Try and catch the wrong grammar

It is tough being a writer for foreign clients as they demand you to have perfect English and perfect grammar. But have they thought that English is not our primary language and there will be times that foreign writers may fall short of their expectations? It is funny, they want perfect English and grammar at a cheap rate.

Here’ s what I have caught in one write up at The Hufftington Post. See if you can catch what is wrong with the sentence.

An appeal from Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales

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An appeal from Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales

Today, I am asking you to make a donation to support Wikipedia.I started Wikipedia in 2001, and over the past eight years, I’ve been amazed and humbled to see hundreds of thousands of volunteers join with me to build the largest encyclopedia in human history.

Wikipedia isn’t a commercial website. It’s a community creation, entirely written and funded by people like you. More than 340 million people use Wikipedia every month – almost a third of the Internet-connected world. You are part of our community.

I believe in us. I believe that Wikipedia keeps getting better. That’s the whole idea. One person writes something, somebody improves it a little, and it keeps getting better, over time. If you find it useful today, imagine how much we can achieve together in 5, 10, 20 years.

Wikipedia is about the power of people like us to do extraordinary things. People like us write Wikipedia, one word at a time. People like us fund it. It’s proof of our collective potential to change the world.

We need to protect the space where this important work happens. We need to protect Wikipedia. We want to keep it free of charge and free of advertising. We want to keep it open – you can use the information in Wikipedia any way you want. We want to keep it growing – spreading knowledge everywhere, and inviting participation from everyone.

The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization I created in 2003 to operate, grow, nurture, and protect Wikipedia. For ten million US dollars a year and with a staff of fewer than 35 people, it runs the fifth most-read website in the entire world. I’m asking for your help so we can continue our work.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s where we’re headed. And with your help, we will get there.

Thank you for using Wikipedia. You’re part of this story: please make a donation today.

Jimmy Wales

Founder, Wikipedia

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What Everyone should know about Paypal Fees

A lot of virtual employers prefer to pay via Paypal. It is quick, convenient and no fees are required from them. But what they do not know is that Paypal takes a big chunk from their poor online workers.

Do check the fees that were automatically deducted from me:

$12.95 payment,  Paypal took  – $.081

$491.45 payment, Paypal took – $19.47

$350.00 payment, Paypal took – $13.95

$200.00 payment, Paypal took – $8.10

$246.76 payment, Paypal took – $9.92

$75.oo payment, Paypal took – $3.23

Not only that, but Paypal has quite a low exchange rate, lower than our local banks and private foreign exchange companies. If private foreign exchange companies rate is $1 – P46.20, when you withdraw from Paypal, the exchange rate because $1 – P45.oo. This means for every $1,000, if you have the dollars at hand, you can get a total of P46,200.00, but if you get it from your Paypal, you only get P45,000, that is a difference of P1,200.00!

I hope that virtual employers will be more considerate and pay on time cause the money that they are paying us also depends on the dollar fluctuation.

If my clients paid my November compensation last week, exchange rate was at 46. something..but today, Paypal exchange rate is running at 44.80 already. Can you see the difference?

What every virtual employer should know is that, not paying on time is also a form of cheating.

Good English Grammar Can Help You GET The JOB

To some people, having a good English grammar may not be as important as getting yourself understood.

Wrong.

It pays to constantly upgrade yourself. One time I got the job because according to the client, the reason he wanted me to work with him was because his exact words “Your English is impeccable”.

Sure we may be based in the third world country, and of course we are not native English speakers, but it pays to always do self-learning and self-studying. Learning and studying doesn’t stop after college. Reading is a big help to make yourself more eloquent.

So try to read more English grammar books when you have the chance, and try to read newspapers or reading materials aloud too, to make your tongue more adept when talking with foreign clients.

Remember, being good in English verbally or written can be the key to help you land the job.

So start your tongue rolling

A Special Thank You

I would like to make a special Thank You to the readers who have dropped by my blog site and have left posts of appreciation for the knowledge and experiences I have shared.

I am glad to be of help to anyone needing help.

I hope you would also share your experience through the comments portion so other readers will be able to learn from you experience too.

I may not have the time to update the blog on a regular basis because I am so busy with work and family, but boy! do I have very interesting experience and tips to share, so please do visit my updates if you have the chance.

Again, thank you all.