By Spelling, Tenses

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the average native speaker. At least as far as the 'standard...

1. economic losses The economy of Hong Kong can’t rely on traditional industries forever. The region has to be a centre of high technology to maintain its status. The software industry is one area with enormous potential for expansion. However, the economic losses due to piracy are enormous....

Some problems with grammar. Spelling and wording problems throughout. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Directed by Milos Forman One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a novel written by American Ken Kesey and first published in 1962. In 1975, Czech Milos Forman directed the successful movie...

Well done, I knew you could do it . Two errors crop up throughout your essay; you need to capitalise 'I' and you need a space after commas and full stops (periods). You have quite a few errors with mixed tenses and ungrammatical constructions but I'd hate to do your teacher out of a job. I have...

Nef wrote: Which ones are wrong? They ---- quiet until the soldiers ----. A) were keeping / passedB) kept / passedC) had kept / passedD) kept / had passedE) had kept / had passedF) were keeping / had passedG) were keeping had passed Look at the spelling of the last word in each answer....

Drewauerbach wrote:Here is another stylistic sin that you can and should avoid:9) in order to + conjugated verb vs. to + conjugated verb Simply put, there is never a reason to insert "in order" before an infinitive. It's verbose, and should always be dropped. Example: WRONG: In order...

I am a native English speaker from the U.S. and I agree with Colombo (by the way, your writing in English is great), but it seems every person I have met who speaks English as a foreign language runs into pronunciation as the largest problem. Although the language obviously seems easy to me, we...

I think English students can excel in their learning when spelling can be mastered at a much faster pace. Conjugation and tense in English already drove me nuts during my early learning stages, because they do not exist in Vietnamese and Chinese. Literacy in English wouldn't be a major...

Overall points. Don't forget to end all sentences with a full stop/period/question mark. You overuse 'understand' in contexts where 'learn' would be better. I've made a few corrections for you but otherwise spelling errors in red. Grammatical errors in blue. Parts that need rephrasing/do not...

Hi, 'Dreamt' is an alternative spelling of 'dreamed'. It can be used both as past tense and as a past participle. eg Last night, I dreamt of my childhood. Every night for the last week, I have dreamt of my childhood. In N. America, I rarely read or see 'dreamt'. Best wishes, Clive