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This is a place to learn how to write better sentences, paragraphs and essays.
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This is a place to learn how to write better sentences, paragraphs and essays.
Each video will highlight a specific writing skill with ideas and advice to help you improve your writing. I hope you find them helpful. Be sure to subscribe so you won't miss any new videos!
Happy writing!
Ronaele Hamilton
Check out these playlists:
For help writing an essay: Better Essays
To write better sentences: Better Sentences
How to write better paragraphs: Better Paragraphs
For help with grammar problems: Grammar
Writing Better Workbooks:
writingbetter.gumroad.com
Subject Complement and Object Complement
In English grammar we have something called a subject complement as well as an object complement. A subject complement defines or describes the subject of the sentence, whereas the object complement completes the meaning of the verb and modifies, names, or renames the direct object.
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Cleft Sentences and Inversions: How to Add Emphasis in English
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.Месяц назад
Cleft sentences are used to emphasize different parts of a sentence depending on which part is most important. We use cleft sentences (especially in writing) because we are not able to show emphasis with our voice, and we can use inversions to add variety to our sentence structures. Writing Better Workbooks: writingbetter.gumroad.com 👍Subscribe:ruclips.net/user/writingbetter
Using AI in Academic Writing/ Is it ok?
Просмотров 5573 месяца назад
AI can help with processing information that can be used in writing an essay. It can be used to generate ideas, outlines as well as titles for essays. However, there are some things that you will need to avoid when using AI tools. Writing Better Workbooks: writingbetter.gumroad.com 👍Subscribe:ruclips.net/user/writingbetter
Vocabulary for Academic Writing R-W: 21 Words You Should Be Using
Просмотров 7853 месяца назад
In this video, I will give you 21 academic level vocabulary words that you should be using in your writing. We will look at each one and discuss the meaning as well as give an example of how to use it in a sentence. This video will have words starting with R-W. This is the last of four videos. More vocabulary videos: ruclips.net/p/PL5QJq1B-rgXXm6H1e3kLeZEauCFtkTYLa Writing Better Workbooks: wri...
Vocabulary for Academic Writing L-P: 21 Words You Should Be Using
Просмотров 9754 месяца назад
In this video, I will give you 21 academic level vocabulary words that you should be using in your writing. We will look at each one and discuss the meaning as well as give an example of how to use it in a sentence. This video will have words starting with L-P and in future videos we will continue with the rest of the alphabet. More vocabulary videos: ruclips.net/p/PL5QJq1B-rgXXm6H1e3kLeZEauCFt...
Vocabulary for Academic Writing E-I: 21 Words You Should Be Using
Просмотров 9074 месяца назад
In this video, I will give you 21 academic level vocabulary words that you should be using in your writing. We will look at each one and discuss the meaning as well as give an example of how to use it in a sentence. This video will have words starting with E-I and in future videos we will continue with the rest of the alphabet. More vocabulary videos: ruclips.net/p/PL5QJq1B-rgXXm6H1e3kLeZEauCFt...
Vocabulary for Academic Writing A-D : 21 Words You Should Be Using
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.5 месяцев назад
In this video, I will give you 21 academic level vocabulary words that you should be using in your writing. We will look at each one and discuss the meaning as well as give an example of how to use it in a sentence. This video will have words starting with A-D and in future videos we will continue with the rest of the alphabet. More vocabulary videos: ruclips.net/p/PL5QJq1B-rgXXm6H1e3kLeZEauCFt...
Gerund Phrase or Participial Phrase: How can you tell the difference?
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.6 месяцев назад
A gerund phrase includes a gerund and always functions as a noun. A participial phrase, on the other hand, includes a participle and always functions as an adjective. Knowing how to use these phrases correctly will make your writing better. More videos: ruclips.net/p/PL5QJq1B-rgXXfkZxMy9H84H1VgCvXc7sL Writing Better Workbooks: writingbetter.gumroad.com 👍Subscribe:ruclips.net/user/writingbetter
Argumentative Essays: Counterargument and Rebuttal
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Many students at some point will need to write an argumentative essay. When writing this type of essay, you will often need to include a counterargument and rebuttal. The counterargument is what other people think about your topic, especially those that have an opposing view or who do not agree with your opinion. The rebuttal is where you show how your opinion has stronger merits or better idea...
Essay Terminology: Prompt, Topic, Title, Thesis Statement, Topic Sentence
Просмотров 9357 месяцев назад
There are some specific words used when talking about writing an essay. Some of these are: Prompt, Topic, Title, Thesis Statement, Topic Sentence Each of these play a specific part in essay writing, so knowing what each word means will help you as you write essays. Writing Better Workbooks: writingbetter.gumroad.com 👍Subscribe:ruclips.net/user/writingbetter
Subordinating Conjunctions (How to use them to connect sentences)
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.8 месяцев назад
There are several ways to connect sentences in English and one of those ways is to use subordinating conjunctions. Subordinating conjunctions connect clauses to independent clauses. There are two ways that these can be used in a sentence. Writing Better Workbooks: writingbetter.gumroad.com 👍Subscribe:ruclips.net/user/writingbetter
Writing Concise Sentences: Reducing Wordiness
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.9 месяцев назад
A good writer chooses words carefully when writing a sentence. They try to express their idea or thought in the most effective way possible. In this video, I will show you how to write concise sentences so that you can reduce wordiness in your writing. Writing Better Workbooks: writingbetter.gumroad.com #essaywriting #essay #howtowriteessay #howtowriteessayinenglish 👍Subscribe:ruclips.net/user/...
