Improve my vocabulary, spelling and grammar.
Very important! 4 years ago

No matter what you do, being able to write well is so important! The biggest piece of advice I have for anyone who wants to improve their writing is to READ. READ READ READ READ everything-books, magazines, newspapers. You pick up vocabulary from context and rarely have to resort to a dictionary. You learn grammar and spelling from seeing words used correctly over and over. When I took the SAT many years ago, they warned us against picking answers on grammar questions that “sounded right” - but I could absolutely do that because I’d read enough that I knew what correct grammar looked and sounded like even though I might not have been able to explain why one choice was correct.



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Very true.

Not enough people seem to realize this!


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