What country are the shops located in?

[Silke]

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #22 "Gerunds and Idioms", question 1

I don't think we'll have any problem with the language here because there's a notice in most shops saying: Man speaks English here.

(a) any
(b) notice
(c) Man

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #22 "Gerunds and Idioms", answer 1

I don't think we'll have any problem with the language here because there's a notice in most shops saying: One speaks English here.

Correct entry: One
The error was: (c) Man
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What country are the shops located in and who wrote the sign text?

Silke

[Yankee]

Hi English Learner/Guest

I'm not sure what your question is, but my question would be: What country are the shops located in and who wrote the sign text?

The sentence 'One speaks English here' is grammatically correct and it's wrong with the word 'man'. However, in my opinion this type of sign would be more typical as a passive sentence: 'English is spoken here.'

The word 'one' can be used to talk about people in general, but it sounds very cold and formal and it's best only to use it in very formal written English.

Amy

[Yankee]

Hi Silke

I see you've been back. I'm glad to have a name to use now. Are you from Germany?

[Bt_Unlock18]

hi there...

why not 'Please' as the answer? Many thanks

[Kitosdad]

Good morning Bt_Unlock18.

Firstly, "please" was not one of the suggested answers to the question.

To say, "Please speak English here," would be to surmise that all the customers were capable of speaking English.
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[Alan]

Hi Bt,

If you wrote 'Please speak English here', that would be a request for everyone to speak English. And that would be very strange!

Alan
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