Nope, it doesn't. It's OK. Why do you think so? For example, an American told me that the following sentence was awkward but grammatically corect: I wish I had been speaking English since childhood.

Hi Kooyeen I'd like to tell you about what happened last night. I was watching a documentary on National Geographic Channel about an air disaster that happened in Los Angeles in 1986. It wasn't until the program was almost over that I

The best choice is to study received pronounciation because you'll be understood wherever you go. In fact, BBC english is very posh and just lovely, yet they're catchy. Several weeks ago, I was wondering what my english was like. I

No, 'food' is not a proper name. Can't you read? ... and thus inacapable of being modified by adjectives of quality. Where do you get this stuff? You just make it up. English, as the name of a language, rather than a place or person,

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'.

let me get to the point, i can read, write and understand english well, i can undersatnnd every accent, like american, british etc, but i am having lots of difficulty speaking english, when i am speaking english, i forgot words etc, what is the

As someone living in Northern Ireland, the most accurate comment ... over the centuries by migrants from England, Scotland, and Wales. However, there are identifiable features which are common in speech across Northern Ireland. Those of us with

Zenith is twice mistaken: 1. The English words idiot and moron were coinedby early psychologists seeking technical descriptions of mental disability that were not contaminated beforehand by popular use: but both words rapidly became terms of

That's rather like telling African-Americans that they don't need an ... in these fields, fluency is English has to some advantage. No advantage at all in knowing English. It is a closed group, with no need for English... just as NY

In my experience Latin Americans (whether speaking English or Spanish) sometimes use "America" to refer to the US, but they ... I certainly wouldn't be amazed to hear "Wake up, America" (uttered in Spanish or Portuguese) to