SELF-EDITING PROJECT

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Self-Editing Project
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Wf/pl ag Wf/Poss Wf/pl pro non-idiom pro, ref
The cellphone has a negative effect on people life because they spend a long time on it.
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Wf/pl S.S
The cellphone is one of most technology advise people use it every day.
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Prep wf/sing/pl wf/sing/pl
Everybody from around the world and from different age use cellphone.
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Art prep/wf cap cap
Many people spend a long time in social media like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.
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S.S
They love to connect with each other in real life that cause many problems such as eye problems, poor sleep and social life.
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Sing/pl ag vf sing/pl ag W.O
First, cellphone screen is small and focus on cellphone screen for long time cause problems vision.

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Vf sing/pl sing/pl vf
Second, check phone before bed and keep it close is cause serious sleep problems.
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Non-idiomR.O (S.S)
For example, people who like chatting they keep chatting every time and everywhere they can’t sleep because they think if they sleep they miss something.
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S.Ssp vf
Finally, cellphone effect in social life because they life with each other but thy not talk.
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Sing/pl
They use phone to talk.
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WfWf exp/non-idiom WfWf/Poss sing/pl
In concluding, use cellphone for long time effects in people live and their health.
Types of mistakes I made:
Ag: 2, 19, 22 (3 mistakes)
Art: 13 (1 mistakes)
Cap: 15, 16 (2 mistakes)
Sing: 11, 12, 21, 25, 26, 33, 39 (7 mistakes)
Pl: 4, 8, 11, 12, 18, 21, 25, 26, 33, 39 (10 mistakes)
Wf: 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 34, 35, 37, 38 (10 mistakes)
Poss: 3, 38 (2 mistakes)
Vf: 20, 24, 27, 32 (4 mistakes)
Prep: 10, 14 (2 mistakes)
R.O: 29 (1 mistakes)
W.O: 23 (1 mistakes)
My mistakes in order of frequency:
Pl: 4, 8, 11, 12, 18, 21, 25, 26, 33, 39 (10 mistakes)
Wf: 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 34, 35, 37, 38 (10 mistakes)
Sing: 11, 12, 21, 25, 26, 33, 39 (7 mistakes)
Vf: 20, 24, 27, 32 (4 mistakes)
Ag: 2, 19, 22 (3 mistakes)
Prep: 10, 14 (2 mistakes)
Poss: 3, 38 (2 mistakes)
Cap: 15, 16 (2 mistakes)
Art: 13 (1 mistakes)
R.O: 29 (1 mistakes)
W.O: 23 (1 mistakes)
Wf/pl: Word form/Plural
Wrong: Cellphone has a negative effect on people life because they spend a long time on it.
Right: Cell phones has a negative effect on people life because they spend a long time on it.
Reason: The word cell and phones are two separate words that are joined to refer to an object
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmPractice Site: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/Ag: Agreement
Wrong: Cell phones have a negative effect on people life because they spend a long time on it.
Right: Cell phones have a negative effect on people life because they spend a long time on it.
Reason: have is used in the context of a plural statement. In this case, “have” follows a plural word cellphones.
Source: https://eee.uci.edu/programs/esl/svlink.htmlPractice Site: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/Wf/Poss: Word form/Possessive
Wrong: Cellphones have a negative effect on people life because they spend a long time on it.
Right: Cell phones have a negative effect on people’s life because they spend a long time on it.
Reason: a possessive statement is defined by the addition of an apostrophe and an “s”
Source: https://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=wcn1601Practice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/possessivesWf/pl: Word form/plural
Wrong: Cell phones have a negative effect on people’s life because they spend a long time on it.
Right: Cell phones have a negative effect on people’s lives because they spend a long time on it.
Reason: Words ending with “fe” have the plural statement ending with “ve”
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmPractice Site: http://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/category/english-grammar-exercises/Wrong: Cell phones have a negative effect on people’s life because they spend a long time on it.
Right: Cell phones have a negative effect on people’s lives because people spend a long time on it.
Reason: life precedes a plural word and it is referring to the “people” and not just the life of a single person
Source: http://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/category/english-grammar-exercises/Practice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentenceExp: Non-idiom
Wrong: Cell phones have a negative effect on people’s lives because people spend a long time on it.
Right: Cell phones have a negative effect on people’s lives because people spend more time on it.
Reason:
Source: http://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/category/english-grammar-exercises/Practice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiersWf/pl
Wrong: Cell phone is one of most technology advises people use it every day.
Right: Cell phones are one of the most technology advises people use it every day.
Reason: cell and phones should be separated. Moreover, a plural statement is accompanied by “are” and not “is”
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmPractice Site: http://www.englishpractice.com/topics/grammar/Ss: Sentence structure
Wrong: Cell phones are one of the most technology advises people use it every day.
Right: Cell phones are some of the most used technology devices that people use today.
Reason: a phone is a technological device and not advice, the word used is incorrect.
