My Grammar/Spelling

[Poke]

Alright. Up to now, I've tried to avoid this subject as much as possible, but I think I'm gonna jump in here, in somewhat of a defensive manner.

[rant]
THIS KID IS IN SEVENTH GRADE.

Give him a break; sure, he may not be the best at forming sentences, but he tries, and from the looks of it, he really is trying his best.


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[advice]
Shoot; don't just pick any old book.
I'm pretty sure that yes, you should study, but in order to learn the English language, I think it'd be best for you to learn while having some enjoyment, so you're not just lethargically scanning.
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I agree completely. The more you read the more you mind will get used to hearing proper vocabulary.

[OffTopic] I love those brackets. Hilarious.[/OffTopic]

 

[shoot1510]

As others have suggested, the most helpful tool to pick up the English Language is simply reading it in books.

What kind of book because I'm researching online now?

Books in English

lol I gonna read my science book Later. Thanks for help me, so the only way to have good grammar is to read a book, a lot of times.
That what my dad told me a lot of time because I was force to read to be smart!!

That's fine, but don't just read textbooks, they lack the variety you'll need to fully comprehend the English language. I suggest reading good fiction. Ask your English teacher for some reading level appropriate suggestions.

Yes, read a lot of fiction and non-fiction book according to your level of reading. I had to go through this when I emigrated (or is it immigrated?) from China.

You emigrate from a place, you immigrate to a place.

I mostly read non-fiction book. Because I want to know the history in the 1920: THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
Thanks for those tips you gave me. I hope next time I should make a good grammar post.

[off topic]LOL Bob, How dare you put poor on the survey[/off topic]
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[Dene]

I strongly recommend reading the Lord of the Rings, or the Chronicles of Narnia if you want something shorter. They are critirally acclaimed books that you will enjoy, and will help to expand your graps on the english language.

 

[shoot1510]

I strongly recommend reading the Lord of the Rings, or the Chronicles of Narnia if you want something shorter. They are critirally acclaimed books that you will enjoy, and will help to expand your graps on the english language.

How about Harry Potter Books?

lol

 

[Bob]

[off topic]LOL Bob, How dare you put poor on the survey[/off topic]
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I had no choice. The grammar in the "Poor" choice was not even correct.

 

[shoot1510]

[off topic]LOL Bob, How dare you put poor on the survey[/off topic]
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I had no choice. The grammar in the "Poor" choice was not even correct.

Dang it! Well, I out of luck changing the choices.

 

[qqwref]

[rant]THIS KID IS IN SEVENTH GRADE.

Give him a break; sure, he may not be the best at forming sentences, but he tries, and from the looks of it, he really is trying his best.[/rant]

Okay, let me point something out here. Don't anyone take this too hard.

In the real world, there are a lot of clubs and groups where you have to have a certain skill or characteristic in order to get in or fit in. It's not like middle school where the teachers insist everyone gets played with. If you don't fit in to a group, it's not necessarily because the people are being mean and not letting you in - often it is something that you're doing that they don't like. There are really two options in that case, either try to change yourself so you can fit in, or give up and try to fit into another group.

When you're trying to get a job, for instance, sometimes you'll be rejected. The correct response is not to go "that's not fair, you're being mean" or "give me a break, I have a disability / I need the money / I have kids at home" - you either work to make yourself valuable enough that they will want to hire you, or you go try to get a job somewhere else. This is a normal situation - everyone gets rejected. It's obviously more important and strict in a hiring situation than in a forum, because they will be actually paying you to be there in a job, but I think the forum members who have been here for a long time (and plan to be here for a long time in the future) also want to make an effort to make the forum easy to read and interesting. Unfortunately that DOES mean that people who make hard-to-read or useless posts have to be excluded. However, the thing you have to remember is that it is not YOU that is being excluded, but the way you post, and the way you post can always be changed with some work (such as reading posts by experienced forum members to see what's acceptable) and perhaps an English tutor.

In case I need to make this clear, I don't mean that I hate anyone with poor grammar and want them to leave. Far from it. But I'm a member of this forum because I enjoy the meaningful and often humorous discussions and the cubing news - not so it can give me an opportunity to be nice to beginners. It doesn't help me out to welcome people into the forum if they'll clutter it with hard-to-read posts. On the other hand that doesn't mean I want you to leave and never return - someone with bad spelling/grammar/etiquette can and will fit in fine if they work on that. Being able to write correctly and clearly is a very important skill and you can trust me that any work you put into making your posts better will also help your writing, and that will help you out for the rest of your life.

 

[shoot1510]

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[holypasta]

This thread is annoying waste so I voted "poor" simply because it's the closest thing to virtually punching you in the face that I can do.

Seriously, can people please stop whining here about stuff like that? If you have personal issues, go see a psychiatrist. You are *not* worth talking about.

whoa... harsh.

i don't entirely disagree, though....

 

[holypasta]

graps.

my new favorite word.

 

[James Kobel]

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Bob=/=Hitler.

 

[Ethan Rosen]

Hitler.

Today's his birthday

 

[James Kobel]

Hitler.

Today's his birthday

Interesting...

 

[peterbat]

I strongly recommend reading the Lord of the Rings, or the Chronicles of Narnia if you want something shorter. They are critirally acclaimed books that you will enjoy, and will help to expand your graps on the english language.

Lol. Yes, I also recommend you expand your graps.

 

[Dene]

Not Harry Potter. That is not a good place to look for grammatical correctness.

 

[Neroflux]

I have no problems understanding him cos lots of people here talk like that
Singlish > shootglish

 

[shoot1510]

Can someone please close this thread now?!!!

 

[qqwref]

Why? Have you used all the resources we gave you to make your grammar better?

Do you really want our help, or not?

 

[Kian]

Why? Have you used all the resources we gave you to make your grammar better?

Do you really want our help, or not?

I think if the kid who the thread is about wants it closed it's perfectly reasonable to do so, whether or not he takes anyone's advice.

I do hope an admin sees that the kid is obviously uncomfortable with this thread continuing and will close it.

 

[AvGalen]

Why? Have you used all the resources we gave you to make your grammar better?

Do you really want our help, or not?

I think if the kid who the thread is about wants it closed it's perfectly reasonable to do so, whether or not he takes anyone's advice.

I do hope an admin sees that the kid is obviously uncomfortable with this thread continuing and will close it.

I agree