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hello everybody welcome back to let's
talk this is me your trainer mira
well guys don't you don't you think we
always mention to one another speak
better english right
well today what i've got for you is
um tips and tricks in a way to improve
your english writing skills well why
writing why are you talking about
writing and of course i'm not talking
about the messaging and the s messing
i'm talking about the real important
things such as probably an academic
paper or emails
so what i've got for you is
five do's and don'ts
tips you know so that you can improve
your english writing skills so let's
begin and take a look at our first one
all caps letters now what it is about
all caps letters i don't know but
everyone just writes in capital letters
well capital letters on one hand and
uppercase letter on the other hand it
means the same okay but the thing is
that simple things such as normal
messages professional emails and notice
board um messages are also in all caps
and i don't understand why
it you know what frankly speaking it
looks so rude and it seems so harsh
let's take a look at this sentence right
here
when written normally i will read it
like this
we will complete the project by tomorrow
right when it's written normally like
this but now look at it in caps
we will complete the project by tomorrow
i mean
wow
that's a bit too harsh don't you think
you know what
take a look at another sentence right
here when written correctly that's small
letters
let's look at it
the data must be ready by today evening
that's fine seems normal
now look at it in all capital letters
the data must be ready by today evening
oh my god that's how it looks like and
that is how you end up reading it when
you write everything in all caps i
understand that you want attention you
want people to focus but you know what
like i said it's just a very very harsh
approach when you write in all caps
now
only when you're really really upset
about something or you're angry at
someone then go ahead use all gaps
oh having said that your email subject
that can be in all caps that's fine but
not the email content you know what i
mean
the next point that i'm going to
approach to is have great highlighting
techniques
just like above when you want to
highlight certain sentences when you
want people to focus on what you're
talking about
use different things such as italics
slant which is slant right bold
automatically it will look larger and it
will have some focus or you know what
simply go through the same thing that
your school taught you underline
right okay now what i've got for you um
i've got some examples for you right
let's take a look at it whenever you
write an email when you where you want
to mention time place purpose use
italics or bold okay so that people
don't forget it and it's easy to pick up
whenever there's a full mail you pick up
on these important things now here's
another example purpose
data update meeting
date
10 september 2018 monday okay
time 11 am all right
venue or place meeting room 3a
as you can see i have made it in italy's
and i can understand that hey this is
different from the rest of the mail and
i have to focus on it it's important
another example
hello team this mail is to inform you
all regarding dr smith's visit on the
10th of september 2018 monday
all interested candidates must submit
their names for a free medical checkup
at the reception by
oh the 5th of september 2018 wednesday
now if you have noticed i have used i've
underlined the names and have again
underlined the important things and made
them bold as well
now what has happened is
people have understood the the main
focus the key words and the key
information that's how they're going to
remember it not always keeping it all
gaps
let us move ahead the next thing i have
got for you is
i would like you guys to fix some
phrases
why i want you to understand this is
that it's better if you just have a word
document or a document where you have a
list of phrases prepared and saved it in
a file why because it'll make it will
make your life that much more easier and
simpler when you have to just write a
formal mail
so instead of saying let me start with
or let me begin with you can use things
such as firstly
secondly
and lastly
let me give you an example
firstly we need to organize a proper
timetable secondly we must prepare at
least two presentations each week
lastly
booking a meeting room every monday
would be
john's duty right
now if you want to continue even after
this now you've written firstly secondly
lastly now you remember that oh there's
another point after that
you can also use moreover
for example
moreover monitor the timetable without
fail is expected from
all of you
in this case you can also use
furthermore for the same example
next another phrase that i've got for
you
so if you want to say for example like
the way i use you can always use phrases
such as for instance to illustrate
to elaborate
and write your examples and points after
that once you've mentioned the phrase
now there are plenty such phrases that
are out there that are out there but
i've provided you with just a few just
to understand and get a get a hang of it
right you can always keep learning new
ones and you can always use them as well
well let's move forward
trying to use they and them instead of
making the whole point longer now this
particular point i've chosen is because
i've seen many many emails where whether
right him slash her or his slash her
now here
using just your being gender specific
even though you don't know it that's a
little confusing so try to keep it
neutral
let's see how it is compulsory for him
slash her to attend the meeting
now let's replace this with them
it is compulsory for them to attend the
meeting
see how we've gotten rid of the gender
confusion and made a gender-neutral
okay perfect let's move on to our last
segment well guys in my last segment i
want to really really focus on
punctuation marks
excessive ones unnecessary ones all of
them together okay
now
tell me one thing all those out there
who are really confused with the correct
punctuation marks
raise their hands
well of course i cannot see you but i
definitely get it so here's the thing if
you ask me
avoid using short words especially the
ones which has apostrophe like these
can't
don't
won't
wouldn't especially in emails or
professional messages
here the apostrophe after these words i
understand that they make it short but
they're really unprofessional okay so
stick to complete words especially when
it comes to such things and you know
what practice it from normal messaging
as well so start writing do not would
not cannot
now there's something about exclamation
mark
these really really misguide people
sometimes for example the best prize in
town like here the quotation mark before
best and after town and there is another
exclamation mark after town so isn't
this a little confusing as to him what
are you trying to say i don't really get
it right
you know what like i said in the
previous points instead just use
highlights like idyllics or bold and
that will give a great impression
that's great exclamation mark good job
exclamation mark
now here's what what i'm going to tell
you save your exclamation marks for the
big points or just leave a mail on a
high note and try to use just one
exclamation in one email if that's
possible
now here's the thing using colons was a
semicolons
now this is how semicolons look like and
this is how a colon looks like
well when you want to list items use
colon for example
here's a list of candidates or here is a
list of candidates
nate sharon matt and ruby
a semicolon is used to join two or more
sentences okay and they're of the same
topic but they're before the full stop
but they have a little bit of different
meanings okay
for example
some write using microsoft word
semicolon others use others write using
notepad
another example
matt has gone for a meeting andy has a
meeting tomorrow
your what i've done is i've avoided and
and used a semicolon instead of that see
how i've just conjoined the sentence
without a conjunction
well guys that's for today i hope you've
understood this lesson properly i really
wanted to make sure that these points
improve your writing skills like i said
whether it's for your sats for your
english writing skills essays or your
emails
i just want to make sure that you're
doing it right and that you're learning
new things every day
make sure that you come that you send me
some examples in the comments section as
to what you have learned today
i will be back with another interesting
topic just like today until then make
sure that you're practicing
keep smiling spread a lot of love guys
this is me meera
ciao