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ziye1417

Dec. 14, 2020

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My First Journal

This is the first time I use this application,so I feel a little bit nervous. I don't know what level my English are,but I really want to get improved. First,I'd like to introduce myself. My net name is ziye, 24 years old, and I am reading my master degree in school. This year I have made a important decision, I want to be an international Exchange Student, which means I must get IELTS 6.5. But my English experience is very little, just some template useful in English test. So I need someone help me to improve my speaking and writing, I think this website is great. I corrected a Chinese journal just now. I feel happy when help orthers. (*^▽^*)

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This is the first time I useam using this application, so I feel a little /bit nervous.

You can say, "I feel a bit nervous or I feel a little nervous." "I feel a little bit nervous" is not wrong, but it can sound a bit repetitive.

I don't know what level my English are,is/ I don't know what level my English is at, but I really want to get improve/improved it.

First, I'd like to introduce myself.

My net name is ziye, and I'm 24 years old, and. I am readingcurrently studying for my master degree in schooluniversity.

This year I have made an important decision,; I want to be an international Eexchange Sstudent, which means I must get IELTSat least an IELTS score of 6.5.

But my English experience is very little, justwith English is very limited, since I've just used some template usefuls in English tests before.

So, I need someone to help me to improve my speaking and writing, I thinkand I thought this website is great to do just that.

I feel happy when I can help orthers.

Feedback

Great first entry! I also joined LangCorrect not too long ago as well. Everyone is super nice here and you can get corrections within a couple hours to 1-2 day's time. The replies are really fast.

Also thank you for correcting my recent journal! I really appreciate it. :)

If you don't mind me asking, how do you plan to practice for the speaking portion of IELTS? Have you gotten a language exchange partner? If you're interested, please send me a private message! I'd be happy to help.

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paprikustjornur

Dec. 14, 2020

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This is the first time I useam using this application, so I feel a little /bit nervous.

You can absolutely say "I am feeling a little bit nervous"

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paprikustjornur

Dec. 14, 2020

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I don't know what level my English are,is/ I don't know what level my English is at, but I really want to get improve/improved it.

Not correct to say "I don't know what my English level is at", must be instead "I don't know where my English level is at", but this sounds bad, so avoid it

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paprikustjornur

Dec. 14, 2020

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First, I'd like to introduce myself.

Firstly

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paprikustjornur

Dec. 14, 2020

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My net name is ziye, and I'm 24 years old, and. I am readingcurrently studying for my master degree in schooluniversity.

Names must have capitals, even internet names. "My internet name is Ziye and I'm 24 years old. I'm currently doing my masters at university". You study "at" a uni not "in" a uni.

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paprikustjornur

Dec. 14, 2020

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This wasn't correctly corrected! If you are not fluent please don't correct it!

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lafleur

Dec. 14, 2020

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Firstly

Using "first" was correct in this sentence, and there is even a preference for it in written English in certain cases: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/first-or-firstly#:~:text=Even%20though%20they%20are%20both,the%20best%20bet%20for%20most

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/first-firstly-or-at-first

My First Journal

This is the first time I'm useing this application, so I feel a little bit nervous.

I don't know what level my English are,is, but I really want to get improved.

First, I'd like to introduce myself.

My net name is ziye, I am 24 years old, and I am readoing my master's degree in(at school).

The "at school" is optional, so I put it in parentheses.

This year I have made an important decision,: I want to be an international Eexchange Sstudent, which means I must get a 6.5 on the IELTS 6.5.

But my English experience is very little,limited - just some templates useful id on English tests.

So I need someone to help me to improve my speaking and writing,. I think this website is great.

I corrected a Chinese journal just now.

I feel happy when I help orthers.

Feedback

Welcome to this site! And good job on your first entry! :)

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paprikustjornur

Dec. 14, 2020

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My net name is ziye, I am 24 years old, and I am readoing my master's degree in(at school).

Degrees are not something you get at school. This is incorrect. You get them at universities only.

