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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
We should have a thread for those of us who want to speak/write better English. We can post drivel and everyone else can pop in and correct our words, grammar, and spelling. |
We've got a thread now :D
We need questions and answers here though... :p
Question #1) Do Europeans ever say the dates as "September 15th", for example? Or does it sound more natural to say "15th of September"? |
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| Boomer187 |
| yes i do. but I dont think there is any help cause its the only language i speak. |
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| bananas |
| This has potential...not to be ruined. :) |
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| jdat |
- Why did a girl feel the need to mock me for poorly pronouncing the word Documentaries in a literature class when I was in school in the US?
- Why do americans spell drive through fast food places Drive Thru?
:p
and humm perhaps I shouldn't even be posting in this thread as english isn't exactly a second language of mine. I grew up speaking english at home. |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
I am affirming that I would like to. But I do not think it will aid me substantially in the regards that, of the many languages out there, it is the singular language in which I am fluent.
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Fixed. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
Documentaries |
"men" is the stressed syllable, right?
This is a tricky word indeed... just like "hyperbole" (I always read "Hyper Ball" :p) |
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| Ygrene |
| Maybe someone in this thread will be able to tell Wilford Brimley how to say 'diabetes' properly. |
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
We've got a thread now :D
We need questions and answers here though... :p
Question #1) Do Europeans ever say the dates as "September 15th", for example? Or does it sound more natural to say "15th of September"? |
It does sound more natural, to say "15th or September".
A related question : why do americans write the date like this: month.day.year, where as europeans write it: day.month.year ? |
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
Maybe someone in this thread will be able to tell Wilford Brimley how to say 'diabetes' properly. |
I don't know this gentleman, but I am sorry he pronounces it incorrecly. |
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| prothoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by stren
It does sound more natural, to say "15th or September".
A related question : why do americans write the date like this: month.day.year, where as europeans write it: day.month.year ? |
makes more sense to go dd.mm.yy, then you have things in increasing order. order is good. |
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| Demoted |
| speaks dat ingles dun dat der good |
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| Echo of Silence |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Phillip
ok guys, i came to this forum first for the trance music, but also to improve my english skills, but now i recognize that the i don't understand the largest part of the expressions made by the american or british users
so i'm asking to people who isn't english mother tongue: what are the best ways to learn english?
time ago i've thought about a long stay in usa or england, but now i think that i don't know enough english, otherwise in italy it isn't taught very well |
Okay, let's make this right.
I'll try first.
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Phillip
ok guys, i came to this forum first for the trance music, but also to improve my english skills, but now i realize that I don't understand most of the expressions made by the american or british users. |
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so i'm asking to people who isn't english mother tongue: what are the best ways to learn english? |
Maybe, So I'm asking you who didn't grow up speaking English, what are the best ways to learn English?
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Before, I thought about a long stay in usa or england, but now i think that i don't know enough english, otherwise in italy it isn't taught very well |
'Otherwise' doesn't really work well in that sentence but I don't know what word would be better. |
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