is the phrase "Speak Good English" grammatically correct?
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any brits can verify this?
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do u need to be anal abt this?
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Let me educate the simpleton
this is called an imperative
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if not happy with good, can "speak gooder or goodest english" ....
hehe
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Hehehe.
Why must we say Please be seated and not Please be sitted leh ?
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making a big fuss over nothing
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speak the bestest english
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I'm no Brit, but from my anal view, if I'm a hillbilly and I heard a Singaporean speak, I'll consider his capability to speak Singlish, good and that means I should emulate said person as "good" is afterall a matter of perception.
I would call the campaign "Practise proper English" instead, to cover all forms of vocal and literal English communication. [/anal]
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Originally posted by Toiletries:
I'm no Brit, but from my anal view, if I'm a hillbilly and I heard a Singaporean speak, I'll consider his capability to speak Singlish, good and that means I should emulate said person as "good" is afterall a matter of perception.
I would call the campaign "Practise proper English" instead, to cover all forms of vocal and literal English communication. [/anal]
I would agreed with you the word 'proper' is the most appropriate instead of the word 'good'.
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speak good singlish oso boleh leh..
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Speak betterest engrish is the mother of all engrish.
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ts u major in english? if not stfu
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Originally posted by No_10_Tomas:
any brits can verify this?
The sentence "any brits can verify this?" is a incomplete sentence with multiple grammatical errors.
The following errors were spotted in the sentence:
- any - Punctuation
- brits - Punctuation, Spelling, Informal noun usage
- this - Missing subordinating conjunctions and phrase
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can shd be in front.
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should it be "Speak in good English" instead
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Originally posted by No_10_Tomas:
should it be "Speak in good English" instead
Since "good" is an adjective, both Speak English and Speak in English are correct.
The use of the preposition "in" is used when English is an adjective.
Example: What language is the Briton using?
Reply: He is speaking in English. (implication of the collective noun language.)
Note that in this example, the word "English" is an adjective as there is a collective noun "language" implied.
However, when English is used as a "noun" the preposition is not required.
Any further debate = 鸡蛋里挑骨头
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"Speak proper English" better than "Speak Good English"?