copious,depict and acme Vocabulary Questions

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Hi English experts, does this paragraph have any grammar errors?Thanks.’I have found a good website although this website has copious English experts but I cannot understand even after they corrected my mistakes sometimes. I wish the experts could depict their explanation so that I can improve my English fast and I really hope my English skill can reach the acme soon’.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Again, it is rather stilted, Kai Muh. You are acquiring vocabulary at a faster rate than you are learning the register to use it in. Spend more time looking at the context of new words, rather than just assimilating them in isolation. Also, pay attention to how often native speakers use pronouns:

I have found a good website: it has many ('copious' has more to do with volume than numbers) English experts, but I sometimes cannot understand even after they have corrected my mistakes. I wish they could explain more clearly so that I can improve my English fast. I really hope I can become fluent soon.

KXM · Answer

This is a good start. I would recommend that you keep things simple to start with. Here are the changes I would make:

Gaw Kai MuhI have found a good website although

"Although" is being used as a joining word, but the two sentences are not related. You would be better to keep it simple and have two sentences, and so your first sentence would be "I have found a good website."

Gaw Kai Muhthis website has copious English experts

"Copious" sounds wrong here. Although it is a synonym (it has the same meaning as) "many", it is unusual to use it to refer to a group of people. You would be better to keep it simple and say "many" or "lots of."

Gaw Kai Muhbut I cannot understand

The "but" in this is odd, especially as you had used "although", so you have two exceptions in the same sentence. We have dealt with that by splitting things into two sentences.

You "cannot understand" what? Although I can infer (guess) the meaning, it is not explicit (certain.) So you "cannot understand" what? The way that the answer is given, e.g. they use lots of technical words that you don't understand? Or perhaps it is that you don't understand why you were being corrected, i.e. a change has been made to what you wrote, but you don't know why. It would be better to include some indication of what it is that you don't understand. In my re-write at the bottom, I will just assume that you don't understand "the answer."

Gaw Kai Muheven after they corrected my mistakes sometimes.

This section could be placed into parentheses, as it is an aside (something not part of the main point of the sentence.) This would not be essential, but makes your sentence clearer. I would also move the word "sometimes" to the front. It is not wrong where it is, but I prefer it at the front as it is less ambiguous and scans better.

Alternatively, and with a slightly different meaning, you could move "sometimes" to be after "but" and keep the whole thing out of parentheses:

"...but sometimes I cannot understand their answers, even after they have corrected my mistakes."

I prefer that last option.

In either case, you should add "have" before "corrected."

Gaw Kai MuhI wish the experts could depict their explanation

"Depict" is an interesting choice of word here. Depict normally means to explain in pictures, or to use language so descriptive as to paint a picture for the reader. You may be better to say "explain their answers" rather than "depict their explanation." Perhaps you mean "annotate."

Also, there is nothing stopping them, so they already can (could) explain their answers better. What is stopping them? Their own will (mind.) Thus, it is better to say "I wish the experts would."

Gaw Kai Muhso that I can improve my English fast and I really hope

"Fast" is not the best choice here. "Quickly" would be better.

You have joined two sentences together using "and." When I read the sentences, the second part (after the "and") does not qualify or directly relate to the main sentence. Therefore, I would keep the two separate.

Also, whilst "can" is fine, I might opt for "may." It is nicer. If we are being polite, we say "how may I help you," rather than "how can I help you." The meaning is basically the same, but using "may" is more polite.

Gaw Kai MuhI really hope my English skill can reach the acme soon’.

I don't know what you mean by "acme." The only use of acme I know is in the Wile E. Coyote cartoons.

This may be a British/American thing, but I would tend to say "English skills" (plural.) I guess this is because English is more than one skill, it is reading, writing, listening and speaking at the very least. However, it would be fine to just say "my English." That's probably how a native speaker would say it most often.

Gaw Kai Muh’I have found a good website although this website has copious English experts but I cannot understand even after they corrected my mistakes sometimes. I wish the experts could depict their explanation so that I can improve my English fast and I really hope my English skill can reach the acme soon’.

So, I would rewrite your whole paragraph as:

"I have found a good website. This website has lots of English experts, but sometimes I cannot understand their answers, even after they have corrected my mistakes. I wish the experts would explain their answers so that I may improve my English quickly. I really hope my English is excellent soon."

Your English is pretty good at the moment!

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