Using common english phrases and idioms

[Vinoth Kumar]

hi,

please could u send everyday using common english phrases and idioms, this one is very usefull for me to learn the english easily.

regards
vinoth

[Shyone]

If you look to the left of the main forum you will find exercises and short texts to read.

There you find everything you need to accomplish your basics, like the capitalization of the right words. In the texts every day phrases and idioms are used, you don't need extra mail to learn them.
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[Jamie (K)]

Vinoth, also please try to use your best English on this forum. There is no word "u" in English, for example, and you should start your sentences with capital letters.

Some of the teachers (like me) get a little ornery when people ask for English help but make mistakes on purpose.

[EndlessHope]

[Milanya]

We are all learners here. Flouting the conventions of a language, especially if a person poses him/herself as a one who wishes to learn "grammer," shows that this person does not actually care. These are NOT mistakes that come from lack of certain knowledge but carelessness and disrespect to the ones who are supposed to read and correct such posts.
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[Jamie (K)]

EndlessHope, I don't think you understand. We can see the difference between people making mistakes because they are just learning, and people who are making mistakes because they are being sloppy or just writing in chatroom English.

For example, you wrote, "They're learning, you're supposed to expect ( as a teacher) such mistakes from non-native speakers especially if they're beginners. so why you get ornery?" This should be, "They're learning. You're supposed to expect (as a teacher) such mistakes from non-native speakers, especially if they're beginners. So why do you get ornery?" This is nothing for us teachers to be bothered about, because it's clear you're doing your best to write in good English.

However, someone may write, "they r learning u r supposed to expect as a teacher such mistakes from non-native english speaker especially if they r beginners so why u get ornery" When something is written like that -- with no attempt at all to use any capitalization or punctuation, and writing "you" as "u", and "you're" as "u r" -- it's clear that this person wants "help" with his English but doesn't make even a minimal attempt to help himself.

[Gray]

It is not good that teachers giving their valuable time for us, have to repeatedly deal with such an indolence on the part of the students.

If we understand this and learn something from it then teachers would be able to put their energy to more creative use.
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[Kitosdad]

EH, you have been a very good student to date. Please don't cross over the line.

The comments made were justified.

Kitos.
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