Learn english thread to teach lesson jabbering foreigners

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Does bad writing foreigners irritate you? Or does you only want to learn them better write the beautifull english language better? Copy their bad 'english' writing and teach them how who would write it. Copy and improve! they will thank you for it.

EDIT2: Anybody reading any of my posts may correct me here if I make serious mistakes

EDIT: I don't want this thread to become too serious, but i really would like it when people now and then improve my sentences here. I'm always struggling to put my english sentences together, but when people show me how to write it properly i can have a laugh (eg.post # 33)at myself and hopefully learn from it.

(I actually have gotten one poster telling me not to come back at the forum till i could spell properly :rolleyes:)
 
Foreigners writing bad English is fine by me.
 
Does bad writing foreigners irritate you? Or does you only want to learn them better write the beautifull english language better? Copy their bad 'english' writing and teach them how who would write it. Copy and improve! they will thank you for it.

Do you want some help with your English Asperger? Is that the reason for this thread?

If so, I'd be happy to help.
 
I think the Idea here is to take samples of poorly written english and attempt to correct them. At least, that's what "Copy and Improve" says to me...
 
Copy and improve what?
 
Good god... why dont you let the non-english speakers around here decide when "they want to learn to write better english themselves." They are generally competent enough to get their point across... why try to teach them in such a disdainful manner?
 
Speak English good I. Improve your speak abilities will I.

1 Lesson:

Jill and Jack up the hill went
To pail a water fetch.
Fell Jack down crown his broke
And tumbling after Jill.
 
Good god... why dont you let the non-english speakers around here decide when "they want to learn to write better english themselves." They are generally competent enough to get their point across... why try to teach them in such a disdainful manner?

why is this disdainfull ?:confused: I only ask for copy and improve, and they (I) will learn. Learning isn't something to be ashamed of.
 
Let's give it a shot...

Hm. Last I heard, the workpl'ace was the single commonest place to meet a future spouse ...
"Hm." is not a sentance. You should've written "Hm, last I heard...etc."
 
why is this disdainfull ?:confused: I only ask for copy and improve, and they (I) will learn. Learning isn't something to be ashamed of.

Is this what you mean...

Fixed version:

Why is it disdainfull? I'm only asking to copy and improve my English so that I can learn. Learning isn't something to be ashamed of.
 
why is this disdainfull ?:confused: I only ask for copy and improve, and they (I) will learn. Learning isn't something to be ashamed of.

Fair enough, I just find the method to be too easily corrupted into "lets make fun of the way the foreigners write english." This is all the more annoying because most of us English speakers can't fluently speak or write in another language.
 
Does bad writing foreigners irritate you? Or does you only want to learn them better write the beautifull english language better? Copy their bad 'english' writing and teach them how who would write it. Copy and improve! they will thank you for it.

When nonnative English speakers speak English poorly, it doesn't bother me. When native English speakers speak and write English poorly, it bothers me to no end.

On a side note, when British people get indignant when an American corrects his English, it's completely stupid. Some British people think "we invented the language" so they're above criticism. So dumb.

EDIT: You guys do know that Asperger is capable of writing perfect English, right?
 
well this is me all over than im english and my spelling is bad.
i rest my case.
 
Is this what you mean...

Fixed version:
Why is it disdainfull? I'm only asking to copy and improve my English so that I can learn. Learning isn't something to be ashamed of.

Correct version:
Why is it disdainful? I'm only asking to copy and improve my English so that I can learn. Learning isn't something to be ashamed of.
 
Why is it disdainful? I'm only asking to copy and improve my English so that I can learn. Learning isn't something to be ashamed of.

Real fixed version:

Why is it disdainful? I'm only asking to copy and improve my English so that I can learn. Learning isn't something of which to be ashamed.

No prepositions at the end of sentences.
 
[....] EDIT: You guys do know that Asperger is capable of writing perfect English, right?

Thank you, my english teacher won't believe you! At school english was my worst .... subject?, section?, space?, sector?, plot?, panel?, section?, compartment?, pigeon-hole?, profession?, trade?, business?, subject?, i'm looking in my dictionary now :lol:
 
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