3 tips for Writing a Good Paragraph
Просмотров 3,9 тыс.10 месяцев назад
3 tips for Writing a Good Paragraph
How to Write a Literature Essay (Literary Analysis)
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.11 месяцев назад
How to Write a Literature Essay (Literary Analysis)
Problem Solution Essay (with Example)
Просмотров 28 тыс.Год назад
Problem Solution Essay (with Example)
How do you write a Persuasive Essay? (with example)
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How do you write a Persuasive Essay? (with example)
Background Information for Introduction Paragraph
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Background Information for Introduction Paragraph
6 Ways to Write a Hook for an Introduction Paragraph
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
6 Ways to Write a Hook for an Introduction Paragraph
6 Rules for Gerunds and Infinitives/ Specific verbs to use with each
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.Год назад
6 Rules for Gerunds and Infinitives/ Specific verbs to use with each
Gerund or Infinitive: How do I know which one to use?
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.Год назад
Gerund or Infinitive: How do I know which one to use?
How to Write a Classification Essay (with examples)
Просмотров 15 тыс.Год назад
How to Write a Classification Essay (with examples)
Relative Clauses | Adjective Clauses (What are they and how do you use them?)
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
Relative Clauses | Adjective Clauses (What are they and how do you use them?)
Absolute Phrases (and how to use them)
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Absolute Phrases (and how to use them)
How can I practice to improve my summary writing? I have already studied a lot. Every time I write it, it is not correct
To write a summary , you need to include the main points of the original and do not include minor details. How do you know that your summary is not “correct “?
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What part of speech does an absolute phrase act as?
An absolute phrase modifies an independent clause.
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Thank you! I hope you will also enjoy the longer video about writing a process essay.
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Hi,mam! I'm a student of 9grade of a high school.This topic has been added to our new curriculum. For that I'm here,your explanation was amazing! Thank you,mam!I'm from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🧡😊May God bless you!
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@WritingBetter Mam please answer this question 1. Choose the correct combined sentence. There was a heavy traffic. I could not reach the office in time. A) Inspite of heavy traffic I could reach the office in time. B) Inspite of heavy traffic I did not reach the office in time. C) I reach the office in time despite the heavy traffic. D) Inspite of heavy traffic I can reach the office in time.
Due to the heavy traffic, I could not reach the office in time. “In spite of” means even though something was true, you were able to do something. “Despite the” would also mean the same.
@@WritingBettermam I agree to your answer. But please choose one of the correct option given in above question abcd.
With the information given to combine into one sentence, none of the 4 answers would be correct. If the given information was: There was heavy traffic. I "could" reach the office in time. Then, (A) would be correct. "In spite of heavy traffic, I could reach the office in time." ("In spite of heavy traffic, I was able to reach the office in time." would be better.)
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hello i needed this for my test and omg this is very helpful i fully understand how to write an essay now and i hope i ace this test tday thank you for ur work i really appreciate u helping all of us do have blessed day or night
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Hello , i have some doubt .. i feel adjective and adverb similar For example, "He took some sleeping pills to sleep," here "to sleep," acting as adverb .. But if i ask myself, " he took what ? Sleeping pills to sleep. to sleep, act as adjective here I'm confused. Please clarify.
Thank you for your question. I am sorry for the confusion. This was probably not a good example to use. He took some pills to sleep. Why did he take some pills? To sleep. But, I would agree that you could also ask, He took what to sleep? some pills. I think the example was not a good clear example and so it has caused confusion. I hope you found the rest of the video helpful.
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I answered it on your other question.
Hello Dear Teacher . Your lesson is full of examples, thank you for this. I have a question: Practice section: Students will not be allowed to take the test (students have arrived late). Your Answer: Students arriving late will not be allowed to take the test. My Answer: (For) Having arrived late, students will not be allowed to take the test. I based my answer in the information that the students have really arrived late. Therefore, they will not be allowed to take the test. Your answer implies that the students have not arrived yet. (Present participle), but if they do, they will not be allowed to take the test. Am I righr ? Please, tell me.
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@@WritingBetter Mam could you please do a video on Ergative verbs?
Thank you for the suggestion. I will put that on my list of future videos.
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Thank you so much for the very creative explanation. Could you share some sample argumentative essays with us?
I’m happy to hear that you found the video helpful. I will add the idea to make a sample argumentative essay video to my list for future videos.
@@WritingBetter You can share onedrive or Google Drive links in the description box.
