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A lack of english knowledge

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Ofelix, May 29, 2003.

  1. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    Even though I am on the top ten of my ESL-LA program at school ( Englids Second Language - Language Art ) Their is still many thing I'm missing...

    In these board I recall Some people said Armor and other Armour, the same with color and colour, I also remeber People saying Rouge and other rogue, The last seem to me a typo error though but I see it often

    Please Enlight me?
     
    Ofelix, May 29, 2003
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    The difference in spelling some words -our v. -or is nothing more that British conventions v. American.
     
    Rallymama, May 29, 2003
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    Armor and Color are the american versions of the british Armour and Colour.

    Rouge is actually a form of red, and completely different from rogue. A lot of people state rouge when they mean rogue though. But that doesn't make it correct ;)
     
    Faragon, May 29, 2003
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  4. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    Ahhh it's clearer then, I'll not go debate in wich to choose betwen the british/american way because It may become ugly.

    About "rouge" is actualy red in french...
     
    Ofelix, May 29, 2003
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    I'm going to guess you are Quebecois. Come on out to Alberta sometime and I'll teach you English the Canadian way! On a more serious note, PM me or e-mail me anytime for English help -- I'll do the same for French with you, as my Daughter is in French Immersion right now and at the second grade already speaks better French than I do!
     
    LKD, May 29, 2003
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  6. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    Why not Lol! :D Yep I'm from Québec, ESL-LA isn't a immersion program it's just a enrich class. What d'ya mean the Canadian way? I though the west were using the American way?

    PM if you want, though I am not a expert in french...
     
    Ofelix, May 29, 2003
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    By the way, if you want to improve your English, you might like to change the word "their" in your location. "Their" is the plural third person possessive as in "That is not my dog, it is their dog". You need to say "There is a beaver".

    I wouldn't normally pick people up on their (!) grammar, but that is the name of the thread after all!
     
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    Well if we're going to pick at his location line the more obvious mistake is the typo. It should be:
    ... where there is a beaver ...

    not ... were there is a beaver ...
     
    Lazy Bonzo, Jun 3, 2003
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    Ah, well done. Now that we have started pointing out other people's gaffs, we will need to all be on our toes from now on, so we don't make any of our own......

    By the way, any that I make are deliberate.
     
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  10. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    I'll make the change thank you for the notice...
     
    Ofelix, Jun 5, 2003
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    Is it true that Americans use rather 'dificult' words like Elevator iso the English word Lift?
     
    Master of Nuhn, Jun 6, 2003
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    I don't know why, but I prefer American English to British English.
    The bad thing is that tomorrow I'm taking the Cambridge CPE exams and they want us to write and speak in British English. Oh...now that I think about this and the difficulty of these exams I'm nervous. :(
     
    Volsung, Jun 7, 2003
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