Is it wrong: use english to write this article.

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1. *** I need to use english to write this article.***
Regarding the whole sentence, Is it grammatically correct? Even if so, is it natural enough?
Is it better to rewrite as "So I need to write this article in English"?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

'So I need to use English to write this article.' (capitalize 'English)
'So I need to write this article in English.'

Both sentences are equally OK, Wai Wai, though some might cavil that the first sentence does not require the entire article to be in that language. I myself am uncomfortable with the initial 'so', which I think belongs primarily to spoken English. If I were writing the sentence, yours would be the second clause of it, 'so' acting better as a conjunction; or I would recast along the lines of: 'According to the instructions, I need to write this article in English.'

Wai_Wai · Answer

Thanks for your confirmation. We think the same

The context is:

Today, my teacher told me to write a diary.
*** I need to use english to write this article.***
*** no important things are needed to write down.***

I still feel the "so" here seems not appropriate. I might simply rewrite as:
- Today, my teacher told me to write a diary in English.

I think it is much neater and better.
What do you think?

Mister Micawber · Answer

That's a good idea. If you want to keep it closer to the original, you can also cast it as one sentence:

'Today, my teacher told me to write a diary, so I need to use English.'

Wai_Wai · Answer

Thanks for your help.
You enligthened me. ^^

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