Source: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar
Practice site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentenceWf: word form
Wrong: Everybody from around the world and from different age use cell phones.
Right: Most people from around the world and from different age use cell phones.
Reason: Everybody is a general statement that should be avoided since different people have their perceptions about owning something and hence not all will have that it.
Source: http://www2.athabascau.ca/services/writesite/esl/word_forms.phpPractice site: http://www.englishpractice.com/Prep: preposition
Wrong: Most people from around the world and from different age use cell phones.
Right: Most people around the world and from different age use cell phones.
Reason:
Source: http://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/category/english-grammar-exercises/Practice Site: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/prepositions.htmlWf/sing/pl: word form/singular/plural
Wrong: Most people around the world and from different age use cell phones.
Right: Most people around the world and from different ages use cell phones.
Reason: the number of people is more than one; hence all have different “ages” and not a single age since one cannot also generalize a specific age.
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmPractice Site: http://www.englishpractice.com/topics/grammar/Art: article
Wrong: Many people spend a long time in social media like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.
Right: Many people spend a long time in social media like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.
Reason: the article “a” should be placed between sentences to add meaning to the sentences
Source: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiersPractice Site: http://www.englishpractice.com/topics/common-mistakes/Cap: Capital
Wrong: Many people spend a long time in social media like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat
Right: Many people spend a long time on social media like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat
Reason: The first letter in the names of institutions is usually a capital letter; Google, Facebook, Microsoft.
Source: Daily Grammar: http://www.dailygrammar.com/306to310.shtmlPractice: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/writing-capitalization-practice-test1.htmlSs: Sentence structure
Wrong: They love to connect with each other in real life that cause many problems such as eye problems, poor sleep and social life.
Right: They love to connect with each other in real life; hence the cause of many problems such as eye problems, and poor sleep.
Reason:
Source: http://www.englishpractice.com/topics/common-mistakes/Practice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentenceSing/pl: Singular/plural
Wrong: First, cellphone screen is small and focus on cellphone screen for long time cause problems vision.
Right: First, cell phones screens is small and focus on cellphone screen for long time cause problems vision.
Reason: the cell phones are more than one and hence they have different screens that different people view.
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmPractice Site: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/Ag: Agreement
Wrong: First, cell phones screens is small and focus on cellphone screen for long time cause problems vision.
Right: First, cell phones screens are small and focus on cellphone screen for long time cause problems vision.
Reason: “are” is used to follow a plural word.
Source: https://eee.uci.edu/programs/esl/svlink.htmlPractice Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/Vf: Verb form
Wrong: First, cell phones screens are small and focus on cellphone screen for long time cause problems vision.
Right: First, cell phones screens are small and focusing on cellphone screen for long time cause problems vision.
Reason: “ing” is added to show a behavior that is continuous.
Source: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.htmlPractice Site: http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-understanding-verb-forms/Sing/pl: Singular/Plural
Wrong: First, cell phones screens are small and focusing on cellphone screen for a long time cause problems vision.
Right: First, cellphones screens are small and focusing on a cell phone screen for long time cause problems vision.
Reason: “a” has been used to show a single object.
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmPractice Site: http://www.englishpractice.com/topics/common-mistakes/Ag: Agreement
Wrong: First, cellphones screens are small and focusing on a cell phone screen for a long time cause problems vision.
Right: First, cellphones screens are small and focusing on a cell phone screen for a long time could cause problems vision.
Reason: “could” has been used to show the future consequence and not the present.
Source: https://eee.uci.edu/programs/esl/svlink.htmlPractice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adverbials
WO: word order
Wrong: First, cellphones screens are small and focusing on a cell phone screen for a long time could cause problems vision.
Right: First, cell phones screens are small and focusing on a cell phone screen for a long time could cause vision problems.
Reason: “problems vision” does not make sense in this context and hence I considered structuring the statement in a reasonable manner.
Source: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar
Practice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentenceVf: verb form
Wrong: Second, check phone before bed and keep it close is cause serious sleep problems.
Right: Second, checking phone before bed and keep it close is cause serious sleep problems.
Reason: This is a continuous activity that one does. “ing” is added to show the aspect of a continuous process.
Source: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.htmlPractice Site: http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-understanding-verb-forms/Sing/pl: singular/plural
Wrong: Second, checking phone before bed and keep it close is cause serious sleep problems.
Right: Second, checking a phone before bed and keep it close is cause serious sleep problems.
Reason: “a” has been used for singular statement
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmPractice Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/Sing/pl: singular/plural
Wrong: Second, check phone before bed and keep it close is cause sleep problems.
Right: Second, checking a phone before bed and keeping it close is cause sleep problems.
Reason: “ing” shows an ongoing behavior
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmPractice Site: http://www.englishpractice.com/topics/common-mistakes/Vf: verb form
Wrong: Second, checking a phone before bed and keeping it close is cause sleep problems.
Right: Second, checking a phone before bed and keeping it close may cause sleep problems.
