Who is a foreigner here?

[Comrade Johnson]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

This has been Foreigner for a while...

 

[irosie91]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

there are people born in the USA who do not do as well as you do

 

[Pogo]

Your English is not bad at all.
The same cannot be said for many of the natives here.

But if you have questions I'm here to help.

 

[Comrade Johnson]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

there are people born in the USA who do not do as well as you do

OK, let's they list themselves

 

[Pogo]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

there are people born in the USA who do not do as well as you do

True. For example we capitalize the beginning of a sentence and put a period at the end.

 

[Comrade Johnson]

But if you have questions I'm here to help.

Great, thank you! I will keep it in mind.

 

[irosie91]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

there are people born in the USA who do not do as well as you do

True. For example we capitalize the beginning of a sentence and put a period at the end.

---you left out the comma after the phrase "for example"----

 

[Pogo]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

there are people born in the USA who do not do as well as you do

True. For example we capitalize the beginning of a sentence and put a period at the end.

---you left out the comma after the phrase "for example"----

Haha, very good. See, you can do it if you want. But a comma there is optional.

I've noted many times, anybody who thinks politics generates the most intense arguments, has never attended a newspaper copy editor meeting.

 

[depotoo]

Many that aren't jwon't admit they aren't US citizens, because they want to believe we are fooled.

 

[Comrade Johnson]

What is good about English is its punctuation. In Russian we have thousand idiotic rules which are learned for years...

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

We would be interested in trading freedom-loving Russian people for our Democrats. It seems both would benefit from making such a move.

Perhaps you could arrange it?

 

[Comrade Johnson]

We would be interested in trading freedom-loving Russian people for our Democrats. It seems both would benefit from making such a move.

Perhaps you could arrange it?

We don't trade our Russians You have already had a good third of them as it is

 

[Comrade Johnson]

By the way, who has the best English here? Whom can I copy in that sense?

 

[Pogo]

We would be interested in trading freedom-loving Russian people for our Democrats. It seems both would benefit from making such a move.

Perhaps you could arrange it?

We don't trade our Russians You have already had a good third of them as it is

Apparently Billy hasn't been to New Jersey.

 

[Pogo]

By the way, who has the best English here? Whom can I copy in that sense?

Just copy everything I write. Everyone will love and admire you.

 

[Comrade Johnson]

By the way, who has the best English here? Whom can I copy in that sense?

Just copy everything I write. Everyone will love and admire you.

Even thouse who like Mr Trump? OK, I'll follow your advice

 

[Comrade Johnson]

OK, it seems that theres only two foreigners here - me and Esthermoon

 

[Pogo]

What is good about English is its punctuation. In Russian we have thousand idiotic rules which are learned for years...

And we have those who abuse punctuation here. Irosie for one example uses no punctuation at all. Then there's 2aguy who ends every phrase with an ellipsis (...). One can never tell if he's finished his thought, but judging from the content, he never has.

The one aspect of a Russian speaker that stands out for our eyes is the use of articles. I believe Russian doesn't have them but when they're not used in English we notice (above: "we have thousand idiotic rules" would be "we have a thousand idiotic rules"). It doesn't prevent understanding but it does get noticed. Hope that helps.

I'll tell you one foreigner here whose English is perfect is Lucy Hamilton

 

[Pogo]

OK, it seems that theres only two foreigners here - me and Esthermoon

esthermoon -- her English is also perfect.

There are several other foreigners I know of. Canadians, Brits, a New Zealander or two... there's also Dalia whose English is a little off but comprehensible. Some years ago there was a Finnish reporter, haven't seen him for a long time.