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Approaches to Classify Organisms
Taxonomy, the traditional way to classify organisms, examines organisms' physical structure. This is because animals or plants of the same species share certain similar physical forms in general. However, studies have found its counterexamples and have shown that taxonomy is fundamentally flawed. Another method is to classify organisms according to their sexual reproductive ability. Although it is practical for describing complex life forms, this approach still has limitations; it disregards organisms with asexual reproduction that reproduce asexually and is not able to explain when new species are created from the mating of two different species.
This is a summary of an essay. I would really appreciate any recommendation or modification to this writing.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I think this summary is very well done. I made a few recommendations to improve sentence flow, but they are optional.
0 votedMarch 31, 20160Impacted
First of all, I'm a university student in South Korea. and I want to learn English. A few days ago, I met a woman who is Filipino (I guess). She asked me, "Where is the post office?" and I was a little bit awkward because she just spoke English. Then I said, "You have to go to over there. Have a nice day."
In my opinion, it was not difficult to explain the ways to go to the post office, so I'm really sorry to her. If I talked fluently, I would have treated her more gently and kindly. So I decided to learn English better.
Someday, if I meet a foreigner, and he or she asks for directions, I can inform them confidently!!! : ^ )_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This is such a nice reason to want to learn English! :)
0 votedMarch 28, 20160Expressing minus operation 10 - 3 =7 (English practice)
Expressing arithmetic expression: 10 - 3 = 7
3 subtracted from 10 is 7.
Subtract 3 from 10.
10 with 3 <strike>is</strike> subtracted is 7. (?)
The number 10 from which 3 is subtracted is 7. (?) - Not sure that it would be expressed this way.Another alternate way of saying it is "10 minus 3 is 7"
0 votedMarch 27, 20160First, I'd like to say your post is awesome and requires very little correction! Seriously, you have fewer grammatical errors than most native English speakers I know! Keep it up and I know your speaking and writing will be perfect in no time :)
Note that my corrections are purely to make your sentences sound more natural, and that for the most part it is a matter of preference. Feel free to disregard anything you don't agreed with.
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[Writing in English every day challenge 1] My English learning journey
Hi, I am a newbie on this site and avid learner of English.
To improve my written English, I decided to write a little bit in English here every day.
The first topic I chose is "My English learning journey" up to now.
I've been learning English by myself since last November. I mean "learning", as opposed to "studying."
As you know, Korean people have a lot of interest in and passion for English.
As a Korean, I've been studying English a lot since I was around 8.
For almost 20 years, I studied to get a higher score for tests such as school mid/final exams and TOEIC, TOEFL, etc.
I think I loved to study English grammar and did my best to obtain the best result at school, but never enjoyed the language itself.
As a result, my reading and listening ability were not bad (quite good actually), but when it came to speaking and writing, I was terrible.
That's the point. I was always under pressure to study it because it was an inevitable duty in order to survive here in Korea.
However, I couldn't even speak daily conversation fluently.
So, I changed my method last year.
I realized that to study for a test isn't a good method to be excellent, and have been trying to read, listen, and speak in English a lot. Yes, it was an immersion!
I searched for things in English on the net and listened to lots of English news.
I really enjoyed doing those passive activities by myself using English books, online articles, youtube, and podcasts.
BUT I am still very poor and sometimes feel desperate in speaking and writing.
Fortunately, I made a really good American friend who helps me and gives me proper advice.
Thanks to him, I can practice my spoken English through Skype and get some courage and energy from him.
Most of all, I can keep my motivation.
"Don't give up and enjoy your progress with patience, and then finally you will be able to achieve your goal."
This is what I learned during the last 4 months while learning English. It was the most valuable lesson.
I am still learning. I sometimes felt desperate and too gloomy because I hit a plateau.
At least, I now know the only way to master a language, in my case, English, requires consistency.
Actually, it also requires effort, passion, motivation, and humility.
So let's keep going together and don't forget to do a small thing you like every day!
Thank you for reading this note.
If you are a native English speaker, please correct my sentences in more natural ways.0 votedMarch 27, 20161How to Study with Three Colored Pens
There is a book titled 'How to Study with Three Colored Pens' written by Saito Takasi.
He is a well-known educator in Japan as well as a famous author.
I'd like to talk about one of his books. He says that when we read a book, if we underline with three colors, we can understand what the author is saying and thinking. According to his book, we can use green, blue, and red colored pens.
First, we should feel free to use green color whenever we like. We use green color when we find sentence that we just like. Without hesitation, we can paint all of the paper with green color.
Second, we use the blue color when we find a sentence which is important objectively. When we use blue color, we need to be more cautious than when using green color.
Finally, we underline with red color when we find the most important sentences. Everyone should agree it is really a most important sentence when they see the red colors.
I don't know if this works. but I agree it can help with active reading.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This seems like a really great strategy for reading!
0 votedMarch 27, 20162Troy #2
First of all, Paris is not as much of a coward as I thought he was. Although he retreated from the battle with Menelaos, he didn't give up loving Helene until the end of the war. I thought he was not brave because when on the brink of death, he ran to Hector so that Hector saved him and killed Menelaos instead. But now, I think he must have been very determined at least to love Helene. If he had been really scared of Menelaos, he might not have taken Helene to Troy. At least in loving someone, Paris was brave, but he should have admitted that he was irresponsible as a prince of Troy.
Secondly, the war didn't break out solely because Menelaos wanted to take his wife back. Even if there had been nothing between Helene and Paris, Agamemnon would have made up some reason to attack Troy. This war was not for Paris or Menelaos, but for Agamemnon to conquer Troy. I think that's why Hector just accepted his fate to fight and didn't blame Paris and Helene for the war. He must have recognized that Helene was just a superficial excuse to conquer Troy.0 votedMarch 27, 20161
