# Areas of English I struggle the most with **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-english-i-struggle-the-most-with/702186 "2014-10-22T19:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-english-i-struggle-the-most-with/702186/1 "2014-10-22T19:48:55Z")
What areas of English do I seem to struggle the most with here!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: 1.Do I leave out a lot of words when I type. 2.I have problems with past ,present and future tenses _Word changing problems._ I pick the right word!! but not picking the proper way the word fits in. company vs companies. want vs wanted. suppose vs supposed. suppressess vs suppress. 3.Punctuation the lack of punctuation or not used in proper way. 4.run-on sentences 1. I’m not using enough commas and periods when I write. **Here are some threads to get idea how I write.** Is the war on cancer an utter failure? > **[Is the war on cancer an utter failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737791)** > > Is the war on cancer an utter failure? In the past 15 to 20 years have there been any progress ( or just little bit) ? Is there any new stuff in lab shown promising results. Some of these web sites probably biased information seem to say the war on... Why are drugs so hard to make and take so long to come out on the market? > **[Why are drugs so hard to make and take so long to come out on the market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=734400)** > > I know there is a lot of people complaining no cure for ALS ,MS, Parkinson’s ,HIV , motor neuron disease , dementia , alzheimer’s ,autoimmune diseases and cancer. Well some cancers have much higher cancer survival rate than other types of... Star Wars hover car /hovercraft invented > **[Star Wars hover car /hovercraft invented](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736170)** > > It looks like a team of people invented hover car /hovercraft like in the Star Wars movie http://www.searchamateur.com/pictures/star-wars-landspeeder-hovercraft-250.jpg I never know this would be possible. ... protectionism and globalization > **[protectionism and globalization](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=695952)** > > So I’m sure most folks here have been reading the news and public speeches by the government how we are being transformed into the 21 century of globalization. I find it contradictory when we still have protectionism when it comes to the TV ,radio... And what areas of English I need to work on by looking at some of my writing here. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-english-i-struggle-the-most-with/702186/2 "2014-10-22T20:02:43Z")
Out of curiosity, what’s your native language? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-english-i-struggle-the-most-with/702186/3 "2014-10-22T20:05:16Z")
1. Ending a sentence with a preposition (“with”). 😃 The best way to get better at writing, IMHO, is to do more reading. While there are a lot of great posts and posters here on SDMB, and a higher level of writing than a lot of other places on the internet, I would still recommend book reading to improve your understanding of how English works. In this case, more is better. Find a writer you like and read. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-english-i-struggle-the-most-with/702186/4 "2014-10-22T20:11:50Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > 1. Ending a sentence with a preposition (“with”). 😃 > > The best way to get better at writing, IMHO, is to do more reading. While there are a lot of great posts and posters here on SDMB, and a higher level of writing than a lot of other places on the internet, I would still recommend book reading to improve your understanding of how English works. In this case, more is better. Find a writer you like and read. English is not Latin. No reason not to end a sentence with a preposition if that sounds most natural. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-english-i-struggle-the-most-with/702186/5 "2014-10-22T20:14:10Z")
Not to mention, if that’s in reference to the thread title: it’s not a sentence! ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-english-i-struggle-the-most-with/702186/6 "2014-10-22T20:47:07Z")
You also seem to have trouble using spaces where they need to go. The first thing you need to do is start applying the rules you know and understand consistently. If you can’t do that then there’s little point in trying to learn more. ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-english-i-struggle-the-most-with/702186/7 "2014-10-23T01:06:54Z")
More power to you, Sweat209. There’s always room for improvement, certainly, but the fact that you post pretty prolifically in your non-native tongue is impressive. The best way to learn how to write is indeed by reading…but not just any random text…you would do well by reading respectable English language journalism and perhaps some good fiction.