Not trying to sound stubborn, nieve, or ignorant, but I think I have pretty good English given my age. I do need to work on some things, learning more complex words (you guys help me out on that), making sure my sentences make grammatical sense, and making sure I don't confuse "their" with "there" which I believe is a common problem. I will work on the last one especially, as it seems to be the biggest problem.
Just to put it out there, I did score in the 99th percentile on the essay writing portion of the ACT.
Regarding the recession of 2009, I understand the devastation that many went through. Some of the biggest banks went into bankruptcy, car company's which America was once dependent on were hit hard and some filed for Chapter 11, and many homeowners and small businesses had to close just to put food on the table.
Regarding the last comment, the answer is easily no. And you read my life pretty good I must say
Seems like you also need to learn how to spell "naive" (not nieve), learn when to use "good" and "well" and learn how to pluralize the word "company" (hint, it's "companies" not "company's")
You most certainly do not have good English given your age. My 17 year old sister would laugh at your abysmal English. You don't need to learn more complex words. You need to learn how to use the ones you already know. Exercising sesquipedalian loquaciousness often contributes to confusion, and will look downright silly if used with otherwise poor grammar. Even worse is when you use a big word incorrectly. Read the following sentences and let me know which sounds better.
1. I trusted there erudition rather then execute independent research. If only I had preceding cognizance that they're information was incongruous, I could have done pretty good.
2. I took their word for it instead of researching the subject myself. If only I had known that they gave me bad advice, I could have done well.
Bonus points if you can point out the grammatical mistakes in the first pair of sentences.
1. Really bad, too many big words, don't even understand the sentence.
2. Sounds best.
You got it. Well, almost. You should check out this article on comparative versus superlative adjectives. What you mean to say is that number 2 sounds better.
Let's remove the fancy words from number 1. Can you then identify the grammatical errors?
I trusted there knowledge rather then conducting my own research. If only I had knew that they're information was bad, I could of done pretty good.
