By Constructions, Accents

First of all, you need some grammar too, because I noticed typical Asian mistakes, or non native constructions anyway.Here's the best tips I can give you:1 - Get a grammar book, and read it, learning the most common structures. "English grammar in use" by Cambridge University Press...

Oh my, I'm so surprised! I would never have thought you said it yourself! By the way, you said "If I'd have known", and not "If I'd known" (which can't mean "If I would have known", because you would be leaving out a syllable...).Anyway, I'll tell...

MrPedantic wrote:The problem for non-native speakers, though, is that native speakers are very tolerant of each other's grammatical slips – in fact, most people don't notice them – but immediately notice if those grammatical slips are combined with a foreign accent.I guess that's because with a...

Well, I can understand what it's trying to say, but that construction would sound ridiculous on this side of the Atlantic. Although, I suppose if you said it with an English accent, we'd be so enthralled by the accent, that we would overlook the grammar.

Milky wrote: <Someone who knew little or no English and went to work in India might learn Indian English.> How about those American and British Standard English speakers who want to trade, or have other collaborations, with India? If you regularly deal with speakers of Indian (or...

Khoff wrote:there is the sentence " They will need something bigger when they've had a baby." I'd like to ask why "they've had a baby" I would say "when they have a baby" so why "have had"??? Have had the baby shows completion of the process (of the birth, in this case). Thus, after that...

S have/get O done This construction has three usages from semantic viewpoints: I'd like to buy this. Could you have it delivered? Suffering Sense The accent comes on "done". GET is more common when S has any responsibility of the suffering. (EX-5) He got his leg broken while he...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member to this forum, but I'm already excited to be a part of it. Anyhow, I'll tell you alittle about myself. I'm a second year journalism major at Michigan State University with aspirations of becoming a NewYork Times writer. One day I hope to publish my own magazines, but...

The Influence of Dadaism with the emphasis on the works of Kurt Schwitters Introduction The reason why I wanted to write about Dadaism and Kurt Schwitters is that I “discovered” Kurt Schwitters on a Compositional forum I attended at my old University. The way of dadaist performance, which may...

Hi yohooo8, Here are the edited versions of your two blogs. I really have started enjoying editing your blogs. Some as these are so interesting! and all of them are funny! Regarding helping you with writing, though I do not feel qualified to give you any suggestions ( the...