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    Posted: September 02 2010 at 23:21
Wherein questions regarding English are answered for our non-native speakers. There may not be any demand for it in which case the thread will die an ignominious (adj, shameful, humilating, failed) death. I nominate myself as school master because I actually teach academic English for a job and BOY DO I LOOK FORWARD TO PEOPLE CRITICISING AND CORRECTING MY ANSWERS. Of course remember that language is idiolectic (adj, relating to the way an individual person speaks) as well as regional so the traditional notion that there is ONE CORRECT WAY to speak a language is of course false so people from different places or backgrounds or age groups may not agree with what I say.
Now it's pretty easy in the days of Google for a native speaker to quickly look up any info about English but a native speaker may not be sure which terms to search for, or may not be able to comprehend the explanation once they've found it, so here's a thread for you to ask away.

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I have one... what does There may no be no demand for it mean?
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You've gone and spoiled my little joke by noticing that.
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Me encantaria que me enseñes a hablar y escribir inglés Textbook, tu sabiduría no tiene límites y no puedo sino aprender... Oh maestro ilumíname!!!

This thread will die a quick death.
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Me encantaria que me enseñes a hablar y escribir inglés Textbook, tu sabiduría no tiene límites y no puedo sino aprender... Oh maestro ilumíname!!!

 


Needs an accent on the i. Other than that, your Spanish is really improving Tongue
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Nah dude, I barely have a grasp on English as is...
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Textbook are you a Vic Uni Alumini/student?
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Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

I'm not having you hunt me down.


Smart move.
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Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

I'm not having you hunt me down.


Haha.

Well, I'm a Vic student... so there.
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I've actually had a couple of my students who have mentioned being on here.  I keep a low profile in those cases.  I know them, they don't know me.   Perfect.
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Originally posted by Trademark Trademark wrote:

I've actually had a couple of my students who have mentioned being on here.  I keep a low profile in those cases.  I know them, they don't know me.   Perfect.

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Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Me encantaria que me enseñes a hablar y escribir inglés Textbook, tu sabiduría no tiene límites y no puedo sino aprender... Oh maestro ilumíname!!!

 


Needs an accent on the i. Other than that, your Spanish is really improving Tongue

That accent is so-post 1989... Tongue

(you got me really... )
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Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

Your face will die a quick death.

Oh no it will be long, slow.... wrinkles will start to appear much later... 

Care for another brilliant-original-unique-innovative textbook joke? Tongue
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Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Me encantaria que me enseñes a hablar y escribir inglés Textbook, tu sabiduría no tiene límites y no puedo sino aprender... Oh maestro ilumíname!!!

 


Needs an accent on the i. Other than that, your Spanish is really improving Tongue
In fact, Teo missed also the "!" symbol. In spanish you have to close the sentence in both sides, not just at the end like the lazy english speakers did... so basically the right form of the sentence is
 
¡Oh, maestro, ilumíname!
 
I'm journalist remember... writting in spanish IS my thing... I would change my name to a TEXTBOOK in Spanish...


Edited by jampa17 - September 03 2010 at 12:18
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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Originally posted by jampa17 jampa17 wrote:

Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Me encantaria que me enseñes a hablar y escribir inglés Textbook, tu sabiduría no tiene límites y no puedo sino aprender... Oh maestro ilumíname!!!

 


Needs an accent on the i. Other than that, your Spanish is really improving Tongue
In fact, Teo missed also the "!" symbol. In spanish you have to close the sentence in both sides, not just at the end like the lazy english speakers did... so basically the right form of the sentence is
 
¡Oh, maestro, ilumíname!
 
I'm journalist remember... writting in spanish IS my thing... I would change my name to a TEXTBOOK in Spanish...


This makes me wonder what kind of keyboard The T has. Maybe he doesn't have the nifty Alt Gr key that made typing in Spanish convenient back when I spent time in Mexico and Chile.
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!Oh, Maestro, Iluminame!

!Oh maestro, iluminame!
 
!Oh maestro iluminame!
 
How does that Alt Gr thingy work?
 
Is 'Oh' a word in Spanish?


Edited by akamaisondufromage - September 03 2010 at 12:53
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