In the Writing Workshop series, we work together to improve our writing skills: to learn how to write better and more correctly in English.
The following text contains some mistakes and is not very well written. Let’s see if we can correct the mistakes and improve the text…
My daughter, who has only 8 years old, is as stubborn as a mule. She has her own opinion about everything, she is never agree with me and her mother, and she tries always to do what she wants. I love her but it’s true that she is very difficult to manage and she can be very annoying.
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My daughter, who is only 8 years old, is as stubborn as a mule. She has her own opinion about everything, she never agrees with her mother and me and she always tries to do what she wants. I love her but it’s true she is very difficult to manage and she can be very annoying.
In the last sentence, the “that” is optional.
You can say:
I love her but it’s true she is very difficult…
Or:
I love her but it’s true that she is very difficult…
Personally, I prefer the second.
Nathalie has succeeded in correcting the mistakes in the text.
Now let’s see if we can improve the last sentence of the text by using better vocabulary and expressions.
Here is a hint:
There’s an expression in “this comment” that we can use in the last sentence of the workshop text.