Learning Journal(November)

     I have already known that I don't have a very solid foundation about grammar and punctuations, but through several courses talking about the basic definition about some proper noun and some sentence structure, making me more clear about where is my problem. Sometimes, I will make mistakes about comma splices, I may write a very long sentences and only use commas to split the sentences. And I also find out that when I want to use some words to describe a thing, I often have to check the dictionary that if I spell it right or I can't think of some proper words right away to use. I think it is because I don't have enough vocabulary bank, which leads to that I can't use some more elaborate or more accurate words to describe my feelings or situation. So I really need to enlarge my word bank. Also, when I am writing, I really need to be more careful about some details(little grammars), such as plural or singular , capitalization and also the title. My last and also biggest problem is that I tend to overuse "the" instead of "a,"because I can't fully understand what's the difference.