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Six common mistakes in English writing

Study English Grammar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:37 +0000

Better English writing is becoming difficult nowadays and this is mainly because of the dropping of the English writing standards among the people. Nowadays, abbreviations are being used in messages and this has spilled over to the other areas of communication making the standard of English writing more and more worse. Better English writing is in danger and every day we are able to spot blatant mistakes being made in radio, television, pamphlets, newspapers, e-mail, websites and other areas as well. Mistakes in written English are carried over to the spoken English and the same is happening vice versa. Therefore, it is better to see that the following six common mistakes, which are generally committed by people in written English, are avoided.

Capitals letters: For emphasizing words, people are using capital letters in the middle of the sentences. Instead of using capital letters in the middle, it is better to use bold letters or color differentiation or larger fonts for emphasizing purpose.
Commas: As we all know, comma is a kind of p... Read more...

Grammar: Dipping Delve into English Grammar

Study English Grammar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:58:35 +0000

When you are leaning a language, you must have the first hand knowledge of grammar. You can not avoid it; you must learn it at any cost. Similarly when you notice that you fail to construct a sentence, put commas here and there or write a preposition at the fag end of a sentence you must have to dip delve into English grammar to have a sound knowledge of it.

Grammar is a thing that is not easy to learn, easy to fall in love with. Still if you have no idea of grammar, you can never succeed in school; in college, in university and even your working place .Dipping delve into the matter you may find out the reason quite effectively. Generally we judge a man with the words he uses while speaking while writing something. The more accurate the use, the more accurate the construction the most attractive the creation is. The wrong use means nothing but destruction.

What you have to brood all the time is that it is the way of our talking and writing that reflects all the time your ability of communication, background and finally education. So if you are found misusing the proper grammatical uses you are sure to be regarded as a... Read more...

The Well-crafted Sentence – Subsequent Sentences

Study English Grammar — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:49:32 +0000

We need to exercise the discipline as we advance into the rest of the paragraph. Our student, though, was not keeping to the rules, and so, as perhaps could be expected, the lack of control at the outset means that, by the third sentence, the writing begins more and more to fall apart as he wrestles with his ideas:

It was the first place of its kind, in America in this respect, also in the way he carefully detailed and drew up the system of government, to be implemented there, and proposal for future American colonies.

The student is trying to expand the reach of the essay, but stumbling in the attempt. The primary problem is again the fact that the student is thinking out loud, with the commas separating thought units rather than separating grammatical units; as such, the commas fail to contribute to the construction of meaning in the sentence, acting instead to make the writing jerky and less than clear.

We will try to sort out the problems step by step. The first main clause is:

It was the first place of its kind, in America in this respect…

This sounds awkward and is wrongly punctuated. T... Read more...