This was written by one of our members (Jeff) a few years ago, and really worth bookmarking: http://www.italki.com/entry/136663

I don't know why you feel that way.

Olivier, I reviewed all your questions, notebook entries and discussions and, except for your latest notebook entry titled "how can I write English by thinking as a English speaker?" Every question that you have asked has been answered by at least one person. Except for your most recent entry, every notebook entry that you have made has had at least one correction. I do have two suggestions that were not covered in the essay written by Jeff.... 1) Don't ask questions as a Notebook Entry. This leaves some confusion as to whether you want your question to be corrected or answered. Also, correcting the text of a question might help you learn but it's kind of boring so, at least me personally, I'm less inclined to correct the text of a question when posed in a Notebook. If you want to ask a question, ask it in the "Answers" section and write mostly essays in the Notebook section. 2) Following up on the last sentence of suggestion #1, write something interesting. Like I said in suggestion #1, don't ask questions and don't try to start a discussion. Start discussions in the "Discussions" section. Write an essay about sports, about life in Mexico, about politics, etc. If you write an interesting essay, more people will feel like reading it and some of them may take the time to correct it. If you ask simple questions, then the corrections are simple and fewer people will feel like making additional corrections. Richard