It is essential to write whether tourist guides speak English nowadays.
You find guides who take you on a bus tour around a city. The place
where the toursit get information should not write the following:
1a] We speak English here.
I think to write the above is not standard English and it should be the following:
1b] English are spoken here.
Would you agree?
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The next question is about a tiny shop where you buy newspapers, cigarettes, etc. The following is not standard English.
2a] We are selling cigarettes here.
The above should be:
2b] The cigarettes are sold here.
I would like to hear from you all on these two questions.