Specialized training software for English writing

1. Lingle

Linggle is a powerful language search engine developed by National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, which can help learners quickly and accurately retrieve English idioms and collocation words. The team was founded in 1988 and has been studying how to use computers to assist language learning.

When we write English sentences, the main content is nothing more than describing "who did what" or "who is what". Therefore, the key to writing a sentence well, in addition to observing basic grammatical rules, is to find a collocation that conforms to English usage habits. The power of Lingle is that it can query by part of speech - "You can use "keywords" and "specific parts of speech" to query various collocation words."

We usually use collocation dictionaries (such as "Oxford English" Collocation Dictionary") can find the most common collocations of a word, but in many cases, the usage that is not included in the collocation dictionary does not mean that it is incorrect. We can use Lingle to catch the fish we want in a larger data pool.

Have you ever encountered such difficulties when writing in English:

Wondering which word is more in line with the usage habits of native speakers?

Don’t know which word to use? Should we not use prepositions/articles? Which preposition/article is more accurate?

In addition to looking up grammar books and using search to view authoritative examples, we can also use linggle to solve this kind of problem. Which word in acquire/learn/gain is more common for the meaning of "learn knowledge"?

To express "see you next week", is there the definite article the before next week?

A few words and a few usage tips:

1. Don’t bother, spend three to five minutes to understand its query method, and you will understand a shortcut and path to English writing. . Take at least a minute to understand the picture below:

2. The search results are only for reference. We need to make human judgments based on the search results. Complete, but don’t neglect the continuous training of your brain

3. Lingle can not only be used to assist writing, it is also an excellent tool to assist in practicing the accuracy of oral communication. We often "do not stick to trivial matters", such as using the wrong prepositions and articles, and forgetting whether nouns are countable. In addition to looking up the dictionary, we can also use Lingle to quickly check and even make corrections.

I often use it. Similar free tools include Netspeak and Writefull. Their usage is similar to Lingle. Friends in need can learn more about it.

2. Grammarly plug-in (you can download it from Baidu)

I believe many people have heard the name of the writing error correction software Grammarly. If you need to write in English in your work and life, I recommend you to use Grammarly's browser plug-in, which is free and refreshing. It can be used mainly to check grammar and spelling (especially for everyone) Punctuation marks that are easily underestimated).

Especially if you also write articles on social media, you must have Grammarly or similar tools to reduce unnecessary trouble and be responsible for readers. I have written this before. After writing the article, I will paste and copy the article into a Word document, and use the spell check function of Word to check for typos. After using Grammarly’s plug-in, I can check for typos directly in the WeChat editor:

Grammarly’s. The free version also provides detailed error explanations, which can help us "know why" and solve the problem fundamentally. For example, why do we generally not say suggest someone to do something? It is actually a knowledge point of the subjunctive mood.

My official account is called "English Study Notes". I have been using it to share my study notes for four years. I hope that my actions will also inspire and help friends who have the same interest. However, please note that whether it is the books, dramas, podcasts, websites, and apps I recommend, I hope you will choose and use them according to your needs. Don’t think you’re done after adding favorites to your favorites.

Many people learn a language well without using tools of one kind or another, because they focus on the right place. I hope we will also focus on the blade and treat the tool as a tool.

By the way, I would like to recommend a book to intermediate and advanced English learners: "The Beauty of Interpretation: The Methods and Interests of English". The author is teacher Jin Wen of Fudan University (with the Weibo name "Mo Paddy field", recommended attention). Her articles have been of great help to me. I believe that the experiences, methods, and tools shared in this collection of good articles will help you break through learning bottlenecks, improve your abilities and knowledge.