I just heard about this site and I knew I had to try it! I learned English several years ago, but these days, I tend to take it more seriously than I did two years ago. I know I must improve my writing and speaking skills, so I look forward to receiving corrections and suggestions on other ways of writing certain sentences to make them sound better.
Someone recommended a kind of online course to improve my writing, but it's more for emails and essays, which is amazing, but it doesn't tell me what I am doing wrong, just highlights the mistake. Thus, sometimes I spend a lot of time trying to see why it's wrong: I change it in every way I can think of and sometimes it keeps highlighting it as wrong! So I don't know what to do and I leave it like that.
I really like this language so I want to do it well!
I wonder, was this online course for English a grammar corrector? There are a few of those out there now and they're quite popular, but knowing what's natural is a different talent altogether. I know, for me, learning to figure out what makes Spanish sound natural (or any language that's not my own, really) is a separate skillset than just plugging in something to a software and expecting AI to pick up my meaning. It's hard-won, and I'm proud of how far I've come since I first started studying. Sometimes doing things the old-fashioned way is the best policy ;)
Yes, the course is something like that. What is natural is acquired over time, the old-fashioned way, as you say, and platforms like these encourage that type of learning. The plus is that native speakers or people with a higher level in the languages of your interest can correct you and suggest better alternatives. It's also a matter of being constant and having patience^^