[I'm Always BROKE]

My English really sucks am I rite?

[Split Infinity]

I'd graduate you on the spot.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Can't make up if that's supossed to be good or bad.

[Moonear]

It's not bad at all, I can completely understand it without a problem.

[Blue]

It would help if you got off the Mary Jane.
xD

[I'm Always BROKE]

:P

*secretly nods though*

[Golden Legacy]

I've never noticed a problem with it. You actually write English better than many Americans, and that can't be denied by anyone.

[Ironsight]

Golden Legacy, on Dec 16 2008, 06:01 PM, said:

I've never noticed a problem with it. You actually write English better than many Americans, and that can't be denied by anyone.

Yeugh.

[Gio]

Golden Legacy, on Dec 16 2008, 08:01 PM, said:

I've never noticed a problem with it. You actually write English better than many Americans, and that can't be denied by anyone.

eggzactlee wat i eye waz thincin

[Someone Else]

Yeah. At the very least you're better than Eugine.

...who is also pretty good at the eenglich!

[My Best Wishes]

Diddy Kong, on Dec 17 2008, 11:30 AM, said:

My English really sucks am I rite?

There's nothing wrong with your English, you post better then some of the Westerners here.
Question, this may sound racist but it's not meant like that. Any ESL people here, what language do you think in?

[Toasty]

Diddy Kong, on Dec 16 2008, 04:30 PM, said:

My English really sucks am I rite?

Your spelling is fine, but your grammar can be a tad lacking sometimes.

[Golden Legacy]

watch, on Dec 17 2008, 03:14 AM, said:

There's nothing wrong with your English, you post better then some of the Westerners here.
Question, this may sound racist but it's not meant like that. Any ESL people here, what language do you think in?

I was actually in ESL in kindergarten/first grade/second grade. I used to think mostly in Arabic, the occasional Hebrew. It wasn't until my sixth year or so that I really began to hone my English skills and grammar, and I would eventually start writing for my high school newspaper.

It's really unfortunate, in the American school system grammar isn't emphasized enough. People who study English from other nations always seem to manage the syntax far better.

[Ironsight]

You wouldn't believe how pissed off I get at school when I see papers with easy words misspelled.
And trust me, there are a lot of papers like that.

[Someone Else]

I once saw a paper with the word "statue" spelled as "stachu".

[I'm Always BROKE]

Well, my spelling indeed isn't too bad but it's my grammar what's so lacking, thus making my English bad. :fcp:

[Blue]

Dude, your fine, don't worry about it.

[Split Infinity]

Someone Else, on Dec 18 2008, 10:17 AM, said:

I once saw a paper with the word "statue" spelled as "stachu".

This is why I became a nazi.

[Lemontime]

watch, on Dec 17 2008, 06:14 PM, said:

Question, this may sound racist but it's not meant like that. Any ESL people here, what language do you think in?

I've always wondered that.. Thinking in another language always seemed so weird to me, probably cause I don't speak any..

I also wonder how animals think... Maybe I'll go ask one.

[Eugine]

Dude, your English is great. You're damn BILINGUAL. You and Aqua are superior to many on this forum.

[Ironsight]

Someone Else, on Dec 17 2008, 03:17 PM, said:

I once saw a paper with the word "statue" spelled as "stachu".

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Idiots. All of them.

[Golden Legacy]

^ Ha. I actually get frustrated when I see people misuse "it's" and "its".

[Split Infinity]

I think I taught Gordo that a few months ago, actually.

[Someone Else]

You taught me wrong. o.o

[Split Infinity]

It's is a contraction and Its is possessive, right?

[Golden Legacy]

And you'd be surprised how difficult that is to remember for many people. Honest to God, it's a contraction with the apostrophe, so learn its proper usage.

[Gio]

Golden Legacy, on Dec 17 2008, 10:29 PM, said:

And you'd be surprised how difficult that is to remember for many people. Honest to God, it's a contraction with the apostrophe, so learn its proper usage.

I still type it that way. Not because I don't know. Just because I am so used to typing it that way that it is a habit.

[Someone Else]

Golden Legacy, on Dec 17 2008, 08:29 PM, said:

so learn its proper usage.

I probably would've put an apostrophe there, thinking "proper usage" is something that is possessed, hence:

so learn it's proper usage

DX It's an easy mistake... I hope.

[Split Infinity]

I find it easiest to think of It's as the two words that comprise it, with an apostrophe seperating them. It looks like two words, because it is a contraction.

Or just remember that all pronouns lack apostrophes in their possessive forms. For example, Him = His, Her = Hers, It = Its. The apostrophe is only used for names and objects.

[Someone Else]

Split Infinity, on Dec 17 2008, 10:28 PM, said:

The apostrophe is only used for names and objects.

Makes sense for my simple brain that way.

[Split Infinity]

If I've managed to exterminate at least one grammar Jew, my work here is done.

[Blue]

:fcp:

[Ironsight]

So, uh, how about that Engrish?

[My Best Wishes]

Golden Legacy, on Dec 18 2008, 04:20 AM, said:

I was actually in ESL in kindergarten/first grade/second grade. I used to think mostly in Arabic, the occasional Hebrew. It wasn't until my sixth year or so that I really began to hone my English skills and grammar, and I would eventually start writing for my high school newspaper.

It's really unfortunate, in the American school system grammar isn't emphasized enough. People who study English from other nations always seem to manage the syntax far better.

Do you think in English now? I've also wondered what it would be like to learn English, I remember doing Spanish in Highschool, I was fine until we started doing verbs...

[Mallick]

I've always wondered how people who're bilingual think, whether it's in their first language and translated to their second, or in their second language completely.

btw, didders, no one sucks at english as much as me, and it's my only language.

[I'm Always BROKE]

No, basically when I read English, I think English. It might be because of that, that sometimes I can word myself better in English than I can in Dutch.

[Split Infinity]

It seems weird to be able to understand a second language without translating it.

You're Canadian, G, don't you have French as an official language?

[Someone Else]

Different parts of Canada.

[Nosferatu]

Split Infinity, on Dec 18 2008, 01:33 PM, said:

It seems weird to be able to understand a second language without translating it.

You're Canadian, G, don't you have French as an official language?

I'll rip off your scrotum.

[Split Infinity]

Wikipedia said:

Canada's two official languages are English and French. Official bilingualism in Canada is law, defined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Official Languages Act, and Official Language Regulations; it is applied by the Commissioner of Official Languages. English and French have equal status in federal courts, Parliament, and in all federal institutions.

The public has the right, where there is sufficient demand, to receive federal government services in either English or French, and official-language minorities are guaranteed their own schools in all provinces and territories.

English and French are the mother tongues of 59.7% and 23.2% of the population respectively, and the languages most spoken at home by 68.3% and 22.3% of the population respectively. 98.5% of Canadians speak English or French (67.5% speak English only, 13.3% speak French only, and 17.7% speak both).

English and French Official Language Communities, defined by First Official Language Spoken, constitute 73.0% and 23.6% of the population respectively.

Don't make me bring Colonel Nathan R. Jessep in here.

[Golden Legacy]

watch, on Dec 18 2008, 03:01 AM, said:

Do you think in English now? I've also wondered what it would be like to learn English, I remember doing Spanish in Highschool, I was fine until we started doing verbs...

Entirely in English, yes. English is not a hard language to learn, it lacks the intricacies of other tongues. I'm told now that I speak it fairly well. That said, when I'm at home and around my family and relatives, I "switch modes" and everything is processed in my mind in Arabic. I do have a few Hebrew friends, and when speaking to them I have to convert everything to Arabic first and then back to Hebrew, as they share the same syntax and "pace".