Most inner city folks, that voted for Obama twice couldn't pass an English class even if it was 1st grade English.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.
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.
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
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.
Oh yes, you are absolutely right - we haven't any articles in Russian. I put them in my English posts sometimes out of esteem to American participants
I can't see any use of them. 'A dog' or 'the dog' is a dog anyway. If you don't know which dog it is, what's the difference?
Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me
Well, they don't count. It's so difficult to see any difference in written texts that any Canadian can say that he/she is American
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.
Oh yes, you are absolutely right - we haven't any articles in Russian. I put them in my English posts sometimes out of esteem to American participants
I can't see any use of them. 'A dog' or 'the dog' is a dog anyway. If you don't know which dog it is, what's the difference?
Yes indeed, they really aren't necessary. Russian and Slavic languages figured that out but we didn't.
It's understood either way but the sound is different. Our ears go "aha, Russian". It's a clue.
It's a bit troublesome indeed. I was going to write 'thousands of rules', then I changed my mind and this mean article showed that I am not an American
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
I was taught the English language from the age of 8 years-old. My entire family can write and talk English.
Sometimes when talking English I do have to pause in the middle of a sentence to think of the correct word, this happens more on the phone than in person, why that is I'm not sure but it does, also if I talk too fast I think people aren't understanding fully what I'm saying.
In writing like this often spellcheck helps with the more complicated words.
I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.
Most inner city folks, that voted for Obama twice couldn't pass an English class even if it was 1st grade English.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.
Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me
I guess I qualify as a citizen of the Dutch socialist Kingdom (also known as the Netherlands)
English isn't the problem though, more the murican expressions/references that make the homeland so exceptional
Yes, but it's more difficult for a Brazilian guy to pretend to be an Amerian then for a Canadian
Stratford57 is my friend and they have anything but an empty head.
Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me
I guess I qualify as a citizen of the Dutch socialist Kingdom (also known as the Netherlands)
English isn't the problem though, more the murican expressions/references that make the homeland so exceptional
"more the murican expressions/references"
Yes I agree, I'm not sure what "derp" is or "doofas" but they use these words very often.
I have had my mind corrupted and now use Batshit crazy and sugar pants.
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
I was taught the English language from the age of 8 years-old. My entire family can write and talk English.
Sometimes when talking English I do have to pause in the middle of a sentence to think of the correct word, this happens more on the phone than in person, why that is I'm not sure but it does, also if I talk too fast I think people aren't understanding fully what I'm saying.
In writing like this often spellcheck helps with the more complicated words.
I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.
Which language do you think in? Or does it shift often?
When I returned to the States after several months in France I was still thinking in French and had to translate before speaking for a while.
Most inner city folks, that voted for Obama twice couldn't pass an English class even if it was 1st grade English.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.
There's always some obsessed klown who has to bring politics into a nice nonpolitical thread.
But it does point up the fact that there are dialects here, as in any language. And sometimes I will write intentionally wrong or misspelled words for humor, or to soften my point. As in "orangest" in a thread a little while ago. Not a real word. Just to make it difficult for the foreigners.
