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In need of honest opinions...

Ok, i need your opinions about my typing in the english language...

Why?

This is the last year of my career in Informatics and Computing bla,bla....  and now is a mandatory for all the students in my University to have a good knowledge about English language. Well, its time, i have to do an exam to accomplish this. its claimed to be VERY HARD (maybe they dont want IT`s without a single idea of what the fvck means WTF) and i have two weeks since this day to study.

  So feel free to give me some advice in my flat spots when i write something (until now i know that i write wrong times in verbs, or forget some "s" , or  simply i use incorrect expresions) , but you guys may know more of my errors in the use of the English .

So again, flame me about my typing ! its free ! (and its for a good cause....)
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Reply #1 –
It looks ok to me. A few things I notice is you don't do to the (I's) In this, you left all of them lowercase.
 
Flat spots IMHO..... stuff like " thats cool" where they have the textbok meaning then the slang meaning. I don't have a clue on the test, but I'd assume it bad to use slang on the test ya know. I don't know the extent of your knowlage but I thought I'd throw that out

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Reply #2 –
Be wary of the advice you get from message forums like these. Many people who will try to correct you will just be giving you more mistakes. I wouldn't use this at all, in fact.

You seem to have a good command over the language so far.
There are plenty of websites with correct information on grammar, punctuation and writing style.
Consider browsing through several until you find an area where you're not doing so well.
I often visit these websites to check up on my own punctuation. I seem to have problems with commas, for some reason.
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Reply #3 –
Fila should be the last person to give punctuation advice.

and not too be a smartass, but proper grammar and punctuation should have been covered in grade school. it shouldn't be a hard exam at all. message boards are full of acronyms(IMHO, WTF, idk) and slang terms(w00t!) that aren't going to be taken lightly if seen on a term paper.
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Reply #4 –
Quote from: 32VFoxBird;170333
Fila should be the last person to give punctuation advice.
 
and not too be a smartass, but proper grammar and punctuation should have been covered in grade school. it shouldn't be a hard exam at all. message boards are full of acronyms(IMHO, WTF, idk) and slang terms(w00t!) that aren't going to be taken lightly if seen on a term paper.

All I said was to not use ALL lowercase I's. Then I stated that he should not use slang; then you said the same thing.;)

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Reply #5 –
Quote from: 84 Fila;170335
All I said was to not use ALL lowercase I's. Then I stated that he should not use slang; then you said the same thing.;)


before or after you edited your post? :flip:
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Reply #6 –
Before, I re-worded it to make more sence:toilet:

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Reply #7 –
Quote from: MexCougar;170314
Ok, I need your opinions about my typing in the english language.

Why?

This is the last year of my major in Informatics and Computing and now it is mandatory for all the students in my University to have good knowledge about the English language. Now I must do an exam to accomplish this. It's claimed to be very hard and I have two weeks from today to study.


I'm pretty sure I fixed most of the errors in that paragraph.  I mostly noticed that you forgot to put the apostrophes in "it's" and you didn't capitalize Is.

Here are some things that I see people miss all the time:

The "Theres"

There - Use this to descibe a location.  "It is over there."
Their - Use this version to express ownership.  "It is their car."
They're (They are) - This is used for describing.  "They're great people."

The "its"

Its - This one is used to show ownership.  "Its color looks terrible."
It's (It is) - Used to describe something.  "It's not a smart thing to do."

Also, don't overruse commas.  Many people just stick them wherever.  A good trick I found is to read the sentence.  If there is a pause somewhere in the sentence, then a comma is more than likely supposed to be there.  This trick isn't 100% accurate, but is a very good way to point yourself in the right direction.

Many people also forget the power of the semicolon.  It is a very easy way to combine two sentences.  I like to use them between two sentences that relate to the same thing.  For example:

"That car looks really great; I would love to paint my car that color."

If you were to just use a comma instead of a semicolon, it would be considered a run-on sentence, which is another big mistake I see people make.  A period and two spaces also does the same job of a semicolon and one space.

Anyway, I think that about covers all I can think of off the top of my head.  I hope that helps and if you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

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Reply #8 –
Quote from: 84 Fila;170339
Before, I re-worded it to make more sence:toilet:


Sense would make more sense than sence.

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Reply #9 –
Quote from: softtouch;170346
Sense would make more sense than sence.

But what if you have no cents???

cougarcrager has the right idea...

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Reply #10 –
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;170357
But what if you have no cents???



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right here buddy
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Reply #11 –
My advice: English is such a screwed up language there is no getting it right these days. Forget it and learn Russian instead.

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Reply #12 –
Kingcars: Thank you, i was having problems with the apostrophes because practically we never use it in the spanish language, but with the advice you gave to me i'll try to be more careful. For sure these ' ' can get some extra points for me.

 About the "They're/Their/There" , those were a real headache for me when i was starting to learn english like 6 or more years ago. The same "Were/We're/Where" gave to me big problems at the time i needed it. Fortunately i developed some rules (like yours) to not forget their correct use. Thanks again.

32VFoxBird:

Excuse me about the poor grammar, but the mexican education system cares very little for the english language. Virtually every guy can pass english exams with flying colors in Secondary school (equivalent to 7 or 8th grade).Now, in the University, is a must to learn english, even more for me, because practically every thing in the computer`s world is in english.

Fila: I`m correcting my puntuation. I`m too lazy to use commas, but well....thank you...

Cougarcragar: I like to know how the people "talks" because at the time i`ll be talking with people i can undertand them better. But i know what is your point, or at least i guess. I use wordreference every time i need to learn something.

MAYHEM: Russian ? it has names with sooo many silabes....but well, i'm trying to learn portuguese, let`s see what happen.


I have a question for you all:

When to use IN, ON or AT ? i`m never sure when to use these. Someone gave me advice about these some years ago, but i did forget them completely....
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2001 F-150

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Reply #13 –
Actually mexcougar..  I'll tell you this.. a long time ago you ask a similar question regarding your grammar.  You have come a very long way since then.  When I first read some of your posts you type very much like the new Mexican member that just joined..  Now it would be hard to tell you didn't speak it natively.
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Reply #14 –
When you knock on someones door, you are at the door.
when they don't answer and you kick the door down, you step on the door and then you go in the room.
 
You get in your car and step on the gas when the light turns yellow at the intersection.
 
In = inside. On = on top of. At = very near to.
 
Hope that helps. ;)