Episode 47 - How To Improve Your English Writing - Punctuation - Brackets/Parentheses

Today we have the final reading of the review. I'll read it with all the punctuation included, see if you can hear the difference between today's version and Tuesday's version.  In this episode I also talk about how you can use punctuation to help you when you have to give a speech or read something out in public (or perhaps just your kid's bedtime story!). The punctuation can help us know when to breathe and how long our pause should be. It can also tell us which parts should be emphasised.  Have a great weekend! Today, in the podcast, I talked about parentheses or brackets. As I mentioned we can use commas, brackets or dashes to fulfil this function, and it's often down to the writer's preference or discretion to decide which to use. Here is what Grammarly has to say about parentheses. And now, what you've all been waiting for. Here is the complete review with full grammar. Review Epic! This show is gripping! From start to finish there are new twists and turns. The main bad guy is really super bad (and so good at it!) and the main lead is spectacular. She is flawed, she has regrets and she is bad but she is so strong, she gathers skills, knowledge, she gets smarter with each knock she takes and despite all the people -mostly men- who are trying to put her in her place, use her, mislead her and frame her, she wins. Surrounding her are a cast of delightful misfits, enthusiastic first year law students who are about to get a better education than they ever bargained for and three convicted men, who banded together and built a little restaurant empire, despite their rocky start. The male lead has an incredibly engaging background filled with secrets and mystery and he is hopelessly devoted to the attorney who believed in him. He trusts her entirely, he trusts himself entirely too and he believes in them both. His strength, honesty, pure heart and intelligence cause our female lead to start looking at her life differently, to start wanting to be better. When she gets angry she gets strong and she’s a delight to watch; you’ll start rooting for her and she won’t disappoint. The plot leaves no holes and is tight and clever. As the story builds the level of corruption escalates and the games get more dangerous and risky. It’s an edge-of-your-seat drama you’ll have trouble putting it down, don’t expect to leave your house until it’s done, it’s really that good. Enjoy! Additional Vocabulary 'What he says lands much more heavily' - we use the phrase 'land heavily' in two different ways. One is when you ate too much pasta and it feels like you have a rock in your stomach!😂 'My pasta landed heavily'. The other is when we really feel the impact of somebody's words. 'Mark up your paper' - in this way we can use 'mark up' or 'mark-up' and it means to write on your paper and give yourself additional information that the audience can't see. Trait- we use trait to describe an element of someone's personality or style (More vocabulary in the YouTube description) https://youtu.be/qvcSr_iXwBY