Reason: “may” has been used for estimation since the consequence is not an assurance
Source: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.htmlPractice Site: http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-understanding-verb-forms/Non-idiom
Wrong: For example, people who like chatting they keep chatting every time and everywhere they can’t sleep because they think if they sleep they miss something.
Right: For example, people who like chatting keep chatting all the time and everywhere they can’t sleep because they think if they sleep they miss something.
Reason:
Source: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar
Practice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiersSs: sentence structure
Wrong: Finally, cellphone effect in social because they life with each other but thy not talk.
Right: Finally, cell phones affect people’s social life negatively since they may live with each other but thy not talk.
Reason: the device affects and not and effect
Source: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar
Practice Site: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/Vf: verb form
Wrong: Finally, cell phones affect people’s social life negatively since they life with each other but thy not talk.
Right: Finally, cellphones affect people’s social life negatively since they may live with each other but they cannot talk.
Reason: “may” is used where there is no guarantee of something happens.
Source: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.htmlPractice Site: http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-understanding-verb-forms/Sp: Spelling
Wrong: Finally, cellphones affect people’s social life negatively since they may live with each other but thy not talk.
Right: Finally, cellphones affect people’s social life negatively since they may live with each other but they not talk.
Reason: the missing letter is among the common mistakes that occur to people
Source: http://www.englishpractice.com/topics/common-mistakes/Practice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentenceSing/pl: singular/plural
Wrong: They use phone to talk.
Right: They use phones to talk.
Reason: since the two people cannot talk via one phone, I used the plural to indicate the people using different phones
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/
Practice Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/Wf: word form
Wrong: In concluding, use cellphone for long time effects in people live and their health.
Right: In conclusion, using a cellphone for long time effects people live and their health.
Source: http://www2.athabascau.ca/services/writesite/esl/word_forms.phpPractice Site: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-and-vocabularyNon-idiom
Wrong: In conclusion, using a cellphone for long time effects people live and their health.
Right: In conclusion, using a cellphone for a long time effects people live and their health.
Reason:
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/
Practice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiersWf: word form
Wrong: In conclusion, using a cellphone for a long time effects people live and their health.
Right: In conclusion, using a cellphone for a long time affects people live and their health.
Reason: article “a” has been used in joining words
Source: http://www2.athabascau.ca/services/writesite/esl/word_forms.phpPractice Site: http://www.englishpractice.com/topics/expressions/Wf/Poss: word form/ possessive
Wrong: In conclusion, using a cellphone for a long time affects people live and their health.
Right: In conclusion, using a cellphone for a long time affects people’s live and their health.
Reason: addition of an apostrophe and an “s” to show a sign of possession
Source: http://www2.athabascau.ca/services/writesite/esl/word_forms.phpPractice Site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/possessivesSing/pl: singular/plural
Wrong: In conclusion, using a cellphone for a long time affects people’s live and their health.
Right: In conclusion, using a cellphone for a long time affects people’s lives and their health.
Reason: live is used due to the occurrence of a plural statement
Source: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htmlPractice Site: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-and-vocabularyCorrect Paragraph
Cell phones have a negative effect on people’s lives because people spend more time on it. Cell phones are some of the most used technology devices that people use today. Most people around the world and from different ages use cell phones. Many people spend a long time in social media like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. They love to connect with each other in real life; hence the cause of many problems such as eye problems, and poor sleep. First, cell phones screens are small and focusing on a cell phone screen for a long time could cause vision problems. Second, checking a phone before bed and keeping it close may cause sleep problems. For example, people who like chatting keep chatting all the time and everywhere they can’t sleep because they think if they sleep they miss something. Finally, cell phones affect people’s social life negatively since they may live with each other but they cannot talk. They use phones to talk. In conclusion, using a cell phone for a long time affects people’s lives and their health.
Sample Self-Reflective Outline
I. Introduction
II. Body
An experience or event
Its effects on you and/or other people
What you learned from it
III. Conclusion
Self-Reflective Paragraph
From a personal point of view, I have found this project to be exciting and very helpful to me. From the paragraph I wrote, it is clear that I have problems with my word formats, which has always made me write poor sentence structures at any moment I am writing my notes. Moreover, I usually mistake on which places within my texts I can use a plural or singular statement. This makes my sentences not understandable on many occasions. Using articles such as “a” and “the” has also been a great challenge that I have been facing for a long time. Although I have the great skills in researching for the appropriate content, I do not usually know how to write the points in a manner that can be understood clearly. These mistakes are usually common in my notes and when writing my exams. However, during the self-editing project, I learned more about my mistakes that kept on reappearing over and over in different sentences. From my analysis, I have learned a lot from the sites I visited. They provided even more examples that I read so as to gain more knowledge. I intend to continue visiting the practice sites that I save on my computer and practice more by writing paragraphs on different topics so as to improve my writing skills. This project is a very good strategy of improving a person’s writing skills and I would recommend this strategy to be used by my fellow students for them to become better writers.

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