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lafleur

Dec. 14, 2020

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Degrees are not something you get at school. This is incorrect. You get them at universities only.

We often say "school" for shorthand in the US even if we mean college/university or grad school, so while you're technically correct that degrees are usually only given from higher ed institutions, using "at school" isn't necessarily incorrect, and people would know that ziye isn't referring to elementary or secondary school when saying "at school".

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lafleur

Dec. 14, 2020

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Using "first" was correct in this sentence, and there is even a preference for it in written English in certain cases: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/first-or-firstly#:~:text=Even%20though%20they%20are%20both,the%20best%20bet%20for%20most

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/first-firstly-or-at-first

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paprikustjornur

Dec. 14, 2020

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Good point, but I don't think this is widely understood outside the us

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lafleur

Dec. 14, 2020

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Good point, but I don't think this is widely understood outside the us

Well, not to be too rude or anything, but since I am an American, I correct using the standard I speak/write. I assume that's the same for speakers of other varieties of English (British English, for example). In general, perhaps you shouldn't correct other native speakers' corrections unless there's actually a mistake (saying "a eyebrow" instead of "an eyebrow") and not just a dialectal difference, especially since you corrected things in both my and Curisosity345's corrections that were actually correct/didn't need any correcting.

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paprikustjornur

Dec. 14, 2020

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Sorry, I corrected the mistakes I saw, in order to help the original writer. American english is correct but not standard everywhere, so shouldn't be seen as so

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lafleur

Dec. 14, 2020

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No worries! I understand you were just trying to be helpful.

And yes, I understand that American English is not the only English that's correct and shouldn't be seen as so, but as I said, since I'm a native speaker of American English and not of another variety of English, I only correct things using the standards of American English. I do know there are spelling and syntaxial differences among all varieties of English, so, for example, if someone wrote "colour" instead of "color", I wouldn't correct it. On the other hand, we have no way of knowing which standard of English the writer is learning, unless they state so in their profile or entries, so sometimes it can be hard to differentiate if someone is making a mistake or using a feature that's common in a different standard of English.

My First Journal


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

This is the first time I use this application,so I feel a little bit nervous.


This is the first time I'm useing this application, so I feel a little bit nervous.

This is the first time I useam using this application, so I feel a little /bit nervous.

You can say, "I feel a bit nervous or I feel a little nervous." "I feel a little bit nervous" is not wrong, but it can sound a bit repetitive.

I don't know what level my English are,but I really want to get improved.


I don't know what level my English are,is, but I really want to get improved.

I don't know what level my English are,is/ I don't know what level my English is at, but I really want to get improve/improved it.

First,I'd like to introduce myself.


First, I'd like to introduce myself.

First, I'd like to introduce myself.

My net name is ziye, 24 years old, and I am reading my master degree in school.


My net name is ziye, I am 24 years old, and I am readoing my master's degree in(at school).

The "at school" is optional, so I put it in parentheses.

My net name is ziye, and I'm 24 years old, and. I am readingcurrently studying for my master degree in schooluniversity.

This year I have made a important decision, I want to be an international Exchange Student, which means I must get IELTS 6.5.


This year I have made an important decision,: I want to be an international Eexchange Sstudent, which means I must get a 6.5 on the IELTS 6.5.

This year I have made an important decision,; I want to be an international Eexchange Sstudent, which means I must get IELTSat least an IELTS score of 6.5.

But my English experience is very little, just some template useful in English test.


But my English experience is very little,limited - just some templates useful id on English tests.

But my English experience is very little, justwith English is very limited, since I've just used some template usefuls in English tests before.

So I need someone help me to improve my speaking and writing, I think this website is great.


So I need someone to help me to improve my speaking and writing,. I think this website is great.

So, I need someone to help me to improve my speaking and writing, I thinkand I thought this website is great to do just that.

I corrected a Chinese journal just now.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I feel happy when help orthers.


I feel happy when I help orthers.

I feel happy when I can help orthers.

(*^▽^*)


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