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#2 (permalink) Sun Oct 01, 2006 19:04 pm Meaning |
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Hi,
They all seem fine - just one correction:
5.- I didn?t say a single word so that nobody would CRITICIZE me.
As in 8 is all right, too.
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Sun Oct 01, 2006 22:25 pm May you correct the following sentences, please? |
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Hi, Alan!
Thanks a lot!
I am really improving my English, I am afraid! :lol:
When will I get to speak and write as a native speaker? :D :P
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Jesus1 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Sun Oct 01, 2006 22:28 pm How to speak like a native speaker |
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Hi Jesus, why do you want to be able to write and speak like a native speaker of English? What kind of native speaker are referring to? A college student, a professor of English, a marketing executive or a car mechanic?
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Torsten Learning Coach

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#5 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:40 am May you correct the following sentences, please? |
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Hello, Torsten
Just out of curiosity, may I ask if you are a native speaker of English?
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Tom I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 20:19 pm May you correct the following sentences, please? |
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Hello, Torsten!
How are you?
Well, I was just joking. :D 'Really?'. Nope. :lol: I would like to speak like a native speaker since I really love languages. And I think nobody speaks and knows better a mother tongue than a native speaker. Needless to say, he/she must be interested in his/her own language, of course. As for the 'examples' :D you gave me, Torsten, I think I would go for 'professor of English', but, honestly, as far I am concerned it doesn?t matter what people do for a living in this case. I mean, he/she can work as a mechanic and speak English brilliantly, so... you know, I would like to speak like him/her. As I said before, it?s just a question of being interested in your mother tongue or not. And a mechanic can be, can?t he?
Have a nice week!
Jes?s
P.D I also think that someone who has been brought up in an English speaking country at an early age ( And I am not talking about one, two years old. It could be five, six...) can speak English and write it perfectly as well. So, that would be fine too. |
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Jesus1 I'm here quite often ;-)
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