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improve your English writing in 5 minutes

improve your English writing in 5 minutes

Date: Nov 01 2007

Topic: Reading

Author: lucky4ever

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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bestfreind

bestfreind

Western Sahara

(Today , I can  understand the beatles very clearly.Each time I hear  a Beatle songs,I am delighted and proud becouse  i have made my childhood dream come true. I listen  to many rock bands , all in English,and I listen every day ,sometimes  seven hours a day.I am constantly  aware of my success with english because ican   understand  the lyrics of the songs i listen to.and that 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?

07:52 PM Nov 17 2011 |

mileyfazo

mileyfazo

Algeria

thank u for the lesson

 I liked it

03:12 PM Aug 14 2010 |

dengyan8586

China

It is a good place to learn English well.

Very good!

09:38 AM May 10 2010 |

julywidiawati

Indonesia

Light and fun lesson, I enjoy it and helps a lot!

02:13 AM May 04 2010 |

Iraesh

Iraesh

Pakistan

Nice lesson.Keep it up…............

06:54 PM Apr 16 2010 |

MOOD

MOOD

Saudi Arabia

IF SOMEONE WANT TO LEARN ARABIC IM HIR OK,,,,,

11:02 AM Mar 19 2010 |

sofyh

Morocco

Hello ..

Thank you very much for this lesson, it's really useful!

12:47 PM Dec 02 2009 |

miss bochra

Morocco

thank you it(s usefull , but i have one things to ask, i don’t want bother you , ineed your help in writing, i don’t know how to put my ideas in good way in order to be clear and organised can you help plz !!!

12:41 PM Jan 28 2008 |

jimut1

India

very nice

01:49 PM Jan 09 2008 |

lucky4ever

lucky4ever

United Arab Emirates

thank you so much my friends

01:15 PM Jan 09 2008 |

hell_wah

hell_wah

United Arab Emirates

Thank you for The Lesson. I realy liked it

 

08:42 PM Jan 08 2008 |

gonzelius

gonzelius

Argentina

Thanks for the lesson lucky4ever!

I agree with you that using spell checkers is very important so that you convey what you mean more effectively. You should also avoid these typos because some people would deem you as unprofessional or even unreliable just because of this ugly writing. That of course would be the case in a work or academic environment.

We all now that young people tend to make this typos when they chat or place comments on web forums or websites such as this one. I would definitely advise them to start paying attention to this as of now. Isn't improving our English skills: speaking, listening and writing what we use English, baby! for?

07:28 PM Jan 08 2008 |

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gonzelius

gonzelius

Argentina

Thanks,lucky4ever.You can never underestimate how important it is not to make this basic mistakes when writing. Actually, these days is easier than ever with spell checkers available even built into web browsers. I use firefox and I’m checking spelling as I’m writing this comment!

07:02 PM Jan 08 2008 |

amirkhamisi

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i dont know how to write a message for members and also how to make friend

help

06:54 PM Jan 08 2008 |

amirkhamisi

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hi,i got some problem in writing and also i dont know exactly how to write a paragraph,please tell me what should i do?

thank you…

06:45 PM Jan 08 2008 |

Bestry

China

Thank you!I will pay more attention.

04:01 PM Jan 08 2008 |

guessme?

guessme?

Pakistan

good….........rocks

03:53 PM Jan 08 2008 |

paradigme

paradigme

Benin

you did g a great job  by letting people like me to remind that there 's still way to learn everyday.

Thanks a lot!

02:29 PM Jan 08 2008 |

erluvta

erluvta

Indonesia

thank you four your advice, i felt guilty becouse sometimes i'm writing like that ugly way

09:01 AM Jan 08 2008 |

minhhuong

minhhuong

Viet Nam

I think it's a popular mistake that we usually make in our writtings. If we read this lesson and from now, we pay more attention to what we write down, I think that all of us can avoid it. Remember to thank this lesson's author for the useful lesson.Smile

06:20 AM Jan 08 2008 |

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