Lesson
How to improve your English writing in 5 minutes
Below is an excerpt from a story, but it is purposefully written in an ugly way. Do you find this excerpt pleasant to read?
((Today , I can understand the beatles very clearly.Each time I hear a Beatles song,I am delighted and proud becouse i have mademy childhood dream come true. I listen to many rock bands , all in English,and I listen every day ,sometimes forover seven hours a day.I ma constantly aware ofmy success with english because i cna understand the lyrics ofthe songs i listen to.and taht gives me pleasure and Satisfaction for many hours every day . ))
Now you can read the original version of the excerpt. It's the same text but it's much more pleasant to read, don't you think?
((Today, I can understand The Beatles very clearly. Each time I hear a Beatles song, I am delighted and proud because I have made my childhood dream come true. I listen to many rock bands, all in English, and I listen every day, sometimes for over seven hours a day. I am constantly aware of my success with English because I can understand the lyrics of the songs I listen to. And that gives me pleasure and satisfaction for many hours every day. ))
There are three kinds of typing errors in the ugly version:
- wrong use of spaces (a missing space or an unnecessary space)
- incorrect capitalization (lower case instead of upper case or upper case instead of lower case)
- incorrect spelling
((Today , I can understand the beatles very clearly.Each time I hear a Beatles song,I am delighted and proud becouse i have mademy childhood dream come true. I listen to many rock bands , all in English,and I listen every day ,sometimes forover seven hours a day.I ma constantly aware ofmy success with english because i cna understand the lyrics ofthe songs i listen to.and taht gives me pleasure and Satisfaction for many hours every day . ))
How to avoid writing in an ugly way
- Be careful. Put spaces between words. Use proper capitalization: The first word in every sentence should start with a capital letter. So should every proper name (such as English and The Beatles).
- "You" and "I". Remember that the word "I" is spelled "I", not "i", and the word "you" is spelled "you", not "u".
Put a space after every comma and every period; never before it.
The wrong way:
((I listen to many rock bands , all in English,and I listen every day ,sometimes for over seven hours a day . I am constantly aware of my success with English . ))
The right way:
((I listen to many rock bands, all in English, and I listen every day, sometimes for over seven hours a day. I am constantly aware of my success with English. ))
Use a spellchecker. With a spellchecker, you can easily avoid mistakes like becouse, ma (instead of am), cna (instead of can), and taht (instead of that).
Ref : antimoon.com
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08:46 AM Nov 11 2007 |
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Kber __Al7a6'
United Arab Emirates
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thats good steps thank you alot  and remmember thats commen mistakes that everyone makes it……..and I am one of them  thank you for remind us 
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05:59 AM Nov 12 2007 |
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lucky4ever
United Arab Emirates
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You welcome  It's my problem too 
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05:55 AM Nov 14 2007 |
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RaRa
Saudi Arabia
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nice lesson I have learned a lot from it. thank you very much. _
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07:32 AM Nov 14 2007 |
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lady grisel
Ecuador
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Thanke. I've learned too much about it.
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07:44 AM Nov 14 2007 |
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Gallus
Ukraine
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Thanks for your advice!
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01:07 PM Nov 14 2007 |
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mehdadoo
Iran, Islamic Republic Of
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Thank you to for reminding us./ Thank you to remind us. ha?
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08:37 PM Nov 14 2007 |
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katherine wong
China
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thank you.i would pay more attention from now. of course,what you said reflects aesthetical problem. i think.
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08:41 PM Nov 14 2007 |
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Jaisey
China
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I am trying to avoid it!
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09:02 PM Nov 14 2007 |
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bcky
China
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yes , it's really a good advice . we should pay attention to the detail when we writing . i will do my best to repair mistakes .
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