How to improve your English
writing in 5 minutes
Below is an excerpt from
Michal's 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). |
|
