Is my English that bad?

Really can't judge, sorry.

Dear Kuma,

I can understand your English! can you understand mine after the typos? ! Fredrik

Kuma

Why do you ask? I can understand all of your posts, which I find interesting and helpful.

At least you don't leave words out like what I do all time.

Rotf

Teribl, jus terebel.
David

Kuma,

Most English people are used to "foreigners" making mistakes in both spoken and written English. We are also used to making lots of mistakes ouselves.

But we are also very tollerant, and automatically make mental corrections of the mistakes of others , without ever mentioning it.

Your English seems perfect to me.

Cheers

Don

quote:

we are also very tollerant

??

Chris

For a scholarly dissertation, you've got problems.

For the motley crew on this Forum, no problem.

Why the sudden paranoia?

Steve

Thanks for your replies, guys.

I know I am pretty lazy so, I do not spell or grammar check before I post.

But a friend asked me if I am hanging out with *natives* lately and pointed out my English is slipping for the worse.

It sort of coincides with inability to make any corrections or deletions on this Forum, I guess. ( it's like seeing my own arse naked in public )

Fredrik,

What typos?

quote:

At least you don't leave words out like what I do all time.

ROTF,

Oh yes I do and I don't even realise it.
The worst for me is to leave out the *negatives*.

Overall, tho, the Forum posters here from the UK write better than the US Forums.

Well, at least it's good to know my writing hasn't cause much confusion.

Thankfully communication is not reliant on grammar and spelling, otherwise 99% of people would be screwed!

eh?!

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Originally posted by joe90:
Thankfully communication is not reliant on grammar and spelling, otherwise 99% of people would be screwed!

Perhaps that explains why I am celibate.

The opposite of my excuse then! Fredrik

quote:

Originally posted by Don Atkinson:
Most English people are used to "foreigners" making mistakes in both spoken and written English. We are also used to making lots of mistakes ouselves.

Us Scots are probably more tolerant.......

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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:

quote:

Originally posted by joe90:
Thankfully communication is not reliant on grammar and spelling, otherwise 99% of people would be screwed!

Perhaps that explains why I am celibate.

Perhaps the *proper* English is overrated, afterall.

I saw a report on TV that said this electronic medium has created a new shortened form of written communication from using lots of short cuts. Large companies are now sending their young employees to english classes in order to clear up communication problems because many mistakes are made from bad grammer. they are also sending them to finishing school as they don't have propper social etiquite from tehir upbringing and they are now representing a major corporation.

My mother is 84 and had good grammer when I was growing up, correcting my papers, but now writes in a very abbreviated form that it's hard to understand what she is saying or refering to. I do notice some really bad basic mistakes on the forum that I was marked for in my English classes, like "their for they're" "here for hear" "I and me" etc. Oh well, I once got called on about using my knife to cut into a bread roll when it should have been torn apart. Terribly bad manners in some circles. But then I'm not dining with the queen. Tho the guy I was dining with thought he was one. I never got asked back, that was good in my case. Tho I do tear my bread now.

Using txt messages is not going to help the next generation. What a battle.

and personalised plates?

Language is organic and constantly evolving. Like it or not, many of the abbreviations and colloquialisms that are introduced into the language eventually become part of it.

Any idea of 'proper' english can only be a snapshot of its history.

That said, for the purposes of clear communication there must be rules.

Kuma, your english is fine.

Mark

Mark,

I guess this was one of my *self-conscious* moment induced by a friend. It's a good reminder anyway.


Acronyms and bad grammar are fine to use if the contents are understood, but I wish I could write a proper English if I wanted to.

English is a hard language.

kuma,

Your English is not only good enough to understand, it is also infinitely better than my Japanese will ever be!

Cheers,

Jon