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Nov 01 2007

lucky4ever

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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 | Reply

Kber __Al7a6'

Kber __Al7a6'

United Arab Emirates

thats good steps thank you alot Wink

and remmember thats commen mistakes that everyone makes it….....and I am one of them Frown

thank you for remind us Laughing

 

05:59 AM Nov 12 2007 | Reply

lucky4ever

lucky4ever

United Arab Emirates

You welcome  Laughing

It's my problem too Frown

 

03:33 AM Nov 14 2007 | Reply

wonderwall

wonderwall

Algeria

Thanks….

05:55 AM Nov 14 2007 | Reply

RaRa

RaRa

Saudi Arabia

nice lesson

I have learned a lot from it.

thank you very much. _

07:32 AM Nov 14 2007 | Reply

lady grisel

lady grisel

Ecuador

Thanke. I've learned too much about it.

07:44 AM Nov 14 2007 | Reply

Gallus

Gallus

Ukraine

Thanks for your advice!

01:07 PM Nov 14 2007 | Reply

mehdadoo

mehdadoo

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Thank you to for reminding us./

Thank you to remind us.

ha?

08:37 PM Nov 14 2007 | Reply

katherine wong

katherine wong

China

thank you.i would pay more attention from now. of course,what you said  reflects aesthetical problem. i think.

08:41 PM Nov 14 2007 | Reply

Jaisey

Jaisey

China

I am trying to avoid it!

09:02 PM Nov 14 2007 | Reply

bcky

China

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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It's a problem .

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Thank you for your beneficial lesson.

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Good job

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Thanks lucky4ever !

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Thank you So,much.firstly its better to learn basics.

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i will pay attention to my typing

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abeer.ranii

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thanx you are absolutely right we should remember all these mistakes these are included in basics of english

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haha... I laugh at myself when I read this... It happens to me quite a lot only when I type. But if I write.. I will write the correct way automatically.. Anyway... thnx for the...

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that's good lesson thank you

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