English grammar

the beginning of the year I had little to no writing experience. I have learned various literary skills and I’m actually very good at literature because of my previous years in English, but my background in basic English and grammar was severely lacking. To say the least I was a very unbalanced writer. Through this English 101 course I have not only grown as a writer in a technical sense but content wise as well. The first essay I wrote was a “remembered event essay”. I decided that I would just…

Language Shifts in an Academic Article and Tweets Edward Finegan’s article, “What’s right or wrong about language, and who decides?” It is an academic article. Finegan explains that 1.what is “correct” Language, 2.Descriptive vs. Prescriptive Grammar, 3.Who’s Right? In re-writting the whole thing of Finegan’s article as some Tweets, I try my best to make it shorter and more informal. They have a lot different, like language choices, organization and formatting. In the original article, Finegan…

Also that one must confront every obstacle that follows you and learn from it. My biggest obstacle in life at that moment was that I am a student in a university were I speak, write and now even think in English; which is my second language. Even though I thought of myself good and fluent in English, still one does not feel the complete confidence in a language as of your primary language; which for me it is Spanish. I knew that I have to learn how to cope and achieve confidence in my writings.…

and feelings to others.The fact that we process language does not always mean that we are communicating well and in a proper manner. Within language there are four key elements: Sounds, words, grammar, and meaning. As a person who speaks multiple foreign languages I have noticed that the element of grammar…

When it comes to finding the right words to say, I have trouble: being either too complicated or too simple. There are many grammar checkers on the web, and some of them want a person to have a certain percentage of vocabulary words. Others tell you that an expression is too complex, (usually the same words!) I try to keep a balance between both and only pull out a thesaurus when…

Welcome to the train of education the track only goes forward and it is endless. I have never got excited about education, but I have always taken it seriously. Which is what everyone should do to go far in life. Education may not seem like it is very important, but if I want to lead a successful life it is suggested I get one. The more hours I put in learning the better off I will be. According to dictionary.com the definition of education is the act or process of imparting or acquiring…

appeared to be the most intimidating challenge that I would encounter. However, I surpassed my expectations and am satisfied with the outcome of my English 111(ENG 111) experience. For the final assignment, I have analyzed all of my previous essays and composed them into a portfolio. By displaying how I improved on developing a thesis, corrected my grammar and mechanics, identified my writing strengths and weaknesses, and changed my attitude towards writing, my final portfolio confirms that I…

writing I have a few of struggles that one day I wish I could improve on. The three writing areas I struggle with the most are sentence fluency, grammatical errors, and word choice. To make my writing better I will continue revise and edit my papers. Grammar is something that you need to repeatedly practice and I believe that should help with fixing grammatical errors. To…

important skill you need to practice law is the ability to write in an organized and grammatically correct way. “In order to succeed in this Program you must have strong communication skills. This means that you speak and write correctly using correct grammar and punctuation.” Writing is important in the field of law because without the ability to write, you are out of a job. Chances are, if you can’t write well, you won’t be able to present anything in an organized way. Clients aren’t going to…

opportunity brought me to another level; I discovered myself as someone who loves to leave a short message or advice for my article readers. Moreover, I was also taught how to write different types of essays in my own language, as a Cambodian who uses English as her second language. Based on my experiences, I can say that I have multiple writing identities that include being an imaginative writer, influential writer and multi-lingual writer. Long before the time that I considered novel…