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ME need BOOK to learn good english...

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shalsim

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Greetings,

Can any one of you learned folks recommend ONE book that will help me become a good writer--or at least improve my english/writing skills.


What I intend to do is to read one page per day and analyse/dissect them. What I'm most interested in is what makes 'good' grammer and structure. Use of vocabulary is a bonus.

I come from an arts background so visual descriptions are important to me.

At the moment I only have one book in mind--'The Great Gatsby' by fitzgerald. That was the last novel I read back in highschool. In fact I hate reading fiction(but like writing fiction--is that weird?). If you can recommend a book with low dialogue to narrative ratio that would be a bonus.

thanks!
 
Try The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells. As I remember, he used proper grammar and the story isn't too bad. It's not too long either so if you don't like reading fiction, you won't have to suffer very much.
 
KristoCat said:
Try The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells. As I remember, he used proper grammar and the story isn't too bad. It's not too long either so if you don't like reading fiction, you won't have to suffer very much.
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Speaking of, I just obtained a copy of that book from my sister in law. I have yet to read it, but it looks like a good one. Will definitely post a review of it when I'm done in the future(hopefully nearer):cool:
 
shalsim said:
Greetings,

Can any one of you learned folks recommend ONE book that will help me become a good writer--or at least improve my english/writing skills.


What I intend to do is to read one page per day and analyse/dissect them. What I'm most interested in is what makes 'good' grammer and structure. Use of vocabulary is a bonus.

I come from an arts background so visual descriptions are important to me.

At the moment I only have one book in mind--'The Great Gatsby' by fitzgerald. That was the last novel I read back in highschool. In fact I hate reading fiction(but like writing fiction--is that weird?). If you can recommend a book with low dialogue to narrative ratio that would be a bonus.

thanks!
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I'm assuming that you already have a copy of this? :D :D :D
 
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