What's wrong with my English?

Ther's nothing wrong with your English. In fact it's a lot better than some people on the site. A lot of people who come here from other countries don't have English as their primary language so it's hard for them to translate to English what they mean to say. In time it will get easier for you to understand the basics of what these people are trying to say, but it takes a lot of patience sometimes. Just keep doing what you do and you'll improve even more.

Your English seems fine to me. I am an English teacher and I wish some of my students could put together a sentence as well as you have here. Don't worry about the words you don't understand. If they are important to you look them up.

Many people from different Asian countries are the members of Mylot.They know English but never bother to improve it.Any how this is not a forum to search or learn good English.It is just a friendship builder and a place to share opinions.

I don't think your English is the problem. A lot of times when talking on forums like mylot people use a lot of slang, which is hard for those who aren't native speakers of that language to learn. Not only for non-native speakers, but also for people of other countries or even just regions. I know when I moved from one state to another within the United States I discovered a lot of regional slang that I didn't know. Another problem is that many people online use shortcuts specifically for online use, like instant message or text speak. So many of those "words" you don't know might not be "words" at all. From reading your post, I would say that you are doing wonderful! Keep up the good work!

your english seems pretty good to me I guess it depends on which discussions you are referring to ... some people use slang, some people use abbreviations ( 'u' for you, 'ur' for your ...) so it can be misleading, some forget about ponctuation or just don't read what they type and it can come out weird ... also some are not living in an English speaking country, and although they are doing their best, some transposition can appear difficult to understand If it's only new words, well get a dictionary next to you or online and you will learn ...also a great place to improve your English would be chatrooms but I don't see nothing wrong with your English good luck and hang in there

Hi,easyzheng. I also come here not only make friends but also improve my English. I don't think there are any mistakes in your discussion. So don't worry about yourself. Just be confident. You can learn more from others in mylot and improve yourself gradually. Cheer up ! :)

Many people from different Asian countries are the members of Mylot.They know English but never bother to improve it.Any how this is not a forum to search ar learn good English.

Your English seems fine to me.

You speak or type very well! I think you will find subtle differences in english because english speaking people from different countries have inherited these differences. I am from Canada so my sentence could mean the same as an Americans sentence, but one or two words could be used differently. I've spoken english all my life and yet i am still learning the language! LOL! Take care Easyheng.

That was good step, write more to improve your english, but for me this is some problem that everybody that leave far away from europe and try to speak english they want to speak perfect english, common man, i dont know what your first language, but do you speak it in perfect form like written in the book? i think of course not, so don't worry about your english, just speak up and every body understand what are you talking about that just find. No time to think about structure and whatever that to make your english perfect. I think if you are talking very-very perfect english maybe people will laught at you because it will sound like weirdo.. i dont have good english, so what? but i'm understand what are people talking in english that is more than enough for me. I don't make money using good english, but with the knowledge right now i can learn in english, that is good.. So no need to put your self in pressure to get good english.

you are an english teacher?i think your english must be better than me.don't worry,just be confident and keep practising. when i met the words i don't know,i will look it up in a dictionary immediately,and for those names or places i don't know,i ignore them.really,i can't keep in mind some famous people's name,they are too long to remember,but if they are translated into Chinese,then i know who they are.

I think there's nothing wrong with your English. You might be a lot better than many people here in myLot. Most people here are not native speakers of English so you sometimes find posts that contain wrong grammar and sentence structure. Those people does not even bother to learn English because they are here to earn, not to learn the English language.

I come to mylot in order to improve my English. I love english very much. English is only a language, a tool for people to communicate with each other, so if people can understand you, that is ok. Mistakes are not so important.In fact,even native English speakers will make mistakes in their articles.Don't doubt your English, you see many people give you their responses.You make it. I majored in English when I was in university. As you know, we have no environment, although they are many native english teachers there. Most of the time, we speak Chinese in daily life. Only in oral english class, we would try to speak more. As an english major, I really hope that I will obtain a chace to go for United States or other European countries, such as UK.To enjoy the life there. To feel the exotic culture. :) Practice makes perfect, let's learn from each other and make progress together. Confidence an action will lead us to success.

Dear easyzheng, If you have joined to improve your language, then you are at the wrong place. But if you are interested in improving your general knowledge and procuring information on varied subjects then it's O K. Language is a structured form of the things that happen in your mind. When you see a fruit you may call it apple, and if you tell the same to a dozen other people and if they agree to call it the same then it is named apple. Thus language is a medium of expression of your thoughts. Ever since the invention of the WWW. strict language structures and rules have become less important. So if you'd like to improve your language proficiency read books, watch programs on tv, video, and speak and interact with people who speak the same language. If you need any help, you are free to contact me.

there is nothing wrong with your english, its very good. There are a lot of people on here with very poor english which i can't understand either. The other problem is probably the use of slang words, every country has different words which no one else understands.

easyzheng, Your English is excellent. I like reading your sentences. Sometimes, I also didn't understand some postings here or perhaps, I had a hard time to "digest" what they were talking about. But I do understand them. There are many members who are NOT native English speakers. I am one of them. However, there are native English speakers who are using slang language. Because myLot is informal discussions and they use to do it in social meetings. If you want to improve your English, you need to "talk" with native speakers. Otherwise, you're getting more confused.

Your post sounds good to me, sounds like you are doing a good job with learning English. I used to tutor foreign college students who had English as a second language. It is a very difficult language because it has so many exceptions to its rules, so many words that sound the same or even are spelled the same that have different meanings. And, then, of course, there are the "figures of speech" that are common to the the area they come from and make no sense at all to a person with English as a second language. Take such a phrase is "don't buy a pig in a poke" - translated literally it makes no sense at all. In Spanish the same phrase would translate to "don't buy a cat for a hare", which makes no sense to us in the U.S. And then there are the problem of typographical errors and misspellings to complicate the who thing. So you get my admiration for doing so well with this crazy lanuage of ours.

Your English is a hell of a lot better than my Mandarin lol. You can be confused for one of two reasons. The first being that some here on Mylot cannot speak English that well, so their grammar maybe a little weak and they need help and support in improving their English language skills, or the second reason could be that some of us really cranky English speakers like to use loads of colloquial sayings in our flowery expressions here so it may be a slightly confusing for those learning standard text book English. I hope this helps a bit my friend, now you have forty three responses to this extremely clever discussion.

Reading what you have written I do not think that your english is that bad. Practice makes perfect and if you keep trying you will make alot of progress.

English is the third hardest language in the world. (Navaho is the first. I don't remember the second.) Give yourself a pat on the back. You're doing wonderfully.