What is the best thing to do to learn proper grammar?

Philippines
February 21, 2010 5:42pm CST
Hello Myloters, I been in this online earning program since 2007 but have not make much money due to the fact that I couldn't join the most profitable and legitimate site "writing article". The reason I couldn't join is because of my bad grammar. Lately I seen that the only way really to make money online is to write or make an interesting blog. But even blog I am having difficulty to make one. My question now is, what would be the best way to learn proper English and Grammar? I know a lot says read books but I dont know what is the best book either to start with. Its pretty hard to find good author so sometimes you need advice of other before you buy book otherwise it will be just a complete waste of money. If anyone know a good book and can share that information with me, that would be terrific. Thanks Myloters and happy Myloting
4 responses
• United States
22 Feb 10
Your grammar isn't that bad... What article writing sites have you done? I use one where your writing doesn't even have to be that good for submission. PM me if interested.
• Philippines
22 Feb 10
Thanks psufootball for the response. I did Bukisa before and one out of three article that I submit got rejected because of grammar. I am very interested. Please accept my friend invitation so I can PM you. Thanks a lot
• India
24 Feb 10
U can read many books and also join for the online classes.. it will surely help you.. all the best..
• Philippines
22 Feb 10
I'd have to say, get exposed to the target language (the language you want to learn) as much as you can. That is why many people recommend reading books. It doesn't actually matter what book you read as long as it is a good specimen of the language and you're interested in it. By good specimen I mean it has good English. Regarding exposing yourself to English, I would recommend watching movies and many TV series too. I am not a native speaker of English, although it is considered one of the languages of our country, and I learned to speak English when I was a child from Cartoon Network. lol. My Dad and Mom then always had to go to work, being teachers, and I was left at home with the TV and my aunt. So to cut it short, By watching, I learned to speak. Nowadays I like shows like CSI, NCIS, Bones, Madmen, etc. They are to me, genuine specimens of the language and that for me is a way I expose myself to the language more and more and learn a lot of utterances native speakers would say. I also learn about the culture of these speakers by watching these shows. That, to me, is very important since I believe that you will gain a lot of insight and learn more of what native speakers mean if you learn their culture since I believe language is culture bound. You just have to be very observant of those things in the shows and also in books you read. You should discern even the minutest things you could learn from and always have the drive to keep on learning.
• Philippines
22 Feb 10
I'd have to say, get exposed to the target language (the language you want to learn) as much as you can. That is why many people recommend reading books. It doesn't actually matter what book you read as long as it is a good specimen of the language and you're interested in it. By good specimen I mean it has good English. Regarding exposing yourself to English, I would recommend watching movies and TV many series too. I am not a native speaker of English, although it is considered one of the languages of our country, and I learned to speak English when I was a child from Cartoon Network. lol. My Dad and Mom then always had to go to work, being teachers, and I was left at home with the TV and my aunt. So to cut it short, By watching, I learned to speak. Nowadays I like shows like CSI, NCIS, Bones, Madmen, etc. They are to me, genuine specimens of the language and that for me is a way I expose myself to the language more and more and learn a lot of utterances native speakers would say. I also learn about the culture of these speakers by watching these shows. That, to me, is very important since I believe that you will gain a lot of insight and learn more of what native speakers mean if you learn their culture since I believe language is culture bound. You just have to be very observant of those things in the shows and also in books you read. You should discern even the minutest things you could learn from and always have the drive to keep on learning.