Guest  +  36670 Fri, 09 Jul 04 03:42 PM Which is correct, "That was written in bad English" or "That was written in poor English"? Guest

	miriam  +  36733 Sat, 10 Jul 04 06:09 AM Actually, and speaking even more strictly, "bad" has several meanings. One of them is "not good, unwanted or unacceptable". "Evil" is far from being the only meaning of "bad". "Poor" means, in this sentence, "below the usual standard, low in quality". "Poor" is often used by teachers, but either word can be used in the example. miriam Joined on Mon, May 10 2004 Argentina Regular Member 821 "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." Plato

	lostfrogg  +  36788 Sun, 11 Jul 04 01:03 AM The phrases "That was written in bad English" and "That was written in poor English" are both far from perfect. "That was written using poor English" would get closer to the truth. lostfrogg Joined on Sat, Jul 10 2004 New Member 09

	mask  +  36793 Sun, 11 Jul 04 01:21 AM The phrases "That was written in bad English" and "That was written in poor English" are both far from perfect. "That was written using poor English" would get closer to the truth. " Why? mask Joined on Sun, Feb 22 2004 Junior Member 56

	bratannia  +  36911 Sun, 11 Jul 04 11:58 PM Wouldn't "that was written using poor English" be a misuse of a participle? The writing, per se, was not done using any kind of English. It was done using a writing implement such as a pen or a computer. On the other hand, what began as a thought and emerged on the page was an example of poor English. The poor English first becomes perceptible when we see it subsisting in the text. Therefore, we would normally say, "that was written in poor English." We conceive the construction of the English phrasing, a logical function, as being separate from the writing process. True, Miriam? bratannia Joined on Fri, Apr 9 2004 Amsterdam Junior Member 66 Constructions

	miriam  +  36928 Mon, 12 Jul 04 03:37 AM Hello, Brattania Honestly, I don't know if "using poor English" exists or is acceptable. I've heard teachers tell their students to "use English" when they start speaking Spanish in the classroom. But then, those teachers are, like me, Argentinian, and English isn't our first language. I agree that, strictly speaking, a word or sentence is written using a pen or a pencil. I wouldn't say "using English" myself, but I cannot say I'm sure it's wrong. Miriam miriam Using English