Improving Expression Skills at MDB

[_zeezrom]

I need to say thank you to MDB for giving me a place to write. I'm not a very proficient writer. The writing I do at work centers mainly on technical aspects so much of what I write here at MDB is a huge deviation in subject matter for me.

Never in my whole life have I devoted as much time to thinking and expressing my religious, spiritual, and personal views as I do now. While posting here, I often find myself looking up words I rarely use for spelling and definitions. I often sit and think about how certain sentences should be structured (this might be a surprise). I often find myself wondering, "What do I think about this subject?" This place has kept me "in tune" with expression of my deeper thoughts. I also think the process of leaving a faith I grew up in has been the undercurrent and foundation for my desire to search and think deeply about these matters.

Does anyone else feel like they have become a better writer since joining this board? Does anyone else feel like they are better at expressing their thoughts in words since joining?

[_Fence Sitter]

Does anyone else feel like they have become a better writer since joining this board? Does anyone else feel like they are better at expressing their thoughts in words since joining?

I do, but then I needed a lot of practice. I have a long ways to go still.

[_quaker]

Thank you for sharing and expressing so nicely your thoughts about underwear.

[_Ceeboo]

Hey Zee!

Does anyone else feel like they have become a better writer since joining this board?

Although I am not sure if I have become a better writer or not, it is my strong opinion that there are some outstanding and brilliant writers on this board. There have been many many times that I have read posts here and thought, wow, that flowed so smoothly or - wow, that was beautifully written!

Perhaps this is a gift, or maybe how an artist uses his/her skills to display their art.

Scratch and Blixa (among others here) clearly have this unique gift, in my opinion.

I very much enjoy reading their artistic talents. (As well as others)

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_sock puppet]

I have enjoyed reading the different styles that different posters here use in writing their posts.

I have enjoyed learning new words and phrases too; some of which I use in my legal writing.

[_zeezrom]

Thank you for sharing and expressing so nicely your thoughts about underwear.

You are welcome! I hope to continue, so long as Shades lets me.

[_CaliforniaKid]

I don't know if this board made me a better writer, but I certainly think I've learned a great deal about both writing and religious history from my participation on message boards in general.

[_Quasimodo]

Fear of Shades' corrections have forced me to check spelling and grammar more diligently (I think I have almost conquered my there, their and they're problem). I still have dyslexic fingers, though.

I'm not sure the poor quality of my prose is much better, but I have learned so much on this board.

As a nevermo there was a great deal of Mormon culture that I was unaware of (of which I was unaware?). I also learned a great deal about the pains suffered by those who left the Church and those who chose to stay.

I feel that I have made many friends here. Sadly, most I will never meet outside this screen.

A great experience in every way.

[_MCB]

I am a member of another board where less than perfect writing skills are the ticket to the in-group. It is nice to be able to relax.

[_ludwigm]

... that I was unaware of (of which I was unaware?) ...

Churchill had written out an important speech that he was going to give, and he handed it to one of his secretaries to type. Whe he got it back he found that the secretary had gone through the speech and changed all the sentences that ended with a preposition. Sir Winston marked all these alterations in red ink and wrote underneath:
"This is the sort of English up with which I will not put."


I have on my shelf the self-instructor I used more than fifty years before (good God!) to learn the language from. (Essential English by C. E. Eckersley, 1955 edition) The book this story was copied out of.