B1:
Date: August 13, 2000
Time: 11:50
log_3
1. Since the latest log entry I did {1} a lot of things. I will mention 1 thing that I did and I will tell something about my experience with the presenting skills on the Internet.
First I am going to tell about the lecture about the school system in Great Britain. I found it very interesting because it is so different from the school system in The Netherlands. To mention some differences I will discuss our own school system in The Netherlands. In our school system the compulsory age is 18, so you have to be in school till you are 18 years old, at least one or two days a week. But in England you are able to start work when you have succeed {2} your O-level, so far {3} I understood it. But the most different {4} I thought it was the way to the University. You first have to get your O-levels and then you have to study for you are {5} A-levels and than {6} you may go to the University. In the Netherlands you have to make {7} a test at the age of 12-13 year and the result of this test will decide to which level you are going. This is very important because the level you are into {8} will make it possible or not for you to study on further education after you finished your secondary school.
I would also mention my experience with the presenting option. There is a lot of useful information for me on this site, especially the list of short sentences on the site. I have noticed that some functions do not work. Could you tell me if they are copyright protected or 'is' it just a fault in the network system{9}?
2. Interesting was the work on the project work about the Euro. The few past days I had to look for some information on the Internet. I found some quite interesting things about the many parties in GB, which are against it or in font of it. Yes, there are so many parties, which give their opinion about the subject of the Euro that it has to be a real important issue in GB. So far I can remember there were no parties at all in the Netherlands busy with {10} the Euro. Everyone was in favour of the Euro and the only parties we got were the parties, which told us what we had to do to make the Euro a success and how to implement it in our daily lives. So it really surprises me that it is such an huge issue here in GB, but on the other hand I am very happy that the public in GB is thinking about the pros and cons of the Euro, because it is a big change for a lot of people.
Thank you for correcting my writing {11} language.
| Instances | Description |
| 2 | ARTICLE - you have made a mistake with the use of the article ( ie a, an, the or zero) with a noun or noun phrase. First check that you know whether the noun is countable or uncountable, and singular or plural |
| 1 | UNCLEAR - the reader does not understand what you are trying to say here |
| 1 | NOT THE BEST CHOICE - your meaning is clear but this is not a good way, or not the best way, to express it. This may relate to one word, or a phrase or a whole sentence. You may need to change the syntax or the vocabulary or both. |
| 4 | PHRASE CONSTRUCTION - you have used the wrong construction after the verb/noun/adjective/adverb; for example, you might have used 'to' instead of 'that', or an '-ing' form instead of 'to' etc |
| 2 | PREPOSITION - you have used the wrong preposition, or the preposition is missing, or you don't need a preposition |
| 3 | NUMBER OF NOUN - you have put a word in the singular when it should be plural, or vice versa. Or perhaps the noun is countable and you thought it was uncountable, or vice versa. Check that you have used the right article, as well. |
| 2 | VERB TENSE - you have put the verb in the wrong tense eg present instead of future, or continuous instead of simple. |
| 1 | VERB FORM - you have used the wrong form of the verb. For example, singular instead of plural, infinitive instead of -ing, wrong auxiliary, passive instead of active or vice versa, etc. |
| 4 | VOCABULARY MISTAKE - you have used the wrong word. Check in the dictionary. |
| 1 | WORD ORDER - you have written a group of words in the wrong order. Re-arrange. |