{"id":1386,"date":"2013-09-30T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2019-04-22T07:13:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T14:13:58","slug":"avoid-3-common-esl-writing-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/avoid-3-common-esl-writing-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid 3 Common ESL Writing Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you an English as a Second Language (ESL) writer guilty of making some of the more common ESL writing mistakes? Do you mix up your subjects and objects, write your adjectives all out of order, and confuse annoying English verbs that mean nearly the same thing?<\/p>\n

Are you even aware that you are making these mistakes?<\/p>\n

Kibin is here to help you improve your written English. We edit hundreds of ESL essays<\/a> every month. By evaluating a selection of these essays, I\u2019ve uncovered some of the more common ESL writing mistakes. These mistakes can make the difference between writing like a native English speaker and \u2026 well \u2026 not!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an ESL writer who wants to improve your English writing skills, then this post is for you. If you are a native English writer, then this post can serve as a good review for you too as, believe it or not, you also might be guilty of making some of these errors.<\/p>\n

In this post, I\u2019ll give you three common ESL writing mistakes that we\u2019ve spotted in essays and some easy ways to learn to fix them.<\/p>\n

Common ESL Writing Mistake #1: Improper Adjective Order<\/h2>\n
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An adjective<\/strong> is a word that is used to describe a noun (like fat<\/em>, green<\/em>, or nice<\/em>). And a noun<\/strong>, by definition, is a person, place, or thing (like cat<\/em>, hot dog<\/em>, Australia<\/em>, or man<\/em>).<\/p>\n

If you are unfamiliar with English, then it may seem like the order of adjectives isn\u2019t very important, so you might write something like this:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blue, giant, ugly sea monster swims in the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this sample sentence, the adjectives are: blue<\/em>, giant<\/em>, and ugly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A native English speaker will (hopefully) write the sentence like this:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ugly, giant, blue sea monster swims in the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only difference between these two sentences is the order of the adjectives\u2014the meaning is pretty much the same. However, having the wrong order of adjectives definitely makes your writing more confusing for the reader.<\/p>\n

So, what is the proper order of adjectives? And how can you avoid making this mistake in your documents? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a table that shows the eight different types of adjectives and the order they should be in, numbered from 1 to 8:<\/p>\n