The three main components of your writing structure are grammar, usage of words and style of the writing. It is also important that as you are writing you should try to make it as reader friendly as possible. This is because unless the reader understands what you write there is no point of writing at all. You may have an idea that clear sentences and paragraphs are enough for a good piece of writing. But it has been seen that it is not. There are a lot of other things which you need to keep in mind. It is important that you give attention to the idea which you prese... Read more...
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Many of you might be surprised to know that the meanings of the two words, “e.g” and “i.e” are different from one another. There are many people who use these two words interchangeably but in reality they cannot be used in each others place. Hence one should be careful about the use of these words. It is important to know the meanings of these words.
The word “e.g’ means “for example” and it originates from the Latin word “exempli gratia”. On the other hand the word “i.e” means “that is” and is derived from the Latin word “id est”.
There are some suggestions with the help of which you can remember the meaning of these words. The meaning of the word, “e.g” can be remembered as the word “example” starts with “e” so “e.g” means for example.
As far as the use is concerned you can say that, “There are seven colors in the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. This gives a complete list. On the other hand when you are giving an incomplete list you can use the word, “e.g”. It can be said, There are 7 colors in the rainbow, e.g., red, orange an... Read more...
Many people have a belief that when it comes to business communication it is not very important to maintain correct grammar. But that is not the truth. Even in business communication it is important that you use the right grammar at the right place. This is because the business communication which you send to your clients tells a lot about your educational background. If the communication which you make with the clients reveals that you do not have a proper educational background the chances are high that you will not be taken seriously. In the recent years the importance of written communication has increased with the emergence of e-mails and web pages. Thus it can be said that an organization which has employees who are expert in written communication has a competitive edge over other organizations.
In the first place you need to find out whether the correspondence which you make is error free. But spelling check and usage of correct grammar has become easier with the emergence of computers. But sometimes your writing might be such that it shows that you are really slack and disinterested. Never should you have such an appr... Read more...
Double consonants or single consonants?
We are continuing here with problems in the body of a word. How, for example, does one spell a word like embarrass? How does one know, if at ell, that there are two ‘r’s in it? The fact is that there is no simple way of inferring what is correct. There comes a point at which you have to know these things or run a spell-check (or risk getting it wrong). Time and time again; there is no clear way of knowing whether we require a double or a single letter for a consonantal sound. we are going to provide a list of the words that are spelt wrongly not just in students’ essay but in a whole range of formal documents: words like accommodate end appall, committee and exaggerate, skilful and unparalleled.
But there is one rule for the endings of words, even if it is not instantly memorable. Consequently, we have begin and beginning, stop and stopping, but in unparalleled above, the emphasis wasn’t on the last syllable in the word unparallel. What about adding to sleep? It’s sleeping, because the consonant p isn’t preceded by a single vowel. We are aware t... Read more...
Having constructed your essay or exam answer, the job is not finished. Where possible, you need to edit, clarify, cut and polish your words. This doesn’t mean that you have to write, write again, rewrite and endlessly reconstruct an essay. The chance of it getting much better during such an assault is unlikely. The best written compositions tend to be the originals, and once heavy editing starts the original flavor can soon be lost. But there is always room for judicious pruning and clarification, and this depends on a careful re-reading of your work. Or rather two or three re-readings.
1. Re-read for sense, logic and coherence. Check that the facts are in order, the argument flows progressively, the conclusion is supported by the material in the middle, the detailed content, the facts.
2. Re-read and chop out all the unnecessary words, phrases or sentences that clutter up your meaning and intrude on clear thought. You will be amazed at how much superfluous verbiage you can edit out.
3. Check spelling, punctuation and presentation – the agreement of tense etc.
Check that your summary really d... Read more...
Most examiners make tremendous allowances for work done under pressure and don’t expect a perfect performance, but a student who can turn in a measured, controlled piece of writing always impresses in examinations. The same applies, curiously, to word-processed essays. These are usually very professional in appearance, but what matters is the weight of the argument and how that is executed from beginning to end.
But let’s look at how the advice applies in other areas. If you were studying politics, or taking a general studies paper, you might have to write an essay about the victory of the Labor Party in the 1997 General Election, and the humiliation of the Conservative Party in that election. In an unplanned essay, you might start by saying that Labor had been out of office for 18 years, then wander on to the part that Tony Blair played, perhaps touching on the divisions within the Conservative Party. But it would be a loose collection of Ideas in which you were looking for a shape and direction. It seems to make a lot more sense to establish some opening propositions, then to see what happened next, and finally ... Read more...