I think she's talking about native speaker of english. By the way: 1) can I say "at what time should I call you ". 2) And if I say "I got to be on time for X". Is that the only case the word on is used to refer to time?

yes, I meant the stress. Is it ok if I say "accent" or do I always have to say "stress"??

Hi Hanuman. I would say in the first one, the a) and in the second one, it depends: who's saying "He gave me a book"?, if you're saying it is b). If is not you, is a) Correct me if I'm wrong plz.

MrPedantic wrote: Yes, people do that, I'm afraid! I didnt see that coming!!... I think I understand you a litle bit more now. PS: Nona: Don't start charging us please!

Hi englishuser. I think you missunderstood. What I meant to say is that even if they're not experts they still can help people who don't know english (like me for instance) because they speak english every single day of their lives. And of course

I think being optimistic is a good thing. I once read something like: an optimist and a pessimist might live the same time and the only difference between them would be the way they used their time.

Love this topic! Whats the difference between "soh-fee-ah" and "so-FEE-ah"? The voice enphasizing?, I think my name its pronounced the second way because of the accent.

Englishuser wrote: Anyway, what people need to understand is that their skills are far from The Queen's skills. Who needs the Queen?? Any non native speaker can be helped by a native speaker, or someone who speaks the language. And

Come on! people have actually done that? You gotta be really stubborn to edit your post just cause you want to be right.

Thank you LN... things are so much easier in spanish!. I think the "casual" use of I love you in spanish would be "Me encantas" o "Te adoro".