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Re:Why I Don't Use RSS Anymore by Nic0 on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @10:16AM (#3238448)
Thank you for pointing this problem. I started writing in English only recently. I hope it will be a good practice, and help me with grammatical errors.

Any tips to improve with this?

Re:Why I Don't Use RSS Anymore by andrewcooke on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @10:24AM (#3238480)
write more :o) it's the only way you'll get better and it's a good way of saying "fuck you" to those that cricise...

[other things i do include silently talking to myself in the foreign language while i am out walking (describe what is happening) and trying to listen/read in an "aware" way - for example, when listening to someone speak, try to consciously note the gender of the nouns they are using (doesn't work for english, but you get the idea...). but the most important thing is practice - my spanish got much, much worse when i started working from home rather than in a spanish-speaking company]

Re:Why I Don't Use RSS Anymore by Nic0 on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @10:48AM (#3238589)
Thanks for your advises, in fact, I hesitated to write it in French, the easy way...

So I will carry on practice, I could try force myself to think in English as you said, good advice. Thanks.

Re:Why I Don't Use RSS Anymore by amorphid on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @10:26AM (#3238492)
Keep practicing English to improve your English :)

I'm getting burned out on RSS, too. I think the burnout started for me when TechCrunch decided that publishing every single idea that came to mind was somehow a good use of my reading time.

Re:Why I Don't Use RSS Anymore by zachgreen on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @10:36AM (#3238540)
Have someone else proof read the document first, and have them actually send you what they found so you can fix it (and learn from it). Even if you are writing in your native language, a second set of eyes makes a tremendous difference.
Re:Why I Don't Use RSS Anymore by Nic0 on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @10:43AM (#3238568)
This would be perfect, but in practice, even in my native language, it isn't easy to ask someone else proof read, it takes time and it's never easy to ask someone else time. But I agreed that is a perfect solution.
Re:Why I Don't Use RSS Anymore by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @11:33AM (#3238801)
Just marry a technical writer. Works for me! Except when I forget to ask her...
Re:Why I Don't Use RSS Anymore by phaylon on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @11:45AM (#3238851)
What helped me most was american/english media, and mostly movies. It gave me a better feel for the language than just reading something, and gives more context for association regarding unknown words and phrases.