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@@WritingBetter would you tell me about the best part to include Cleft or inversion , IS it within the intro , body or conclusion ! What IS its natural place . The start of a paragraph, mid or by the end of each ?
A cleft sentence is used to emphasize a certain part of the sentence. The inversion is very similar. This means that if you want to emphasize a certain word or idea, you may want to use one of these types of sentences. However, you do not want to overuse either of these. It is possible to use them anywhere in your writing, but you should use them sparingly or it will sound unnatural or forced.
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afraid that Ai invades the writing arena and lets students out of basic skills
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@@WritingBetter Would you please make one on verb compliment.Infinitivevand it's functionsbas subject, object etc
Thank you for the suggestion. I will putting it on my list for future videos.
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I heard that prepositional phrases can act as nouns as well. e.g. Behind the door is a little girl. For the above sentence, some teachers say that the phrase "Behind the door" is a noun since it is in the position of the subject. But I think that it's simply not true and the phrase here is following the rule of "Inversion" which is an advanced grammatical area. What is your take on this? Please let me know what's the case. And if you've got any reference to counter my statement, kindly provide it. 🙂
“Behind the door” is the subject of this sentence. This prepositional phrase is acting like a noun. The sentence could be written: There is a little girl behind the door. So, you are correct that the example sentence is an inversion of this second sentence. I hope this helps.
@@WritingBetter Could you please provide the reference? It's a humble request. I need to show this to my teacher because the explanation I gave earlier was the one my teacher gave me.He told me that it's not a noun phrase but an adverbial phrase of place. Also, it was flatly stated in "Cliffs TOEFL" that a noun phrase cannot begin with a preposition. That's why I'm asking for a counter reference from another book to prove my teacher wrong and show him that a prepositional phrase can also function like a noun phrase. Thanks for your clarification.🙂
A prepositional phrase can act like a noun, but not as a noun phrase (because a noun phrase cannot begin with a preposition). A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun. Here are some references that might help you. www.grammarly.com/blog/prepositional-phrase/ promova.com/english-grammar/adverbs-of-place-in-english
@@WritingBetter Thank you ma'am for clearing my doubt. I have one more question. Is that also why we have prepositional phrases as an object of a tri-transitive verb, since only a noun can act as the subject or the object of the verb in a sentence?Is it why we sometimes consider the prepositional phrase as a noun phrase ,since it is acting as the subject of the sentence and only nouns can be the subject or the object? Sorry for my terrible English.
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Hi mam i saw your video on gerund in this video you told the nominative properties of gerund andu you gave exampls but i have a doubt on one example i.e "His leaving without saying good-bye was rude & disrespectful." My doubt is his leaving is gerund thats ok But "without saying good bye" in this "saying" is it "gerund" or "present participle " as English rule before a noun we have an adjective but here saying is noun & good bye is also noun and "without" is preposition after preposition we should have object. Here what is object of the preposition "saying" or " good bye" pls explain TQ 🙏
Thanks for your question. The basic sentence here is: His leaving (without saying goodbye) was rude and disrespectful. "His leaving" is the subject, so the word "leaving" is not used as a verb here. In this example the gerund phrase "saying goodbye" is the object of the preposition "without". Here is another similar example: Studying a new language is difficult without practicing daily. "practicing daily" is the gerund phrase and is the object of the preposition "without". I hope this helps.
@@WritingBetter can we say like this "goodbye is noun (particular object of preposition)and saying is modifying the goodbye so it is participle?
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Hi,In the part 3:35, "Her favourite pastime is watching movies." I can also say "Her favourite pastime is to watch movies." In the part 3:40, "Their goal is to double profits by the end of the year." I can also say"Their goal is doubling profits......" Am I right?
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Thank you for watching! Yes, I have thought about making a video like that. I will put it on my list for future videos.
@@WritingBetter I hope i could see it soon. I wish you luck.
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I am a Bangladeshi. I have to present problem solution essay tomorrow. Your video helped me a lot 🫶🏼😭
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I have a test on problem solution essay tomorrow, this video helped me a lot to clear up the confusions I had on this topic. Thank you so much
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"The company changed its policy then their sales increased" Is the word "then" a subordinating conjunction and if so couldn't the sentence stand as it is without any punctuation? Dear Madam, there are innumerable different English grammar lectures on the internet; you are among the top 10! Chris
The word “then” is not a subordinating conjunction, so it cannot be used in this sentence as it is. This is why we need to add the comma and the conjunction “and” to make this sentence correct. You might also want to check out my video about subordinating conjunctions. ruclips.net/video/DIxD4ayV6f0/видео.html
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I ask AI this and AI respond blow. is it true? "It was the hospital that Tom went yesterday." can i change it? : "It was the hospital where Tom went yesterday." Yes, you can change the sentence to “It was the hospital where Tom went yesterday.” This revised sentence is grammatically correct and sounds more natural. The word “where” is used as a relative pronoun to introduce a clause that specifies the place that Tom went to, which in this case, is the hospital. It’s a common and appropriate way to provide clarity in a sentence that refers to a location. 😊
Yes, you could write the sentence in that way.
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