[dogsbody70]

hello again Yuri--please forgive me as I am not sure how to place separate "QUOTES" into my responses. Maybe somebody could advise me how to do that please.

well" "I needed to Go" could mean anything really. Go where? You mentioned that you needed the bathroom so simply place it at the beginning of the sentence so there is no confusion.


this paragraph : Actually, I wanted to say that my hand managed to touch the top of the stairs when the top of the stairs suddenly turned into a vaulting box.
So the sentence should be;
“I managed to reach the top. Then except suddenly they had turned into a vaulting box.”
Is that right?
Does “I reached the top” mean “my hand touched the top of the stairs”?
NO, not necessarily.



Maybe: as I reached the top my hands/fingers clung onto what I thought was the top step, but to my surprise it had turned into a vaulting box

just an alternative suggestion.