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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

Comments

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HS793761

Cambodia

Thanks you so much. As for me i like writing much, so i would pay more attention from now.

08:43 AM Dec 28 2007 |

HS793761

Cambodia

Thanks for your advice. I like this lesson so much. As for me i like writing, i would pay more attention from now.

08:40 AM Dec 28 2007 |

nilofar

India

hey i actually misunderstood as improving HAND  writing, anyways the lesson is a really important for as these days v r addicted to sms language and hence make such mistakes…. m i rite????

11:50 AM Dec 27 2007 |

nilofar

India

hey i actually misunderstood as improving HAND  writing, anyways the lesson is a really important for as these days v r addicted to sms language and hence make such mistakes…. m i rite

11:50 AM Dec 27 2007 |

dr-mm82

dr-mm82

Syrian Arab Republic

thanks

12:48 PM Dec 25 2007 |

Hay

Hay

China

Thank you for your course,lucky4ever.Smile

04:55 PM Dec 23 2007 |

akgs56

akgs56

Turks and Caicos Islands

I like your trainer document,thank you

04:00 PM Dec 23 2007 |

shenjie

shenjie

China

It’s a problem .

12:04 PM Dec 23 2007 |

jennifer yao

China

yes,it's a good advice! thank you!

08:49 AM Nov 22 2007 |

gsmay

gsmay

China

It's very useful,thanks!Laughing

06:56 AM Nov 22 2007 |

K7alid

K7alid

Saudi Arabia

Thank you. Emportant lesson.

Go a head.

Best Regards,

K7alid

 

06:48 AM Nov 22 2007 |

ALI 619

Pakistan

really u r a godd person.

n ur lesson r very good.n much informative

06:04 AM Nov 20 2007 |

sarouli

Tunisia

now I can speak english

01:28 PM Nov 16 2007 |

doris wen

doris wen

China

 haha,, it can help me a lot …...tks very much…hope your new article…

12:22 PM Nov 16 2007 |

beaurob

Cameroon

yes that good’s method to learn english thank you

07:15 AM Nov 16 2007 |

beaurob

Cameroon

that’s good lesson thank you

07:13 AM Nov 16 2007 |

飞翔的鸟

China

that's very goood of you to point out our mistakes ,i thing iwill try my best to aviod it!

05:10 AM Nov 16 2007 |

lucky4ever

lucky4ever

United Arab Emirates

thank you so much my friends

05:01 AM Nov 16 2007 |

Cayra

Cayra

Dominican Republic

Great one lucky4ever .

I read the lesson complete. Very useful for our day-to-day works.

I'll do my best to remind all the advices.

=)

 

♥peace!

03:24 AM Nov 16 2007 |

lily750427

lily750427

China

 thank u for your considration!

03:00 AM Nov 16 2007 |

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