2007-07-05 03:59:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anand r 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If your question is any indication, your written English is very good, and I wouldn't worry about it.
If you are worried about grammar and sentence construction, there is a book entitled "Grammar for Grownups." I found a copy for a friend at Barnes and Nobel, so it shouldn't be hard to find.
If you need to write essays, I hope not, but school is school, go on line and look for Jane Schaffer. She is (was) an English teacher in San Diego. She has developed a good program in English composition. See if you can buy one of her study guides. You may need a friend to read some of your efforts and make suggestions.
If you just want to improve what people call standard American English, watch newscasts and read non-fiction on subjects that interest you.
If you want to read fiction, not the best place to learn standard English because of the dialog, House on Mango Street is a wonderful suggestion as would be anything by Hemingway or Steinbeck.
2007-07-05 04:15:47 · answer #1 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strunk & White's The Elements of Style is a short, but classic book on writing properly. It is not an interactive site or anything like that; it is a simple well thought out book, that nowadays might even seem old fashioned since email has distorted writing. As wikipedia has it:
"The Elements of Style ("Strunk & White") is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. It originally detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, "a few matters of form," and a list of commonly misused words and expressions. Updated editions of the paperback book are often required reading for American high school and college composition classes."
2007-07-05 05:33:34 · answer #2 · answered by diogenese2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find an English translation of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. It's a very short novel, enjoyable, and the language is simple but not childish.
2007-07-05 04:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
study books! i'm an avid reader and as quickly as I got here to the US as an substitute pupil, countless human beings have been taken aback to benefit English wasn't my community language. My vocabulary replaced into plenty greater advantageous than a that of a buddy of mine who'd already been there an entire 365 days.
2016-09-29 03:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by kianes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a book called "Paragraph Development". It is a guide to better writing, specifically aimed at academic essays writing. Very easy to follow and very complete. It contains lots of exercises also. I am sorry I do not remember the names of the authors...
2007-07-05 05:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by deGea 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Authors, when asked how they started - say that they read anything and everything. Reading is a slow method of improving your own style, but it's thorough. Read anything, always carry a book in case you have time to read - and read comics, poetry, noticeboards, bye-laws, sauce-bottles, theatre tickets - anything.
2007-07-05 04:36:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
libraries can be very helpful.....go to the nearest available one and ask the librarian to help you find books at you reading level and read one book at a time.... your english will improve in no time.
We can always improve our language skills this way.
2007-07-05 04:35:21 · answer #7 · answered by Bethie123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