Hi, my name is Nicolas and I study Social Science related to business. This program give students the requirements to go study a variety of programs at a university.
Everyone has struggled while writing an important email to his boss and that is why I will show you how to use a grammar website named Virtual Writing Tutor created by Nicholas Walker, professor at Ahuntsic College.
I would say my speaking skills are good but like a lot of other people, my writing skills is another story. That is why this website is really useful.
My goal is to learn finances in depth and work with the stock market. Who knows if the workplace I will be in is French or English based. That is the reason I take this website seriously because it can help me get better with English.
So, if you struggle with your writing like me, continue watching this video because I will be explaining how to use this Virtual Writing Tutor website.
So, when I will be working in finance, I will probably need to send a lot of emails to either clients or bosses. You really don't want to send them with mistakes.
As it could destroy your credibility or make you look like a clown.
If you need a quick way to have 100% mistake free emails, that is how you do.
I will show you the website using google chrome, so some features might differ if you are using a different one. First, click the new tab icon at the top of screen in the middle and go to virtualwritingtutor.com.
Now, you can see a variety of features. You can log in or create an account by clicking on the log in button in the top right corner of the screen. On the blue line at the top of screen in the middle, there are multiple features to help you like essay tests or writing tools and even games. But, what is important for us today is the text box below that with blue button options. It is pretty simple, just copy the email you want to send and right click in the text box and simply click paste. Now you should see your email text appear in the box. You can now use the blue buttons like word count, check grammar, check target structures, check punctuation, check essay, check writing, check vocabulary or clear to remove the text and start fresh. The most useful one for an email would be check grammar I think. Let's try it. So, lets copy paste a sentence with obvious errors. Now, when I click on check grammar, you can see the word count, the paragraph count, the error count and the error density. You can also see each of the errors individually and the error type.
So, with all this information, you are finally ready to send emails to your boss or clients without the fear of looking bad!
I hope this video helped you and if it did leave a like please and I will see you in the next one!
Word count: 527
Total MP3 length: 03:04
Target structure count: 6
Error count: 5
Error density: 1%