Which is the best book to improve English writing? Hello I want to improve my English writing, focusing on academic and professional texts. I would really appreciate if you could give me tips and suggest books to study. I know a lot of good English grammar books, but they are not enough for me. I would like a book that teach me how to use intermediate/advanced grammar in texts, not only the pure grammar. Thank you very much!

I am a writer Since I was a child I have been fascinated about words. I remember asking for my parents' help to write them cards even before I learn how to write and read. When I was six years old, I joined school and the writing activities soon became my favorite ones. I started dreaming about becoming an writer when I grew up. In my teen years, I used to write poems as a way of expressing my feelings. In this age, writing became merely a hobby and I no more wanted to become a professional writer. However, I knew that having good writing skills would help me to get the job I chose, no matter in which field I decided to work on. Today, I don't write as a hobby anymore, but I really want to restart doing it someday. Now, I write a lot of academic texts, professional emails and instant text messages. I am not a professional writer, but I am certainly a writer.

The life of a CEO of a big company Being the CEO of a big company is the job a lot of people would want, because it is well paid and has social status. However, this job requires a lot of responsibility and can be very stressful. I imagine that in a typical day of the life of a CEO, the person wakes up very early in the morning, probably around 5 or 6 am. The CEO takes a huge breakfast because he or she will need a lot of energy to make the day through. Probably before going to work he or she will do some physical exercise, as it helps to release the stress of a very busy routine and it keeps the mood up. The routine in the company must be very exhausting with lots of problems to solve and the CEO's probably continue working or thinking about work when they get home late in the evening. During the weekends, I imagine CEO's practice some interesting hobbies that will keep them away from work and renew their energies to start everything again on Monday. It must be a very exhausting routine!

Busy Routine I consider myself a very busy person, I'm always studying. I still do not have a real job, but I work in a reasearch project in my university. Sometimes, I have nothing to do from the research and these are the quiet times. I can spend the whole time studying and I still will have some time for myself. When I have a spare time, I usually use it to draw, watch a movie or read. But the worst days are the ones when I have lots of things to work on and I also have a maraton of exams on the university. These are very busy and stressful days. In a normal day, I usually go to my classes in the morning and in the afternoon I review them to set what I learned in my mind. At night, I spend sometime time with my family or I speak with my friends by WhatsApp. I usually have some things to study at the weekend or some work from the research to do, so I feel that I can never enjoy my weekend fully. Yesterday, I decided to take the entire day to do things I enjoy. I draw and listened to music most of the time. I also went out with a friend. It was a very nice Saturday, but now I have to come back to my busy routine.

Writing Formal Emails This is a fictional email that I wrote to practice my writing skills: Dear Mr. Smith, I am writing to apply to the Sales Manager vacancy. I am graduated in Business Management and have a Marketing specialization. I also took a short course in London last summer about innovation in digital marketing. I have worked in the area for three years. I speak English fluently and have an advanced level of Spanish. I'm interested in the vacancy, because it seems to be a challenging and creative job and I think I have all the qualifications required. Also, it would be a pleasure to work in a company with such values and well-known importance. For more information, my curriculum goes attached. Best regards, Josephine

How to say "além de" in English? Hello, I want to know how to translate "além de" from Portuguese to English in a specific sentence. I'll give you an example of the construction: "O consumo de doces em excesso, além de levar ao ganho de peso, também pode causar doenças como o diabetes." or "Aprender a dançar, além de ser divertido, resulta em inúmeros benefícios à saúde" Can someone teach me how sentences like these ones are wroten in English?

Home sweet home Where are you living at the moment? Now, I am living in my parent's house, but last year I was living alone in a flat in another city where I was studied and continue studying. How long have you been living there? I have been living here since I was a child. Last year I moved to another city, but in february this year I came back home. Would you rather live on your own or with friends and family? I would rather live with my family than living on my own. I have already lived on my own before, but it was not a good experience. I felt sad and depressed and missed my family very much. However, I prefer living alone than living with friends, because I could have arguments with the person. Are you a good person to live with? Why/why not? I do not think I am a good person to live with, because I am very individualistic and I like to have control over things and to have privacy. I am a methodic person and very rigid with timetables. My little manias could annoy other people.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of leaving your country to live or study abroad? Going to another country to study, work or even to live there for a long time is the dream of any people. There are a lot of reasons for which people might want to live abroad, all of them beneficial. However, there are some disadvantages too, which must be considered before any decision is taken. The mainly advantage of going to another country either to study or work in a short or long period of time, in my opinion, is learning. You learn (or improve your ability to speak) a new language, discover a new culture, open your mind to an entire different lifestyle, try a new cuisine, etc. Living abroad is all about learning through a practical experience. On the other hand, the greater disadvantage, in my opinion, would stay away from my family and friends in my home country. This can be very tough, specially to sentimental people. To conclude, both advantages and disadvantages must be considered whenever we want to leave our country to live abroad.

Writing Task - Summarising the information from a chart The chart gives information about the number of hours worked per day by married men and women in paid jobs as well in unpaid work at home. The information is organised in four groups, which are: husbands aged between 24 and 44 years old, wives aged between 24 and 44 years old, husbands aged from 45 to 64 and women aged from 45 to 64 years old. Comparing wives and husbands it is clear that the first ones spend more hours on unpaid work at home than the second ones do. While men spend aroung 2.5 hours on housework, women spend twice this time. This is true for both age intervals. In both age intervals, husbands work more hours in paid works than wives, but the difference is small for the people aged between 45 to 64 years old. Probably as a consequence of the greater average time spent on unpaid work at home, the total amount of work hours of women tend to be bigger than the one from the men in both age groups.