Ahmedali111  +  377585 Sun, 10 Jun 07 07:56 PM Are there good books or resources which are known to help improve ones written English? Because I want to improve my style and do not know which writer or which source is the best. For example when I read articles in newspapers ,like Guardian for instance, I find it very different from the way books are written! Does journalism have its own style(or may be language) that should not be copied by authors of books?or it is a recommended language and style? Ahmedali111 Joined on Wed, Jul 26 2006 Iraq Junior Member 67 Articles

	Feebs11  +  378295 Tue, 12 Jun 07 12:56 AM Journalism can be very different from literary English. My advice would be to avoid copying newspapers, but to read serious journals like "The Spectator" or "The New Yorker" if you are interested in good writing. As to style, you must find your own style. Imitating other authors is not the best way, except as an exercise to learn how they used language. Read as widely as you can. The more you read, the better. Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015

	julielai  +  378573 Tue, 12 Jun 07 04:38 PM I suggest you sign up for a writing course. julielai Joined on Sun, Oct 24 2004 Senior Member 3,829 Just another blogger (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/julie-lai)