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 #2 (permalink) Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:15 am What country are the shops located in? |
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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.
Amy
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 26, 2006 13:17 pm What country are the shops located in? |
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Hi Silke
I see you've been back. I'm glad to have a name to use now. :D Are you from Germany?
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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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| #4 (permalink) Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:11 am What country are the shops located in? |
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:) hi there...
why not 'Please' as the answer? Many thanks :P |
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:58 am What country are the shops located in? |
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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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| #6 (permalink) Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:28 pm What country are the shops located in? |
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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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