRIKE]. Then he took out a glass in which he[/STRIKE] and mixed the powder with some beer, [STRIKE]with the ground pills,[/STRIKE] making sure that the mixture was imperceptible to the eye. [STRIKE]After opening the[/STRIKE] He then opened a bag of nachos and [STRIKE]emptying it on a plate, he walked[/STRIKE] and took that and the beer to the living room.
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Perhaps:

Do you want to watch the ice hockey match between the US and Norway? I'll go into the kitchen and get us some beer and nachos.
 
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