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boracasli wrote:Hello!
This is my personal thread in the English forum. My English is at an advanced level. I want to improve my fluency in English, so I'm studying everyday. I've technically been a user here for approximately two years, but I actually started using the site in March of this year. I learn English at school, but I learnt most of it on my own. I go to school on weekdays; I'm more active on the weekend. I prefer British English to American English, because British English is very beautiful. But most of the popular sites like Google use American spelling, since they're based in the United States. But I prefer to use “colour” instead of “color”. As everyone knows, my favourite singers are Ellie Goulding and Florence Welch. I'm an admirer of music and languages. I will ask you my questions about English here. My priority is to improve my fluency in English. Because many people can speak English wherever you go. Music and languages make my life complete, I can't live without them. And of course, I love Karen Gillan. I want to finish the text here. Goodbye!
boracasli wrote:so I'm studying every day.
My priority is to improve my fluency in English, because many people can speak English wherever you go.
Music and languages make my life complete: I can't live without them.
They're not always linked by a comma - I think it's a question of whether the "because" clause is the focus of the sentence or not. For example,ling wrote:Clauses beginning with "because" are dependent, and should be linked to an independent clause with a comma.
Eftychia wrote:Thanks for everything. I want to continue writing. I'm actively studying Chinese nowadays. I may afterlater begin to learning Japanese and Korean. I have the right to learn any language using any way.
Eftychia wrote:And I like the way I learn languages. The English that is taught at school is never enough to talk fluently. I also make mistakes in any language, including my native language. Everybody makes mistakes. People are born to make mistakes, so I want to state that we learn from our mistakes.
Eftychia wrote:My English is around B2-C1, but I think it's going down since I don't study English very much. I think I should study more English more. I've been listening to English-language* songs every day, but I don't think itthat will be the solution. My Greek is around B1-B2, I've been trying to improve it, but I think that the books I have aren't enough to improve my Greek. I've been learning many languages at the moment, but I don't have time to study all of them.
* I don't refer to them as “English songs”, because there aren't onlyI don't just listen to English singers (although most of my favourites are from England), but also Scottish, Welsh, American, New Zealand and Australian singers that I listen to.
When I was a child, I had a great musical taste (I still have a great musical taste*). I liked Lolly's “Big Boys Don't Cry”, but I didn't listen to her other songs. I'm still listening to the songs that I used to listen when I was a child. I feel like I'm in my childhood. And in 2007, I had more favourite singers. I began to like various artists.
Eftychia wrote:One of the ones that I liked the most was Gia Farrell. She was only 18 years old, and I was 8 or 9 years old when I discovered her while watching a music programme on TV. I miss those days, because Justin Bieber was only a YouTube personality, and there was no One Direction** in those days.
* I especially love to listen to Katy Perry, Ellie Goulding and Florence + the Machine songs.
** An English-Irish boyband that I dislike.
I've been learning languages since 2002. The first one that I learnt is English. And in 2007, I began learning Russian. And now, I've been learning many languages including Swahili.
Eibhlín wrote:I after realised that English is the key for learning other languages.
Levente wrote:Eibhlín wrote:I after realised that English is the key for learning other languages.
I am not totally sure but I think Americans spell realised as realized with a z.
Eibhlín wrote:I'm going to improve my English. I actually write my English essays in British English, since we're all using British English materials. But it doesn't matter.
Some people simply say "America" instead of "the United States". Is this usage also correct?
English is spoken by millions of people, so you can communicate with many people if you can speak English. But I don't think only one foreign language is enough. I'm learning as many languages as possible. My English is still around B2-C1. English is not my most favourite language, but I can understand English materials or texts very easily. I after(later?) realized that English is the key for learning other languages.
I'm learning the British accent.
I prefer to use different spellings for different contexts, myself: color /ˈcələr/ v, colour /cɔˈlur/ n.Eibhlín wrote:(I tried to use British spellings while I'm writing this, and if I have mistakes, you can correct me)
Hello!
This is my personal thread in the English forum. My English is at an advanced level. I want to improve my fluency in English, so I'm studying everyday. I have been a user here for approximately two years, but I started using the site in March this year. I learn English at school, but I learnt most of it on my own. I'll go to school on weekdays, I'll am more active at the weekend. I prefer British English to American English, because British English is very beautiful [you can insert an emoticon to retain the flow of the sentence], but most of the popular sites, like Google, use American spelling, since they're based in the United States. But I prefer to use ‘colour’ instead of “color”. As everyone knows, my favourite singers are Ellie Goulding and Florence Welch. I'm an admirer of music and languages. I will ask you my questions about English here. [try to make more compound and complex sentences to make it flow better] My priority is to improve my fluency in English. because many people can speak English wherever you go. Music and languages make my life complete; I can't live without them; and of course, I love Karen Gillan. I want to end up the text here. Goodbye![Goodbye is usually used more for emphasis in written messages]
Eibhlín wrote:You know I always write my texts using British rules and words, but this time I will/shall try to write using American rules and words. So please correct my text according to written American spelling.
I'm going to improve my English. I actually write my English essays in British English, since we're all using British English materials, but it doesn't matter.
Some people simply say "America" instead of "The United States". Is this usage also correct? [Yes...no...sometimes...it depends. Mostly, you can. When being formal, "The United States" is preferred.]
English is spoken by millions of people, so you can communicate with many people if you can speak English, but I don't think only one foreign language is enough. I'm learning many languages as possible. My English is still around B2-C1. English is not my most favourite language [British spelling, not American], but I can understand English materials or texts very easily. I later realized that English is the key for learning other languages.
I'm going to end the text.
JuxtapositionQMan wrote:I haþ/have been
JuxtapositionQMan wrote:I'll be more active at the weekend.
Eibhlín wrote:I'm going to write another text to be fixed.
My English may be good, but it’s never not perfect.[1] Everyone makes mistakes even in their own language. It may seem weird to some people, but actually it isn’t. It means that we don’t even know our native language very well. I’m trying to learn Estonian. Despite the fact that it’s one of the most difficult languages to study, I’m trying to improve anyway.[2] However, English is phonetically more difficult than Estonian and I have to improve my English in order to stay in the United Kingdom. I’ll either go to Estonia or the United Kingdom when I come of age,[3] but this situation[4] may change. I’ll maybe go to Qatar this summer, so I’ve begun to study Arabic more intensively. As far as I’ve heard, most people in Qatar can speak English. I’m spending almost all of my free time after school in front of the computer, but I generally use the computer to study languages and read the news.
Eibhlín wrote:* What’s the difference between strange and weird? I used ‘weird’ but is the word ‘strange’ also acceptable?
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