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Musicgold Posted 18 years ago
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Need advice to improve my writing style

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00I 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. 02br
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00To explain you about my level of English writing, I have easily passed exams like TOEFL and IELTS, and comfortable with different grammar rules. 02br
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00My problem is I get stuck with sentences which I have never constructed before. I don’t understand how to explain a situation in sentences that are easy to understand but don’t sound awkward00. 02br
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00As for my efforts to improve my writing, I have tried two methods: 02br
001. Writing a page on some topic everyday. 02br
002. Noting down unfamiliar sentence constructions in whatever I read.00 02br
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00The problem I found with the first method is the review of what I write. I don’t know anybody who can review my writing for me everyday. 02br
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00With respect to the second method, I have collected 70-80 pages of unfamiliar/ new sentence constructions so far ( in a Word document). However, I don’t know how to leverage this database. I can’t read all of it in one setting, and just use the collection to look up for examples. 02br
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00Could you please suggest me some methods that can help me in improving my professional writing?02br
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00Thanks,02br
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00MG.02br
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0 Same problem with me. Many say I write quite well. But sometimes I don't feel confident about myself.

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  • 0 Same problem with me.
  • Many say I write quite well.
  • But sometimes I don't feel confident about myself.
  • 02br 02br 00Yet, we can help each other.
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0 Same problem with me. Many say I write quite well. But sometimes I don't feel confident about myself. After writing something, I feel this or that sentence could be improved.02br
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00Anyway, you write quite well, better than me, I think.02br
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00Yet, we can help each other. 0-
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0Find examples of the type of writing you want to be good at in the future. They MUST be written by native speakers of English, who are writing for other native speakers of English, and not for students. Examples that are long and difficult are the best - you don't want a collection of interesting sentences in a Word document, you want whole articles that are many pages long. Read, read, read. R
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0Usually, you don't need to construct a sentence using any particular formula for your meaning to be clear.02br
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00I absolutely support the recommendation to read the Wall Street Journal. The level of writing there is VERY advanced - I have to use a dictionary sometimes when reading it.02br
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00You may be interested in finding a story in the Wall St
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0 See the links here: 02br
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0 Thanks a lot folks. 0-
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00I believe your methods will yield certain benifits but they must be accompanied and validated by other sources. 02br
00Professional writing is a very broad term and can be open to interpreations. It can be technically proessional,02br
00medically profesional or finanically professinal. Can you give the forum an example of the type of writing you ar
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Hello there,

I like your idea of writing a page about a different topic every day. I would suggest having an native speaker of English correct your writing. It's best if the person correcting your English is an ESL teacher. Also, it should be the same person correcting your writing every day. This way, the teacher will be able to notice common patterns and mistakes in your daily writing
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William,

Thanks a lot for the advice. I will definitely use the service provided by the website.

MG.
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