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What labels you as a beginner / Vocabulary
Your written English may be quite good. You certainly may sound very fluent and competent. But, if inexplicably, you, like many other foreigners, write your message in AOLspeak, it can label you as either a beginner at English or a 12-year old. I've noticed that many beginning English speakers that post messages on forums use the same style of writing on forums that they would use to chat with their buddies on Instant Messenger. It's funny because 90% of beginners make this same mistake on forums, no matter what country they're from. It's as if their own language doesn't have capitalization, or something. So, here are my criticisms. If you follow them, your written English will improve dramatically. Remember, practice other forms of written English, not just Instant Messenger.
"yo guys"
This is a very non-standard stigmatized greeting, that used to be used by teenagers when they wanted to sound "cool". Now it's rather obsolete, and sounds rather comical. I would change it to "Hey guys", if you want a better sounding informal greeting.
"i've"
In English, "I" is *always* capitalized. The only place it isn't capitalized is on Instant Messenger. On forums, it's always ...
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Комментарии:
This is completely wrong. Don't listen to this person's advice. He probably isn't even a native speaker.