The thing about the forum is, it is not run by bunches of intelligent people, yes, there are people who are good at English who help others but there are also some very idiotic people who came around, feeling the need to help others with their crap English.
It is completely unnecessary and it creates confusion.
I'd say my English is fine but it's not good enough to help people with these standards, I find it incredibly difficult to answer some of the questions.
I signed up there to ask questions about sentences that my students made and I was not sure whether it's right or wrong.
I really cannot count on some of my school teachers, I really doubt their grammar standard sometimes.
Some sentences I know are right, they claimed it's wrong. Some sentences I know are wrong, they claimed it's right!
The thing is, they refused to believe me when I was right about some grammatical rules!
It's really difficult to argue with them as they think I am oh-so-bloody fresh I do not know shit about English and they are oh-so-bloody experienced so they know every single grammatical shit.
So, the good way is to post it online, wait for some geniuses to answer then print it out to shut their mouth.
By chance, I saw this 22-year-old girl whom I felt like mocking completely, she was correcting people's English with her own lame English.
I do not laugh or make fun of people who want to improve their English. Sometimes I correct Alberto's English and realised he was right, I was wrong. But when somebody posted something online, it's just stupid to correct his English when (a)you are not sure, (b) your English is pretty crap too.
Look at these 2 examples:
1. Subject: "The people"
Q: Is it okay to say,
The people line up to buy food.
She answered:
"I think that can be use and it has another choices, too
The people queue up to .. .
The people stand in line to .........
Hope that can help you."Urm.. I don't want to correct her English but this guy is asking whether "the people" is right or wrong, also, the usage of "line up" is correct. What is she thinking?!
2. Subject: "He and Adam"
Q: Can I say,
He and Adam have gone to the market.
She answered:
Adam and him have gone to the market.
OR
They have gone to the market.
I hope it might be work!"WTF?!?!
First of all, "He and Adam have gone to the market." is correct; second of all, "Adam and him have gone to the market." is wrong as "Him have gone to the market." does not make sense; third of all, "I hope it might be work!" is a complete WTF!
With this kinda lame grammar standard, this girl still felt like correcting somebody's grammar, my god...
She is confusing the asker!
I really felt like saying something mean like telling her not to confuse people if she's not sure about her English and tell her her English really sucks, but then again, my English is not that perfect so I am not in any position to be this mean publicly.
Look at this one again:
Q:Can I say,
(a) After a few days, the seed grew up. Jonathan was surprised when saw the golden papaya tree.
(b) The seed grew into a papaya tree / a papaya.
(c) The papaya tree grew some papayas.
(d) The seed became a papaya / papaya tree.
She answered:
Could it be..,
(a) After a few days, the seed grew up. Jonathan
(b) The seed grew
OR (b) The seed BECAME a papaya tree / a papaya.
(c) The papaya tree grew (gave) some papayas.
(d) The seed became a papaya / papaya tree.
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