[kiba]

Right now, I am trying to fix my spelling and grammar. I do this through feedback with the people who I am chating with on IRC.

I am also building SRS(Spaced repetition systems) decks cataloging grammar mistakes I made, formal grammar rules, as well all the spelling mistakes I made. Right now, I have 25 cards for spelling, and 55 for grammar.

The process of noticing my mistakes, being corrected, and learning about errors is a slow process. It has been going on for a month now. Two of my biggest issues are verb conjugations and plurals.

Edit: Fixed according to feedback

[jeena]

There is one big issue here which I'd like to address. People feel uncomfortable pointing out the mistakes you make, so they never tell you that you're making the same mistake over and over again.

I try to ask people, at least those who I am in contact with a lot, to tell me if they hear when I do a mistake, sadly most of the time they still don't, either because they forget that I asked them to do so or they just don't want to interrupt the normal conversation flow.

The only one who does it quite good is my daughter, Swedish is her native language so she points out what I do wrong when she hears me speaking it. I assume that is because I have been doing the same with her German since she was 2 years old, so it doesn't feel weird to her.

[EllaMentry]

English is a tricky language, good on you for attempting to master it - you can write better in English than I can in any other language!

I hope you don't mind me providing some feedback on your writing!

"I am trying to fix my spellings and grammar." - We generally say "spelling and grammar", even though "spellings" is technically correct - when people say they want to improve their spelling, they generally talk about a skill rather than individual spellings.

"It been going on for a month now." - It (has) been going on for a month now - although this could have easily been a typo.

Best wishes on your endeavour.

[nthitz]

"It has been going on for a month now." can also be said, using a contraction, as "It's been going on for a month now." which possibly could've easily led to your mistake.

[sireat]

"I do this through feedback with the people who I am chating with on IRC" would sound better as: "I do this through feedback with the people whom I am chatting with on IRC"

Alternatively you could just omit the whom altogether but I am less certain about that as I am not a native speaker either.

If you want to know more about who vs whom: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/who-versu...