English is my first language so I have no experience trying to learn it as a second language. For what it is worth, it is a very difficult language and if this ask HN is indicative of your writing, you’re doing quite well.<p>I’m trying to learn French now. The thing that has helped me the most is talking to people who are French-English bilingual and kind enough to tell me that my accent makes me sound a little soft in the head. You may not have access to people like that. I’ve also gained quite a bit from watching parts of the first 8 seasons of The Simpsons in French. I’m of an age where I know the first 8 seasons like the back of my hand, so I can listen to the language and hear how they construct sentences without getting bogged down trying to understand.<p>If I wanted to improve my writing, I would find a good editor to destroy my writing. Would it be beneficial if I edited this post for you and showed how I would write it?<p>If I didn’t have access to a good editor, I would start reading as many English books as possible. My French isn’t strong enough to start reading actual French books so I haven’t gone down that path yet with my own learning. You might gain from that path.<p>Finally, do you work in tech? If so, comment here and get involved in some debates. If you do that though, remember that in English there are a lot of ways to craft one sentence. For example, let’s take a look at your last sentence.<p>“Few thing I considered like joining Toastmasters but nearest club is too far to my place.”<p>If I deconstruct that sentence, I get:<p>“Few” - Few means more than one.<p>“thing I considered like joining Toastmasters” - thing is singular<p>“but nearest club is too far to my place.” - this part is fine, though you’re missing a word.<p>When I add all of that together, I get a meaning like:<p>“I considered joining Toastmasters but the nearest club is too far from my home.”<p>In this case, “too far to my place is grammatically correct, but I have an aversion towards forming sentences like that. However, you could also write this and few people will question it:<p>“I considered joining Toastmasters but the nearest club is too far to my home.”<p>I don’t think that sounds as good, but that’s my own taste and my own voice.<p>Or, depending on who I’m writing to, I might balk at using ‘considered’. If I wanted to be a little folkier and conversational, I’d say:<p>“I have thought about joining Toastmasters but the nearest club is too far from my home.”<p>That is a small difference but we could also edit it completely differently. If I felt verbose, I might say:<p>“I have considered a few ways to improve my English. For example, I thought about joining Toastmasters but the nearest club is too far from my place.”<p>I took your last sentence and expressed it in several ways and I could keep going for hours. I know which one I prefer, but there are many options. If you’re looking for a good way to drill, I would practice there. Start writing a sentence in different ways. How does the feeling change? What feels more pleasant to read? What is more pleasant to speak out loud?