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Ask for help > Hi everybody! It is correct?
Hi everybody! It is correct?
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sijorumo
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Hi everybody! It is correct?
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Hi! I�d like to
know if someone can help with the following paragraph. It is correct?
Thanks in advanced
I�m doing
this Master because I want to improve my teaching strategies, acquire new pedagogical
knowledge that contribute to the development
of my professional growth providing me with the adequate tools to keep pace with today �s
world.
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29 Feb 2012
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MoodyMoody
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I �d change the first part to "I am pursuing my Master �s degree..." or "I am taking this Master-level class..." in order to maintain the formal tone of the rest of the sentence. I would also replace the comma with "and" because you have a list of only two items. Change "contribute" to "contributes" because the subject of the verb is "knowledge" which is an uncountable noun and therefore takes the singular. Add a comma after "growth" and delete "adequate."
So the finished sentence would be
"I am pursuing my Master �s degree because I want to improve my teaching strategies and acquire new pedagogical knowledge that contributes to the development of my professional growth, providing me with the tools to keep pace with today �s world."
That sounds like good academic jargon to me. |
29 Feb 2012
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yanogator
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I think Moody �s version sounds great. Bruce |
29 Feb 2012
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ikerzak
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Only one thing... I �d say, "I want to improve my teaching strategies and to acquire..." Just to keep parallelism...
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29 Feb 2012
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yanogator
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It works with or without the "to".
Bruce |
29 Feb 2012
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sijorumo
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Thank you for all
your help.
And thanks Bruce for
the clarification. |
29 Feb 2012
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