I speak Kannada as a native language but I have lived in the US for half my life (8 years.) So, I'd like to think that my English is just as goodwell, if not better, as my native language. ^^
I speak Kannada as a native language but I have lived in the US for half my life (8 years.) So, I'd like to think that my English is just asgoodwell, if not better, as my native language. ^^
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Actually, I do believe that "good" is correct in that usage. The "good" is modifying "English." "Well" is an adverb the way you're looking to use it, unless you mean his English is in good health.
If he had said "...speak English...," you'd be correct.
I speak Kannada as a native language but I have lived in the US for half my life (8 years.) So, I'd like to think that my English is just asgoodwell, if not better, as my native language. ^^
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Actually, I do believe that "good" is correct in that usage. The "good" is modifying "English." "Well" is an adverb the way you're looking to use it, unless you mean his English is in good health.
If he had said "...speak English...," you'd be correct.
Ack! You are correct! I read through quickly and thought is was the usuall "I speak good" rather than the correct "I speak well." My apologies.
I speak Kannada as a native language but I have lived in the US for half my life (8 years.) So, I'd like to think that my English is just asgoodwell, if not better, as my native language. ^^
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Actually, I do believe that "good" is correct in that usage. The "good" is modifying "English." "Well" is an adverb the way you're looking to use it, unless you mean his English is in good health.
If he had said "...speak English...," you'd be correct.
Ack! You are correct! I read through it quickly and thought it was the usual "I speak good" rather than the correct "I speak well." My apologies.
English grammar is one of the most pathetically easy to learn. Sometimes I mess up because I start applying grammar rules from other languages to English, but English itself is really a very easy language to learn (except maybe for spelling and pronunciation, which can be tricky at times).
Ack! You are correct! I read throughitquickly and thought itwas theusual"I speak good" rather than the correct "I speak well." My apologies.
Sorry... I just had to.
Hmmm, shouldn't there also be a comma after "usual" and "correct"?
If so, you should have a comma after "after" and "and"; I should as well. But I'm pretty sure that only applies to direct quotations, not indicative/emphatic quotation marks.
I speak Kannada as a native language but I have lived in the US for half my life (8 years.) So, I'd like to think that my English is just asgoodwell, if not better, as my native language. ^^
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Dang! I should have caught that one. I actually put in "well" at first, but it sounded too weird.
Semicolons are the sexy lovechild of the period and comma.
That should be either "Semicolons are the sexy lovechildren of the period and comma." or "The semicolon is the sexy lovechild of the period and comma."
Semicolons are the sexy lovechild of the period and comma.
That should be either "Semicolons are the sexy lovechildren of the period and comma," or "The semicolon is the sexy lovechild of the period and comma."
Semicolons are the sexy lovechild of the period and comma.
That should be either "Semicolons are the sexy lovechildren of the period and comma." or "The semicolon is the sexy lovechild of the period and comma."
Just so you know.
Just so you know, "semicolons" is a group noun and fits under the compound subject exception to the subject-verb rule. Just so you know.
On a related note, everyone with an English degree, raise your hand. What? I have one? Wow!
Okay, lets be reasonable though. There's no need to break out the grammar hammer as long as the post is legible, contains a understandable idea, and has correct spelling. Spelling is taken care of for you by FireFox and the spell checker on the bottom of the submit field, so the rest is just basic writing skills. I don't think there's really a need to know about compound subject exceptions and all that just to write a decent post. Our goal should be to make Mr. Period obsolete, not requisite.
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In which case; Joe, ask him where to start!
If he had said "...speak English...," you'd be correct.
Just so you know.
On a related note, everyone with an English degree, raise your hand. What? I have one? Wow!