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I feel like I am surrounded. Is this a male only forum? As for why I call myself, "enlishmajor", it is because that was my major in college. This qualifies one to be either a writer, a critic, or a teacher. I am a combination of all three, but mostly a poet. My political views are too hot to put online, but appear to be in line with most progressive democrats. My background is military (father and husband) and that makes me very protective of the waste of lives which has occurred under Bush, et al. I would go on, but that might provoke further inquiries, and if you want to see me in "action", you would have to be on AOL. Here are some clues. I am "prttyfine", on occasion.  |
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Englishmajor
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| #18 (permalink) Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:47 am National Public Radio |
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Excellent! My typing error was egregious (national pubic radio) and hilarious to say the least. Very good eye there by someone.
One should always be willing to eat one's own words. (Oh, my, this is getting raunchier by the minute.) |
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| #19 (permalink) Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:40 am Are you intersted in politics? |
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| Molly wrote: |
And I admire that you are trying to learn on here how to talk English.
"Speak" English, surely? |
Hi Molly,
only now it dawned to me that you meant me with your advise. I greatly appreciate your comment. It made me thinking through the content of the of the concerned text and the correct context.
-first: I intentionally decided for talking, since -from what I know- talking is something you can do, only, if there are others whom you can talk to (with who you can talk) and do that in English.
secondly- speaking is something one can do even if there isn´t any listener or person who hears you. So if you´re alone in a desert you can speak about whatever comes to your mind it wouldn´t do any matter. (speaking reminds me to a certain place in a London park).
Nonetheless, I should have substituded they for one, shouldn´t I? Perhaps another proficient English speaker can shed some light on this issue.
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| #20 (permalink) Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:59 am Are you interested in politics? |
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Hi Michael,
You can either talk or speak about something for hours without anyone listening so that's not the difference between 'speak' and 'talk'. You can speak a language but not you cannot talk a language so you can say "I speak English" but it would be wrong or at least very odd to say "I talk English".
By the way, you can be reminded about or of something but not to something so your sentence should read "This reminds me of a certain place..."
Also, something can dawn on you but not 'to you'. Another thing you might want to pay attention to is the difference between advice (noun) and advise (verb).
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| #21 (permalink) Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:57 am Are you interested in politics? |
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| <<so you sentence should read "This reminds of a certain place...">> |
That's not English, Torsten. |
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