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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is mostly in jest/ venting, but I actually find this thread quite helpful. I grew up in the rural south and got a crap education. I studied STEM at a public university and never had to take English at the college level. Even though I’ve thrived professionally and make very good money, my grammar and spelling remain below where I’d like to be. I rarely have imposter syndrome because I am very good at my job, but this is one area that gets me and still makes me feel insecure. [/quote]

Even with a STEM education, you should have had a course on technical writing. Technical writing is less tolerant of the ambiguities we tolerate in regular communication. [/quote]

[b]Read. Read a lot. Classic English literature will never let you down. [/b][/quote]

That is so true! I’m an immigrant and when I first arrived my English was very basic. I sounded like a parrot because my favorite word was “what?”

It was very hard for me because in my country and in my native language, I have ALWAYS written and spoken well.

The only advantage I had over my peers growing up, was the fact that I read A LOT. Always!

Four years after I arrived I realized that taking English classes was not enough, so I decided to research English classics of literature and began reading them. My initial goal was to read one book per week for one year - I didn’t accomplish that goal but I came close to it.

Unfortunately I could not do the same regarding writing because I had no reason to do it, like I had during my school years and college.

Same problem with pronunciation - I may know the difference between pique and peak, effect and affect, loose and lose, etc, but I was only exposed to the word in a text, I may pronounce it completely wrong.

Honestly, it sucks.[/quote]

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