I am Non Native just trying to write an English article. Please give me feedback. Thanks!
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Saying "No more panic!" in the title gives away non-native right away.. Something like "no more need to panic!" or even better "there's no more need to panic!" would be a more natural way to say that.
For the whole piece, it's clearly non-native and there are regular small glitches that make it sound a bit strange, but in general it's an ok piece and I'm sure would pass for some uses.
Some of what you say doesn't make sense when you think about it.. for eg: "On a daily basis, knowledge of how to fix the broken AC in your home by yourself is very important nowadays"...
You can't say "On a daily basis" and "nowadays" together like that.. it's like saying "sometimes I like to buy icecream most of the time".. Remove the "On a daily basis" because it provides no value to the sentence, and in reality there is not a need to be able to fix an AC on a daily basis unless your AC is perpetually broken, so it reads very weird to say that.
Also, you wouldn't say "knowledge of how to fix the broken AC", instead "knowledge of how to fix a broken AC". Small little points like that might not seem like a big deal, but they immediately sound weird to native speakers.. but still it's easy to understand what you're intending on saying there.
Best bet is to write as much as you can, but also to read high quality English articles as much as you can too so that you learn the slight nuances that right now you're missing. Talking to people in English who are natives will help you learn as well.
You might not be trying to create perfect content though, there are a lot of non-natives who make money from producing content that is clearly non-native. If you want to improve though just keep practicing.
For the whole piece, it's clearly non-native and there are regular small glitches that make it sound a bit strange, but in general it's an ok piece and I'm sure would pass for some uses.
Some of what you say doesn't make sense when you think about it.. for eg: "On a daily basis, knowledge of how to fix the broken AC in your home by yourself is very important nowadays"...
You can't say "On a daily basis" and "nowadays" together like that.. it's like saying "sometimes I like to buy icecream most of the time".. Remove the "On a daily basis" because it provides no value to the sentence, and in reality there is not a need to be able to fix an AC on a daily basis unless your AC is perpetually broken, so it reads very weird to say that.
Also, you wouldn't say "knowledge of how to fix the broken AC", instead "knowledge of how to fix a broken AC". Small little points like that might not seem like a big deal, but they immediately sound weird to native speakers.. but still it's easy to understand what you're intending on saying there.
Best bet is to write as much as you can, but also to read high quality English articles as much as you can too so that you learn the slight nuances that right now you're missing. Talking to people in English who are natives will help you learn as well.
You might not be trying to create perfect content though, there are a lot of non-natives who make money from producing content that is clearly non-native. If you want to improve though just keep practicing.
Did you use any article rewriting tool (at least partially) to create this, by any chance?
Mr. Meeseeks
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I'm thinking the same. "produces no cool atmosphere"
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You could certainly take it to the next level