Comments on: Everybody is a Native Speaker, Nobody is a Native Writer

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:20:48 +0000

Hey man, great job you are doing here. I just got kicked out of a content mill where I write due to the fact that my writing quality is not as good of a native speaker. I contemplated quitting writing, but you have just pulled a string inside of me and I am challenged not to quit. I’ll be back when people clamor for my write ups.
thanks

By: Rob Hartung

Rob Hartung — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:50:24 +0000

I teach at a Jr. High school in Japan and have noticed a few problems from switching between speaking and writing. In Japan, most Jr. High text books are filled with informal and conversational writing. They are often short skits and are filled with grammatically incorrect sentences (i.e. they lack a subject or there is an over use of contractions). The written form and the spoken form seem to be taken as the same thing. Students are being taught that sentence fragments are sentences albeit indirectly.

By: oliver ngutai

oliver ngutai — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:16:29 +0000

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By: Maggie Turner

Maggie Turner — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:44:13 +0000

Your web site is excellent. I teach students from all over the world- including Engliand – to write essays in English academic language. They vary in skill from the Iranian and Russians to the undergrads with such heavy dialects that their spoken language doesn’t sound like English often! Oh yes, and all of them are dyslexic! Thanks fro your help. This article is reassuring.

By: cmdweb

cmdweb — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:39:54 +0000

Your point about losing the tone of voice is very important. The use, or overuse, of e-mail and resulting arguments can be a good illustration of this effect. Take a look at http://www.freewritingadvice.com/articles/index_files/email.htm if you want to see how I described this small part of your overall point. An excellent post as always (your’s, that is, not mine).