Bob Cunningham    641297 Mon, 18 Sep 06 07:28 PM ;...) (incredible nonsense omitted) He's on Trollio, the umpteenth planet from the Sun. Bob Cunningham

	Charles Lindsey    641328 Mon, 18 Sep 06 07:45 PM "But no such thing as "Speak good English" or "Speak bad English". Why? 'English' is a proper name, just like 'Michael' or "Pope Pius X". There is no "good Michael" or "bad Michael". There is no "good Pope Pius X" or "bad Pope Pius X"." You never heard of "recived English", or even of "BBC English"? Nor of the pretentious "American English"? Charles H. Lindsey At Home, doing my own thing Tel: +44 161 436 6131 Fax: +44 161 436 6133 Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl Email: (Email Removed) Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave, CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K. PGP: 2C15F1A9 Fingerprint: 73 6D C2 51 93 A0 01 E7 65 E8 64 7E 14 A4 AB A5 Charles Lindsey American English, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States, American, Languages

	Einde O'Callaghan    641313 Mon, 18 Sep 06 09:26 PM UC schrieb: "Neither you nor John Briggs seem to have noticed the ... Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com" ""Good English"? Nope. Sorry. No such thing. No adjective of quality can be used with 'English'. "Speak English well" or ... There is no "good Michael" or "bad Michael". There is no "good Pope Pius X" or "bad Pope Pius X"." English is a language - so your comparison is inappropriate. "Broken English" is an acceptable phrase describing a particular way of speaking English, but "broken Michael" or "broken Pius X" - I think not. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Einde O'Callaghan Regards, Speaking English, Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States, Adjectives, Languages, Apologies

	Stephen Calder    824739 Tue, 19 Sep 06 12:05 AM "Correct. So? That does not make "good English" a proper formulation." More complete nonsense. "Good English" is perfectly good English. In The Story of English Robert McCullom found a joyful correlation between English and Friesan, to the point where there is a sentence that is correct in both languages. It goes: Good butter and good cheese Is good English and good Friese There should be a warning about you in the FAQ. Stephen Lennox Head, Australia Stephen Calder Sentences, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Teaching, Languages, Australia