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people, voice/voices

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:51:38 GMT

Hi all,

In the following sentence, I'm talking about each person's inability to express his/her individual voice in his/her writing style; however, I'm unsure if I should "voice/voices".

"It's very obvious that these people are not expressing their real "voices" in their journals."

Am I correct in using "voices" or should I use "voice"?

Thanks everyone...

JGG

Need advice to improve my writing style

Musicgold — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:11:10 GMT

Hi,

I am a non-native English speaker and need some tips on improving my professional writing style. My job involves writing analysis of various economic and financial events and my career growth is in jeopardy as my writing style is not as professional as my English speaking colleagues.

To explain you about my level of English writing, I have easily passed exams like TOEFL and IELTS, and comfortable with different grammar rules.

My problem is I get stuck with sentences which I have never constructed before. I donât understand how to explain a situation in sentences that are easy to understand but donât sound awkward.

As for my efforts to improve my writing, I have tried two methods:
1. Writing a page on some topic everyday.
2. Noting down unfamiliar sentence constructions in whatever I read.

The problem I found with the first method is the review of what I write. I donât know anybody who can review my writing for me everyday.

With respect to the second method, I have collected 70-80 pages of unfamiliar/ new sentence constructions so far ( in a Word document). However, I donât know how to leverage this database. I canât read all of it in one setting, and just use the collection to look up for examples.

Could you please suggest me some methods that can help me in improving my professional writing?

Thanks,

MG.

Kindly check my para writing!!

Creativeguru — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:25:34 GMT

Dr. Rajesh Talwar who was arrested on Friday for allegedly killing his 14-year-old daughter and domestic help will be seeking bail today.

His lawyer had filed two applications in the court. First, stating that Dr. Rajesh Talwar is asthma patient so he needs proper medical treatment. Second, is for bail, since the Police do not have any prima facie evidence against him.

On the other hand even the police had moved the court for seeking Dr. Rajesh custody. All the applications will come up for hearing today at a Noida court.

It would be interesting to see what stand court will take today. Although the police is saying that Dr. Rajesh is the prime suspect but they are lacking evidence for the same.

Kindly check for grammar errors and please tell me how much you will rate me on the scale of 10 points for my writing style but with honestly

Re: compensation

Taka — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:11:37 GMT

GG, what do you mean by 'a strange passage'? Grammatically strange? Such a strange writing style that it sounds like old English? Or the message is strange?

(Thank you for fixing it, GG)Â

Re: "explain about"

Mister Micawber — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:52:41 GMT

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It is a common utterance whose redundancy can be cleared up for careful writing style by omitting about.

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Re: Does this sentence sound right?

Grammar Geek — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:40:25 GMT

Look, for what it's worth, at no point did I say anything about whether it was good style or bad style. You asked whether it sounds archaic or literary. I answered that it sounds like Jane Austen, who happens to be one of my favorite writers. Of course there's no universally correct writing style. I didn't say "I wouldn't write this way" or "No one will understand you if you do."

If there is a flaw in your sentence, it is not in the style, but in the lack of understand your reader will have in understanding self-irony. (DId that Web site make much sense to you? Sheesh. Social scientists really know how to obfuscate.)

P.S. Please send me some spicy peanut sauce when you have a moment.

Pleasehelp me with this para

Creativeguru — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:15:05 GMT

Kindly tell me how is my writing style, and please help me to rectify grammar mistakes

I went to my native place last week. The scenic beauty of the place soothes your senses. While coming back, my heart was not allowing me parting with the place. But I would like to share with you my sweet memories. Adjacent to my uncleâs home is a military camp. At the crack of the dawn I happened to reach there, although I came out for jogging. I was fortunate that I got the entry into the camp to witness there rigorous training sessions. The chilly morning air was rented with Battalion leaderâs voice. I sat in the corner, battalion leader picked up one army man from the contingent randomly and ordered him to accomplish Mission B. In no time, the army man climbed the nearby rock, which was around 15 feet high like a shooting star, the only difference between two (the army man and shooting star) was that he was surging upwards. Reaching top he stood motionless stretching out his hands downward and in a couple of minutes he launched himself into the water pool next to the rock. After successful landing, he came out and took his original position in the contingent. The Battalion leader said, great the mission accomplished in 3 minutes.

Please help me with this short story

Creativeguru — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:41:09 GMT

Kindly tell me how is my writing style, and please help me to rectify grammar mistakes

Re: Can You say?

Goodman — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:25:44 GMT

I am not trying to crucify anyone, or negate the effectiveness of certain learning method. What I have observed is that many ESL learners opted to learn the patterns of speech rather trying to work on the understanding of fundaqmentals, but often misinterpreted the answers from the forum. This is evident from the sentence structure of the posted sentences which are often awkward and unnatural. Personally, I used the media to itâs full extents. For many years, I watched Discovery, BBC and channels like History and recently The Science Channel. With the aide of closed caption and narration, itâs much like sitting in an English class. Watching a program in certain topic and reading the captions, we can build comprehension and foundation of sentence structure. I had revealed my non-English speaking origin in the past and many of you may not know it from my posts. I am still trying to polish my writing style and enlarge my vocabulary. That said, I think my tone comes very close to being that of nativeâs. I know learning English isnât the easiest task for those whose mother tongue wasn't English. I had to learn it because I need to survive in my second mother land, the US. If I could learn it, Iâd venture to say, many coming to this forum can as well. Choosing the correct method to learn any skill can cut the time and effort in half and double the results. Thatâs my experience.

Five English content writers wanted

David.boniton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:40:04 GMT

Five English content writers wanted

A forex company is seeking for English content writers.

The project:

50 pages each page include 400-600 words.

Payment â $15-30 per page , depends on the subject, keywords quantity, Fresh or rewrite content.

100 Blog posting

Each post will be around 200-250 words.

The posting will be testimonials and usage experience from our forex software users

Payment â $15-20 per post depends on the length of the posting.

Condition to bid the project1. Mother tongue English2. Only US or UK professional writers

3.First degree in English â Must

4. Knowledge on Investment and Forex industry â big advantage.

5. 3 Years Experience on content writing

6. Send 5 samples of your writing styles

Project Timeline

14-21 days

Please Bid on Project only if you are from USA or UK

Send your resume to [removed by a mod. no personal contact please. Add it in your profile only.] Good Luck