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What country are the shops located in? #1 (permalink) Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:05 am   What country are the shops located in?
 

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?

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What country are the shops located in? #2 (permalink) Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:15 am   What country are the shops located in?
 

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? Wink

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.

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What country are the shops located in? #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 26, 2006 13:17 pm   What country are the shops located in?
 

Hi Silke

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

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What country are the shops located in and who wrote the sign text?


I was only "half serious" when I wrote this question. The reason I wrote my question was that I would not actually expect to see a sentence using the word "one" this way on a sign in an English-speaking country.... or at least not in the U.S.

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What country are the shops located in? #4 (permalink) Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:11 am   What country are the shops located in?
 

Smile hi there...

why not 'Please' as the answer? Many thanks Razz
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What country are the shops located in? #5 (permalink) Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:58 am   What country are the shops located in?
 

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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What country are the shops located in? #6 (permalink) Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:28 pm   What country are the shops located in?
 

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!

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