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Is learning English word order really important for none native speakers in order to write right ? I'm trying desperately to learn writing English the right way .I often find myself writing long,boring, and using unnecessary word just to explain one simple thought.In the past, when some people giving correction on someone writing ,I heard them say it's wrong word order. What do they mean exactly?Does anyone think if I learn word order and answer " wh" questions it would help me to write better and write short,accurate sentences . I really would appreciated it if someone correct my grammar and give me even a little suggestion on my mistakes . Thanks in advance .I would be great full.

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The word order in your question looks OK to me. It might help if you gave us an example of something you've been told has the "wrong word order." English is pretty loose about word ordering. Without seeing an example, it's hard to tell whether is bad grammar, or just a matter of style. The best way to write short, accurate sentences is to try to write short, accurate sentences. Then rewrite! Keep asking yourself, is there ANYTHING I can leave out? By "wh" questions, I think you mean a guideline for writing news stories. "In a news story, the first paragraph should answer the questions 'who,' 'what,' 'where,' 'when,' and 'why.'" YES, actual news stories in newspapers are a pretty good writing model. They are not deathless prose, but they are written to be crisp, clear, and short. Copy editors will usually catch outright grammar and usage mistakes. Just for fun, I'm looking at the opening of Herman Melville's famous novel, "Moby-Dick." Do NOT use it as a model! He writes extremely long, complicated, very very very literary sentences. Nevertheless: "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation." Let's check it out. Who? Ishmael. What? A sailing trip. Where? The ocean. When? "Some years ago." Why? "to drive off the spleen and regulate the circulation." Actually, I only just noticed--he gives vague or evasive answers. He doesn't say he is named Ishmael, he says you can call him Ishmael. Nevertheless--he does answer "who," "what," "where," "when," and "why" all in the first two sentences.
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English is a SVO language (subject, verb, object) so if you've been told you were making mistakes with word order that might be why. Also, in English, the adjective comes before the noun. The piece you wrote above to ask your question is very good- no word order problems!

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