As an English as a Second Language learner, I know that i made a lots of mistake in talking or writing even I use the writing check in Word Document. So after I do all the quizzes in the site, I found some of the mistake that I kept making everyday but people dont really point it out for you so you can fix it. It's good way to learn because now I know why I have been mistake since the site explain it. "At our warehouse sale, cash, MasterCard, or Visa will only be accepted" or "At our warehouse sale, only cash, MasterCard, or Visa will be accepted". In that example, i will choose the first one, but actually the right one is the second one. Because they explain that "the limiting modifier only should come just before the words it modifies: only cash, MasterCard, or Visa". Or I actually found out the way to use the semicolon and the comma. Example " Experience is the best teacher (, / ; ) it gives the test before presenting the lesson. - Vernon Law" I will choose the comma, but they explain that the semicolon is right, "because there is no coordinating conjunction between the independent clause". Another thing that i found interesting is that something seem easy to do, but actually it's easy to fail. Example :"In Germany it is difficult for foreigners to become citizens even if they've live (at/on/in/by) the country for a long time." I will choose at because at can stand in front of a geographic location, but in is also work, and in is the right one.
As I go through all the quizes, I actually find that interesting that something i used everyday is actually wrong, and need to be fixed. It's good that the site can focus on a small little things that people seem to forget, or think that it's too easy that they don't need to learn, but then they will make a mistake out of it.
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