[Essay] ...feeling of déjà vu...

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rodgers white

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Hi there. Would you please proofread the following text? Any help would be appreciated.

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A strong pleasant feeling of déjà vu attached itself to the reality that they had been this way before. Gan realised that the mixture of feelings was because the terrain had changed, making the experience a little surreal. The atmosphere just described evoked some emotions between the couple that could easily be thought of as a teenage romance but, even though no one would have said such a thing to them, they all noticed. What no one could have possibly known, except another woman, was that Jingying, at thirty-nine, had become pregnant. Jingying knew almost immediately something had changed, but at first, she thought it was something else.

Jingying watched Gan teaching Bailian. He was explaining to her how to recognise the tracks of different animals and how to know things about the animals from those tracks. Gan always treated children as though they were his own. He was a perpetual father, always teaching, playing, and caring for them. Jingying smiled and hoped he was ready to start fatherhood again from the beginning. First, though, she had to find the right time and place to tell him.
 
Hi there. Would you please proofread the following text? Any help would be appreciated.

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A strong pleasant feeling of déjà vu attached itself to the reality that they had been this way before. Gan realised that the [STRIKE]mixture of [/STRIKE] mixed feelings was because the terrain had changed, making the experience a little surreal. The atmosphere just described evoked some emotions between the couple that could easily be thought of as a teenage romance but, even though no one would have said such a thing to them, they [STRIKE]all[/STRIKE] had noticed. What no one could have possibly known, except another woman, was that Jingying, at thirty-nine, had become pregnant. Jingying knew almost immediately something had changed, but at first, she thought it was something else.

Jingying watched Gan teaching Bailian. He was explaining to her how to recognise the tracks of different animals and how to know things about the animals from those tracks. Gan always treated children as though they were his own. He was a perpetual father, always teaching, playing, and caring for them. Jingying smiled and hoped he was ready to start fatherhood all over again [STRIKE]from the beginning[/STRIKE]. First thing though, she had to find the right time and place to tell him.
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I think the first sentence does not sound natural.
 
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