Education & Work Grammer and writing at work

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  1. jins13

    jins13 Well-Known Member

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    Hi,

    Before the commencement of a new uni semester, thought I'll go back to basics and iron out some bad habits and improve my writing skills.

    I do wonder if a native speaker can comfortably score 8.0 in the IELTS tests of reading, listening, writing and speaking skills.

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  2. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    Don't forget the spelling too - Grammar.
     
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    To right. Its important to get the spelling right.
     
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    jins13 Well-Known Member

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    Spelling is so important too!

    In a very envious position of being mentored by a boss at work, who has prior experience in developing high level documents. I'm not precious about receiving feedback and instead see it as an opportunity to develop!
     
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    jaybean Well-Known Member

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    Back at Uni yes. Now I've regressed to 5th grade level, tops. Old age and all.

    And since I use computers so much now, Jesus you should see my hand writing.
     
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    Damn strait.
     
  7. Blacky

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    wats that?
     
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    Blacky Well-Known Member

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    I consider my righting skills to be very pour - and my spelling is alot worst.

    In saying that tho ewe shuld see some of the stuff I haf to deal with at work. And we ofen refer to ourselfs and proffesonals.

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  9. jins13

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    We shouldn't use contractions in a formal setting ie 'can't', 'don't', 'shouldn't', 'wouldn't', 'isn't' but use 'do not', 'cannot', 'should not', 'have not' and etc.
     
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    Watching lessons on grammar on YouTube and seems like all the female teachers are well endowed.
     
  11. Sackie

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    Too right. :D