Have Been/Has Been

[Karl]

I think the best way to learn English is by repitition of phrases, basically like a baby learns. The big problem is that the brain soaks up knowledge the best and fastest while very young eg under five years of age. So unless you are very intelligent you will find it incredibly difficult to speak English well if you start learning after this.
English is a mongrel barbaric language that absorbs words from all over the world and the colonials have made it even worse eg yankees and southern rednecks, Australians etc. But to be fair a lot of the English people sound as though they have been labotomized. And the upper classes sound as if their tongue is paralized.
At the end of the day no one really cares how badly you speak English, only annoying academic prats.
The highest classes of England only use English as a casual language and to communicate to the plebians.

 

[أحمد]

I think the best way to learn English is by repitition of phrases, basically like a baby learns. The big problem is that the brain soaks up knowledge the best and fastest while very young eg under five years of age. So unless you are very intelligent you will find it incredibly difficult to speak English well if you start learning after this.
English is a mongrel barbaric language that absorbs words from all over the world and the colonials have made it even worse eg yankees and southern rednecks, Australians etc. But to be fair a lot of the English people sound as though they have been labotomized. And the upper classes sound as if their tongue is paralized.
At the end of the day no one really cares how badly you speak English, only annoying academic prats.
The highest classes of England only use English as a casual language and to communicate to the plebians.

There's more assessment on written language than spoken in academia, and speaking isn't assessed on accent. Its understandable to ignore certain rules of grammar in speech, but writing isn't the same; even if its not "formal" writing. http://www.islamicboard.com/islamic-forum/134299777-i-got-question-about-thingy-innit.html

:wa:

 

['Abd Al-Maajid]

are you wery sure? this is vat i vas thinking also...

i need to buy new microvawe

my uncle drives a wan

LOL That was funny. But I have seen some native English speakers making these kind of silly spelling mistakes too...

Me..No English..Me..bad English.Me little little like.. you how?..you knowaa...you go ...my talk ..bad talk. ..yes..my country.. english ruled....but no english...but..more learn...more talk...congrats... me going..you type. Taa taa bye


I have heard.. ppl speaking in that^^^ flow too...

LOL this is funny too.


I am expecting zAk here...

 

[ابن آل مرة]

it gets annoying when people say " we was gona go" or " they was supposed to come"..sign of ignorance for people who are supposed to speak english properly.

 

[~Raindrop~]

^Agreed. It's hugely irritating. Almost as bad is, "I were sayin' to him, like, don't do that, like..." :heated: What's with all the likes?

 

[ابن آل مرة]

like totally^..

 

[ardianto]

Anyone here speaks English worse than me ?.

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

it gets annoying when people say " we was gona go" or " they was supposed to come"..sign of ignorance for people who are supposed to speak english properly.

Not necessarily ignorance; it's more likely to be simply a habit. It's down to the dialect that people speak, and to some extent who they're speaking to. Southern Standard English is what has been erected as "the correct way" to speak English, but we have to accept it's not the only way. If people can communicate effectively to each other using dialect-based grammar then the language has still done its job. There comes a point where we could drive ourselves mad trying to persuade everybody to speak with standard grammar - it's simply not going to happen. On the other hand, if you're attending a job interview and your dialect is likely to affect your chances of success (for whatever reason), then you clearly have a choice to make.

What's with all the likes?

Yes, what is with all the "likes"? Since, as in the example you gave, it adds no meaning to the sentence, it must be a kind of conversational placeholder, used while the brain thinks of the next words to string together in the hope of reaching the full stop. Like "umm..." or "er...". I'm very proud of having successfully taught many people to recover from their addiction to "like"!

Peace

 

[marwen]

Anyone here speaks English worse than me ?.

Yes. I am speak english worser than your :X

 

['Abd Al-Maajid]

Anyone here speaks English worse than me ?.

Yes, I do....

 

[~Raindrop~]

Greetings,

Yes, what is with all the "likes"? Since, as in the example you gave, it adds no meaning to the sentence, it must be a kind of conversational placeholder, used while the brain thinks of the next words to string together in the hope of reaching the full stop. Like "umm..." or "er...". I'm very proud of having successfully taught many people to recover from their addiction to "like"!

Peace

How does one achieve such a seemingly unattainable goal, one wonders? *Posh nasal accent*

 

[Karl]

There's more assessment on written language than spoken in academia, and speaking isn't assessed on accent. Its understandable to ignore certain rules of grammar in speech, but writing isn't the same; even if its not "formal" writing. http://www.islamicboard.com/islamic-forum/134299777-i-got-question-about-thingy-innit.html

:wa:

That's true, especially if you are dealing with art subjects, and law is the most fastidious about language, one must have perfect English skills to succeed in law. But science subjects are not so worried about the use of the English language as long as you can get your facts and answers across in an understandable manner. Strangely music is considered an art even though it relies on pure mathematics and acoustics, maybe the art is the ability of the composer and musician to move the audiance.

 

[ardianto]

Yes. I am speak english worser than your :X

Yes, I do....

At least I am not the worst. ;D

Okay, I have a question.

From my knowledge, "Have" is used for "I", "You", "We", "They".
"Has" is used for "He", "She", "It".

"Do/Don't" is used for "I', "You", "We", "They".
"Does/Doesn't" is used for "He", "She", "It".

But last year, a member from US, Podarok, written "Chinese doesn't have alphabets".
Is it correct ?. Why not "Don't have" or "Doesn't has" ?.

 

[Beardo]

^ It's sometimes easier if you break the contraction.

"Chinese does not have alphabets."
"Chinese do not have alphabets."

 

[~Raindrop~]

Could you say: "Chinese does not have an alphabet"? Just wondering...

 

[abdussattar]

You cannot say "an alphabet" as 'alphabet' is the set of 'a,b,c,d,....z'

'a' 'b' 'c' are individually called letters.

If you say 'Chinese' referring to the language, your statement can be correct if you remove the 'an'

And if you say 'Chinese' referring to the people of China, 'does' becomes 'do', and the 'an' should be removed.

 

[~Raindrop~]

Er...Right. Okay. Thank you.

*pretending to understand*.

 

['Abd Al-Maajid]

LOL We've got some good Students of English here on board...;D

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

Despite the good efforts on display here, there has been some incorrect information in this thread. This is only natural, as English is a maddeningly difficult language to use. I'll try to clear up some of the points on this page:

But last year, a member from US, Podarok, written "Chinese doesn't have alphabets".
Is it correct ?. Why not "Don't have" or "Doesn't has" ?.

The sentence as you have given it is not strictly wrong, but it could be worded better to make the meaning clear.

If "Chinese" refers to a language, it would be better to write: "Chinese doesn't have an alphabet", to indicate that it doesn't use any alphabet at all. "Chinese" as a language is a noun - it is a thing. In sentences, single nouns behave like he, she or it. He, she or it are normally followed by "has" in the present tense. However, when the sentence contains a negative (in this case "doesn't"), we write "doesn't have", not "doesn't has".

If the intended meaning is "The Chinese people", then "don't have" is correct.

Could you say: "Chinese does not have an alphabet"? Just wondering...

Yes, this is correct.

You cannot say "an alphabet" as 'alphabet' is the set of 'a,b,c,d,....z'

The word "alphabet" is a noun, so it is perfectly OK to put "an" in front of it.

The alphabet that we use in English is called the Roman or Latin alphabet; there are many others. Greek, Arabic and Russian use different alphabets, for example.

Peace

 

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam

- how would you know what to use for them? :exhausted[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]

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