I and grammar
I was born and live in a small country in Europe. English is not my native language.
I think I speak and write it well.
When I came here to WA, I said it would be easy for me to write posts.
There are many topics related to my niche.
Then it starts madness.
I understand that it is not easy.
One post takes me half a day.
I write text.
I check the text.
Then the battle with grammar begins—passive, active voice.
The correct, study, then start again.
When I'm satisfied, I'll publish.
After a few days, I realized there were mistakes, then corrections again.
Lately, Grammarly has been my best friend. It's not easy; I hope it will get better.
I have a few more posts; I'll correct them.
Ugh.
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Hang in there, Mirjana! You have a leg up on a lot of us by speaking more than one language!
Jeff
Hey Mijarna!
I echo what others have said here, you don't need to be perfect!
As an EFL Teacher, I teach my students how to be understood, not to speak perfect English! As perfect doesn't exist anyway!
We all make grammatical mistakes and there is nothing wrong with that (unless they are huge ones) which is not your case...
The most important thing is to get your message across as easily as possible to understand to the masses!
I read somewhere that we should be aiming to write for an average 12 year old to understand!
You have nothing to worry about my friend and grammarly is a great tool just in case you have doubts!
Just to help you relax a bit, loads of my posts contain the odd spelling error, or wrong word. If you look through the basic training on WA, it contains lots of spelling errors. I figure that it's just not that big a deal. Lots of websites get famous online with not the best spelling or grammar.
I just don't think you need to overdo it.
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You're not alone. Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect.
What is important is to write what your audience want to read.
Even Grammarly is not perfect.
Thank you