Can anyone comment on my sample article and how I can charge for it

Hi,

I have placed my sample article below. Kindly comment on it from your
perspective.

Thanking you all in advance.


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Artificial Grass: Highly Beneficial Than Natural Grass

In the United States, there is no state or country which limits the usage of artificial grass for landscape and sports. The artificial grass keeps the area green for years. And it never gets muddy and chaotic like the natural grass. It is durable for long term and looks like the extraordinary evergreen grass. In this article, you come to know how the artificial grass is more beneficial than the natural grass.

Environment

The main advantage of the synthetic grass is very good for the environment. A luxurious green grass needs to water each day twice, but it doesn’t matters in synthetic grass. The green grass needs fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. And it is costly to maintain them in good condition. But the usages of these chemicals are very harmful to the well-being of water systems as well as for wild life. And the synthetic grass takes out the carbon dioxide out of the air like the natural grass. So by selecting the synthetic grass you can avoid the harmful practice to the environment.

Maintenance

The synthetic grass requires less maintenance when compared to the natural grass. It involves the maintenance like vacuuming, had picking, raking, deep-tinning, washing and wetting, etc. This turf has particular ultra violet coating that protects the grass beside the UV rays. An effective maintenance protects and extends the life of your artificial grass surface.

Usage

The artificial grass is widely used in many areas like industries, schools, backyards of the homes, etc. But it is most popular in playing areas. The artificial sports surface is formed by the synthetic plastic material. The synthetic products have improved immensely and it is fair to touch. And it is mainly installed in the multi use games area. The other areas are foot ball, multi sports, netball, hockey, rugby, tennis and cricket, etc. Most of the builders, landscapers and sports fields are using synthetic. And the people, those who play feel good.

Safety

The synthetic turf is used to level the surface or the ground. It is made up of softer materials such as polyethylene or polypropylene. It is highly safe for the kids and for the players from getting injured.

Appearance

The synthetic grass is produced in special colors and lengths. It looks like the natural grass after finishing. And it will be green forever. But the natural grass needs some maintenance to be green. The synthetic lawns look excellent if we avoid the excessive tear and wear.

Watering

More number of countries facing the problem of water shortage. There is adequate rain to maintain the natural turf. But the artificial grass doesn’t require lot of water. And also it looks green forever. It saves water a lot when compared to the natural lawn.

Cost

The synthetic lawn needs more money to install and it is a short process. Whereas the natural lawn that install more money in future and it is a long process.

The artificial turf is growing more popular nowadays. It is a work free when compared to the natural turf and gives a perfect look to your lawn. No person can identify the lawn as artificial. Fix the artificial grass that keeps the area evergreen and beautiful.

 

a great article and worth 12$

 

Thanks for your input.

If I show this as sample article to the clients, will I get orders?

And I am also going to charge very less. That's $3.

I kindly request some more DPers to comment. I will be grateful to you.

 

One comment just from briefly looking at the article - you should probably alter the title as it doesn't exactly make sense as it is:

"Artificial Grass: Highly Beneficial Than Natural Grass" should be something like "Artificial Grass: More Beneficial Than Natural Grass" or "Highly Beneficial Compared to Natural Grass" etc...

When you are advertising for work, potential clients will want to make sure your ad, and any samples, are free from grammatical and/or spelling errors at the very least. Hope that helps you a little.

 

Well now that you've publicly published it, it's not worth anything to most buyers.

And why are you asking what you should charge if you don't really care about the feedback? If you know what you're going to charge, don't ask people to take the time to give you advice you aren't going to put to any use.

I won't pretend to give a dollar amount, but from the sample above it's clear you're not a native English speaker. Even the language of the headline shows that--"highly beneficial than" just isn't proper English. Then in the first paragraph you show it again with "In the United States, there is no state or country which limits the usage...." You make it sound like there are multiple countries within the United States.

Buyers will pick up on these things. I didn't even read beyond that line, so I don't know if they were just flukes or a sign of how the rest of the article plays out.

EDIT: I did go back and read more, and there are similar problems throughout the entire piece. Keep working on improving your grammar, and then you'll be able to think about raising rates.

 

good article but don't publish it in this way.Search for writing sites ..

