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Writing Of English

Willie Said:

Is American way of writing English different from others?

We Answered:

The spelling of some words is different in American English; for example, words that in British English are spelt with the ending "-our" are spelt without the "u" in US English:

colour - color
labour - labor
neighbour - neighbor, etc.

And words which end in -re in British English are usually spelt with -er in US English:

centre - center
metre - meter (the distance)

(However, "meter" when it means a device for measuring something is spelt with -er at the end in both British and US English)

Aprt from this, written US will differ from English to reflect different speech uses: for example British people tend to say (and write) "in hospital", whilst Americans say "in the hospital" and would write it that way.

Other differences:

at school - in school
to visit - to visit with
trousers - pants
etc.

Shirley Said:

how can i improve english grammar writing and assigment writing? i feel soo depressed 10points BEST ANSWER?

We Answered:

One technique which can help is to read aloud what you have written. Punctuation is intended to help you to understand the words and you use little punctuation. If you try to read out what you have written you will run out of breath.
A better version of what you have written might be:
'My first language is not English and although I speak and write English I feel that my English is not good enough. I am thinking of starting a course; however, my sentence writing is poor and sometimes my writing does not make sense. I need to improve my English. Do you know of any web-based courses which would help me to improve?'
Get a grammar book, there are a lot on the market (when I was in school we used First Aid in English which covered a lot of useful material).
Contact your local Community Education Department (in the phone book under your local council page) and see if there are some useful courses on offer in your locality.

Stacy Said:

How do I improve my language while writing english compositions?

We Answered:

read editorial part in newspapers(The hindu).you should know grammar.
read norman luis and essential english grammar by raymond murphy

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