1.) I helped a young friend by 'critiquing' some of her essays recently, and learnt something myself in the process. What I was struck by was how a good essay is distinguished more by the non-English aspects of the essay than the English aspects. These are things like doing the research so that you know what it is you are writing about, logical thinking and arguing coherently to make your point and make it well. No doubt I will get the opportunity in the course of this blog to illustrate the above.
2.) I have a certain 'feeling' for language, particularly the English language, which is what made me experiment with setting up this blog as well as what made me feel that I can add some value through this blog. By this I mean I relate quite strongly to English. I rejoice when I see good communication, I can analyze and occasionally get insights as to why a particular book or other piece of communication works well and why some others don't. I guess you could say I get a lot of joy through English.
Again I hope in the course of this blog, I will get the opportunity to illustrate and communicate some of these things.
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