 

Since you asked....From an English-speaking POV, there is a lot wrong with your article. It's completely useless because all of the mistakes in it remove any element of trust you might be able to build up with a reader. If you are selling to a site owner who just needs quick content and doesn't care about making sales or getting repeat visitors, then you can probably get your asking price. Otherwise, I wouldn't expect any orders.

A couple of pointers:

-When talking in general about an object like synthetic grass, people don't generally say "the synthetic grass." 'The' would be used to indicate a particular piece of synthetic grass. This means you would say:

Synthetic grass is very green and never needs to be watered.

You would use 'the' here:

The synthetic grass is on fire and the toxic fumes are killing everyone.

-As Jen mentioned, the US is one country with many states.

-"More number of countries" makes no sense. You could say, "Many countries" or, "A number of countries."

- In many cases (including in your article) sentences don't start with the word 'and'.

That's all I have time for. My advice is to read more native English articles and to pay an editor to fix your article so that you can see what is incorrect.

 

I found the same problem with your article as I do with assignments from students who have English as a second language - the use of the definite and indefinite article i.e. the and an, is put in where it shouldn't be, as others have already pointed out with the synthetic grass phrase, and left out where it should be. The content is fine, but the grammar needs a lot of work. I suggest that you read more articles to see how they might phrase things differently. Good luck in the future.

 

As previous posters pointed out, there are quite a few grammatical errors. This will disqualify you from jobs where you'd be the writer of last resort. In organizations that have editors that will review and correct raw articles, it's not such a showstopper, but it's still not great.

I think your writing has value for an offshore company who doesn't have native English speakers to begin with. They'll be less sensitive to the few mistakes you make. That's my advice.

 

I'm sorry, but of the many sentences I read, not one of them was grammatically correct. I wouldn't publish this on my website even if it were free.

Also, you could add a little more bulk to it in a lot of places such as the safety and watering section.

 

The title is rather complicated to me. "Artificial Grass: Highly Beneficial Than Natural Grass" might as well be 'The Benefits of Artificial Grass'. Straight to the point. I didn't read through after the title and just as jhmattern mentioned, this article is no use since you have published it here. Google cache everything on the Internet.

*I noticed you mentioned these

"Kindly comment on it from your perspective. Thanking you all in advance."

Don't you find it annoying? Of course we are commenting from our perspective. There is no way we can comment from someone else' perspective. Isn't a simple Thank You would be enough? What's with 'thanking you all in advance'? It is all wrong.

 

I wouldn't wish this article upon my worst enemy. It's riddled with more errors than there are stars in the sky.

An article is NOT a collection of data jumbled together haphazardly. It is information presented to the readers in a palatable and interesting form. [Excepting some technical fields]

 

I really like the constructive comments given by all seniors members of DP , Rather well wishers who would like to see an improvement in you

I am also learning to write articles and I think its best idea to get it reviewed from experienced writers and native English speakers to improve yourself

Cheers,

 

As said, you're using the word 'the' when it really doesn't need to be used. 'The' is only used in English when you're talking about a specific object in a group.

 

Whoever said that is worth $12, PM me! I have some $100 stuff for you haha.

To the OP, you just need to have an English proofreader go over your stuff. If someone really interested in artificial grass saw that title, they'd probably skip it. It's a great start but you definitely need to work on your structure. You have the words, you just need to put them in the right order.

It sounds stupid but try to find some free High School level English writing games. They're out there and they really help.

 

That sounds like a good idea, and I suppose if you can afford it you can pay English speakers to proofread your article. This may be beneficial to you, allowing you to increase your rates to make up for the proofreading - as well as improving your English by learning from your mistakes.

 

Grammatical errors really lessen the quality of this article. It can be a great article if you improve your English. If there were no errors I would say $10-$15.

 

Thanks to all for the inputs.

I have realized my level by reading the above suggestions and comments.

Can anyone refer me an Editor or any links, and how much do they charge for per article to do editing or proofreading it (approximately)

Once again thanks to all for your inputs. Your suggestions were really helpful to me.

 

If you are not capable of proofreading it yourself, you probably shouldn't be doing paid English articles. What is your native language?

 

I have seen much worse in the way of grammar in an article, but then again I do agree that it certainly isn't perfect. You can tell you are not a native English speaker. I think if you worked with an editor/proofreader you would fare better. I could help you with this, PM me if interested.