English speakers, unite!

[George Moran]

Hello,

I am inviting everyone to discuss different topics in English. All levels are welcome!

I found from experience that reading and writing greatly improves mastery of the language.

Topic suggestions are appreciated, also please let me know if you want your grammar corrected. Conversely, if you see a typo in my writing please let me know, thanks in advance!

About myself - I live in the USA for 28 years, graduated from a private University in Chicago in 1996, worked in multiple Fortune 500 corporations throughout the years.

Hope to see many of you here!

 

[Pasto]

смотрел симпсонов на амереканском языке вообще не смешно

 

[olley]

About myself - I live in the USA for 28 years

В таких оборотах обычно используют present perfect time "I have lived..." или perfect continuous "I've been living..."

 

[George Moran]

В таких оборотах обычно используют present perfect time "I have lived..." или perfect continuous "I've been living..."

There are many intricate ways to say this. One is not better or worse that another, they have slightly different meaning.

 

[George Moran]

смотрел симпсонов на амереканском языке вообще не смешно

South Park?

 

[olley]

There are many intricate ways to say this. One is not better or worse that another, they have slightly different meaning.

Ну, понятно. Сначала говорим о том, что, мол, поправляйте меня, а когда поправляют, то начинаются отмазки. Проехали.

 

[lala-fa]

-Excuse me, how much watch?
-Near six
-Such much?
-For whom how…
-MGIMO finished?
-Ask!…

 

[George Moran]

-Excuse me, how much watch?
-Near six
-Such much?
-For whom how…
-MGIMO finished?
-Ask!…

Cool, funny. Brighton Beach?
...
- Such much?!
- Yes, such!

 

[olley]

Fluently Fluent English speaking was A cristal dream

cristal dream? (crystal если уж на то пошло) Хрустальная мечта, как я понимаю? Так не говорят по-английски. Life long dream, или greatest dream меньше режет ухо.

And I left my trying.

Quit trying

 

[George Moran]

Ну, понятно. Сначала говорим о том, что, мол, поправляйте меня, а когда поправляют, то начинаются отмазки. Проехали.

You contend that my sentence is grammatically incorrect?

It's possible, though I don't see an error, just a variation of speech.

But if you are offended I apologize.

 

[George Moran]

I have lived in Kharkov for all my life. Fluently English speaking was cristal dream that never come true. School. English Grammar. Simple, Perfect, Continuous Tense. …London is the capital of GB… My name is…Who is on duty today?... English at Institute. Postgraduate studies. At work a little. As a result – only reading and writing with dictionary.

International House School, P3 level. only reading and writing. Ok. I tried to find pen-pal friend. I believed it may help me to improve my English. It was attractive Spanish man who writing English much more better than me. nothing new.

And I left my trying. I forgot all English Grammar, its times and rules. So sorry for my mistakes. I think it impossible to speak English fluently enough without to be placed in English environment.

Millions of people living in the US are no better than you at writing, let alone people outside of the US. I am sure practice will make your writing better.

When I was learning, I did not learn rules, I tried to memorize typical sentences and understand their structure.

The building where I lived had a library consisting of books donated by residents, and there I found detective stories by Ed McBain. Because detective stories had a lot of scenes where cops questioned suspects, I could memorize most common forms of sentences and it made my life much easier.

 

[George Moran]

I heared the same in such interpretation:

- Which watch?
- Six clock
-Such much?
- For whom how…
-MGIMO finished?

Yes, but this is missing a typical Brooklyn ending:
"Ask!" - "Спрашиваешь!"

 

[lala-fa]

Cool, funny. Brighton Beach?
...
- Such much?!
- Yes, such!

к своему стыду никогда не был на брайтоне

 

[George Moran]

к своему стыду никогда не был на брайтоне

Me, neither. In New York spent all my time in Manhattan. Plenty to see there.

Funny story:

we went to New York, flew in late, had a room booked in Marriott Times Square.

When we arrived (I, my wife, 2 kids), we were informed by the clerk that, because of a broken pipe, they only have rooms with one King size bed.

Since there were 4 of us, I specifically booked a room with 2 Queen beds and a sofa.

How can 4 people sleep in one bed?!

We argued for a while and I finished my sentence with a quote from Barzini ("The Godfather") - "After all, we are not communists!"

That evidently impressed the hotel clerk and we got a Presidential Suite for the night.

 

[lala-fa]

Me, neither. In New York spent all my time in Manhattan. Plenty to see there.

Funny story:

we went to New York, flew in late, had a room booked in Marriott Times Square.

When we arrived (I, my wife, 2 kids), we were informed by the clerk that, because of a broken pipe, they only have rooms with one King size bed.

Since there were 4 of us, I specifically booked a room with 2 Queen beds and a sofa.

How can 4 people sleep in one bed?!

We argued for a while and I finished my sentence with a quote from Barzini ("The Godfather") - "After all, we are not communists!"

That evidently impressed the hotel clerk and we got a Presidential Suite for the night.

О, круто. Не, меня от Манхеттена тошнит, на работу ездил туда полтора года. Может оскома сойдет со временем, кто знает.

По топику, меня учили (когда к IELTS готовился) что натуральней I ставить вконце. То есть Rob, Bridget and I, или her friend and I. С точки зрения правил это не ошибка.

 

[George Moran]

По топику, меня учили (когда к IELTS готовился) что натуральней I ставить вконце. То есть Rob, Bridget and I, или her friend and I. С точки зрения правил это не ошибка.

I agree. I am sure I still have an imprint of Russian in my brain, it's my native language after all, so sometimes I build sentences like a Russian speaker, without even noticing.

Frankly, I don't understand how Stirlitz could have avoided being caught. If he grew up in Russia, he must have occasionally made some kind of mistake in German.

I took TOEFL in 1993, it emphasizes classic English, as, I suspect, all these formal tests do.

But I don't see people in the US writing "honour" or "colour", for example, as proper English grammar requires.

 

[George Moran]

«How to ask it correctly – Conditioner doesn’t work? Conditioner isn’t working?»

Either would do, and both are correct, though you need to put it in some kind of wrapper - "I am sorry, a conditioner in my room isn't working".

Talking to Greek hotel staff does not require high level of English proficiency, no matter what you say, believe me, they've heard much worse.

My first horrifying experience in the West: I tried to wash my hands in Brussels Airport bathroom, but the faucet had no knobs! How the hell do I turn on water? Turns out there was a sensor and I just had to put my hands under the faucet for water to flow.

 

[Medbrat 153]

Hello,

I am inviting everyone to discuss different topics in English. All levels are welcome!

I found from experience that reading and writing greatly improves mastery of the language.

Topic suggestions are appreciated, also please let me know if you want your grammar corrected. Conversely, if you see a typo in my writing please let me know, thanks in advance!

About myself - I live in the USA for 28 years, graduated from a private University in Chicago in 1996, worked in multiple Fortune 500 corporations throughout the years.

Hope to see many of you here!

Hi.
I am glad to run into your topic.

What is your prediction the american election about? they say Baiden has more chanses for success.

 

[Гость344998]

Hello,

I am inviting everyone to discuss different topics in English. All levels are welcome!

i don't need english, fuck you

 

[George Moran]

Hi.
I am glad to run into your topic.

What is your prediction the american election about? they say Baiden has more chanses for success.

Hello, welcome.

I believe Biden will be President, but then again, I thought Clinton would win in 2016.