Learning English

English is a retarded language.

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Originally Posted by matrik02

Hi, I don't know if the topic will discuss here is posted in appropraite forums. I would like to find a tips on how I can communicate well in English?

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English grammer is pretty asanine, every grammer rule has multiple exceptions. I think it's because English has pretty much absorbed multiple influences from other languages.

But the second major language Mandarin sucks worse, a tone based language (fairly rare among languages) and it doesn't use an alphabet.

The fact that English has multiple words that mean "to be" and that they can't be exchanged with one another, just shows how insane the language is.

Is, be, am, are, was, were

VB is my first language. English comes second. I constantly have to correct myself when I type orelse as one word :(

new VB keyword since 2005 for any of you die hard VB6 veterans... ;)

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Originally Posted by capsulecorpjx

English grammer is pretty asanine, every grammer rule has multiple exceptions. I think it's because English has pretty much absorbed multiple influences from other languages.

But the second major language Mandarin sucks worse, a tone based language (fairly rare among languages) and it doesn't use an alphabet.

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Yes. English is rare in that it has both Germanic and Latin roots—as well as the 'borrowed' words that every language has.

Sometimes when I'm speaking, I don't want to say the whole sentence, so I usually say the first few words and then press Ctrl+Spacebar.