English Audio Request

I was tempted to change that first sentence - it's pretty awkward - but I left it alone.
Hope it wasn't too fast...

Hi Mike. Thanks a lot for your recording!

Did you mean the first sentence of the introduction paragraph or the question? If you did, what would you do? I really want to know that. :)

Here's the sentence as it appears in the text:
Nowadays the way many people interact with each other has changed because of technology.

Here's how I would re-write it:
Nowadays the way people interact with each other has changed (for many) because of technology.

The phrase "the way many people" in that construct is confusing (as least to me), though I can't say it's grammatically incorrect.

I think the problem comes in putting any kind of modifier between the word "way" and "people interact". The subject of the sentence is: "the way people interact", which is already complicated enough without any extra words in there that will only make the meaning less clear.

It's best to leave out any extra modifiers when you have a complex subject like that (you can simply put them somewhere else in the sentence, as shown above).

I hope that helps!

Oh, BTW, you would remove the parentheses if you were going to use my modified version - I just used them to highlight the modified part.

One more comment:
You could also just omit the modified part (in the parentheses). The sentence reads perfectly well as follows:

Nowadays the way people interact with each other has changed because of technology.

This is a very generalized statement, so it's understood that it probably doesn't apply to every living person.

Cheers!

*(aT least to me)

One last comment:
Remember, these are just my opinions. Again, the sentence is not incorrect, I just think it could be made more concise and clear.

I gather that you wrote the text? If so, your English skills are highly advanced. So I sense that you're looking for guidance on some of the more subtle aspects of English.

Take care, and feel free to ask me anything else...

Thanks Mike for your useful responses!

I actually don't write these essays by myself . They're currently written by a British teacher called Simon from this website: http://ielts-simon.com.

I have his essays recorded here. I listen to recordings many times so that I can easily remember common topic vocabulary and collocations, as well as imitate them to practise my pronunciation.

By the way, I just sent you a friend request. :)

This is from the question. So I think the student who took the IELTS test might have remembered incorrectly the real question, as candidates are not allowed to take test papers outside their examination rooms.

Aaah, yes, well that makes some sense...

In any case, it provides a good lesson in how to make your sentences clearer.

Based on just your posts, your grammar and vocabulary are already advanced beyond that of a great many native English speakers (I had to look up "collocation").

Cheers,

Mike