I usually use "which" for a restrictive clause, instead of using "that". This is incorrect since it creates ambiguity about the sentence's meaning. For example, the sentence "The court honoured the complaints that were less than 30 days old" is a restrictive sentence, which means that the court honoured only those complaints that were less than 30 days old and not others. On the other hand, the sentence "The court honoured the complaints, which were less than 30 days old" is an unrestrictive sentence which means that those complaints which were honoured were less than 30 days old.
Also, I tend to miss out commas after connectors such as additionally, furthermore and hence. Whenever we use sentence connectors, we should place a semicolon before the connector and a comma after it. For example "Hence, the Government should regulate and ban such products from the market."
Another mistake I commonly make is missing out the article "the". "The" is used for specific nouns or certain proper nouns such as oceans, seas, countries and buildings. I usually miss out "the" for the buildings. For example, it should be "The Eiffel Tower was built on ..." rather than "Eiffel Tower was built on... ". I think this error can be corrected by being more aware of what I'm writing and not forgetting to put the articles before proper nouns.
4 comments:
The post is well structured and to the point.The errors have been identified accurately along with suitable explanations and examples which illustrate the main idea clearly.The writer has also taken steps to improve upon the required areas.
You have been able to identify your problems very specifically and this definitely helps you understand how to improve in those areas. I think as you have identified these problems, you have already become aware of them and I guess in the future you won’t be having these problems.
I am not sure what you mean in your example "Hence, the Government should regulate and ban such products from the market."This example does not require a semi-colon, so why do you use this to show that we should place a semicolon before the connector and a comma after it?
I hope you will overcome your problem areas, Shyamsundar. Read more, not just for vocabulary, but also for exposure. As you become more exposed to English, you will absorb more of the grammar and writing conventions. Your writing will also improve if you continue to apply the techniques that you were taught in EG1471.
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