By: Stephen Thomson
English is an international language used widely for writing & interpersonal communications the world over. Most of the business correspondences are done in English and majority of the national & international seminars & conferences are also conducted in English. Resumes for job applications, articles for internet or journals, essays, thesis, business plans and sales letters, are often written in English.
Your writing should be clear & concise, because you will not be there to clarify to your readers what you were trying to say. In conversation, even with incorrect grammar & words, listener can make out what speaker is trying to say. But in writing, your text is a reflection of your thinking. World of written English is different from the of spoken English.
While writing any article or any communication, you will have to pay attention to certain details like grammar, spellings, use of synonyms for repeated words, use of adjectives & adverbs for text enrichment & proper use of punctuation.
There are several countries where English is a second language. While writing in English, people first think in their mother tongue or native language & then translate the matter into English. This may result in errors in their written communications. Incorrect grammar in writing will distract reader and it will create negative impression of the writer.
Writing skill is a complex art & it requires lot of practice to improve it. Even, educated & highly successful people can have weak writing skills. There are software programs available which can help you to enhance your English writing & grammar. These software programs can checks & corrects English grammar, spellings, enrich text with adjectives & adverbs, suggest context related synonym for repeated words.
Some of the English writing softwares use online natural language processing technology or artificial intelligence database, which is updated on a daily basis. So, when you have to edit your text, you will have to connect to internet. The benefit of this online feature is that your text will be edited with updated database. These software programs enrich your text without changing the meaning of the sentence & enhance the simple sentence into more professional & sophisticated one.
