My humble advice Never think myLot is a place where you learn good English
@allknowing (136540)
India
July 15, 2019 10:22pm CST
Users who are keen on improving their English feel native speakers here will help them. Think again. They make the most mistakes here both in grammar and spelling.Let me hasten to add. There are some though who are excellent but you will not know who is right and who is wrong since you are a learner. 
There are great sources on the Net that will help you reach your goal. No I will not spoon feed you. Search the Net and you will find them. Good Luck
There are great sources on the Net that will help you reach your goal. No I will not spoon feed you. Search the Net and you will find them. Good Luck15 people like this
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
Those who are weak in English and who want to learn it here, blindly assume Native speakers are good in the language. The sad part is this category will not even know who writes good English and who does not
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
16 Jul 19
@allknowing Exactly, they risk to learn a bad broken English, many people here also use "American slang".
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
16 Jul 19
@allknowing It’s okay as long as we understand each other. Not all here are native english speaker, just like you.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
@JustBhem I have had a solid background and so I do not make those spelling or grammar mistakes Having said that those who are weak in English will not even know who writes well and who does not and that is the sad part.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
16 Jul 19
I do not think my English is perfect in here but I think I can convey well my thoughts even English is my second language. I know I still have my flaws here and there and sometimes mood can interfere with writing a good commentary or a post in here. But so far Mylot serves as a ground for me to write in English the best I can.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
16 Jul 19
@allknowing I do not intend on writing perfect English tenses here since I am not a native English writer here. What is important for me in here is that I can convey my ideas to many as much as possible.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
@rsa101 Good English is like music that has no false notes. Why not if you are able to?
@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
There are many here who write well but those who wish to learn will not know to pick 'wheat from chaf'
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
16 Jul 19
i wouldn't use me as a benchmark anyway.
i use a lot of regionalisms.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
16 Jul 19
@allknowing yea i know.i'm just sayin'.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
The purpose of this discussion is to alert those who want to improve their English that this is not the place.
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@psanasangma (7287)
• India
16 Jul 19
Agree with you ! I am not a native English speaker but I guess everyone understand me 
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
I am not talking of understanding but those ho want to improve their English, this is not the place.
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@psanasangma (7287)
• India
16 Jul 19
@allknowing yes, they need extra class, as you said many are available in youtube channel noawadays
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Jul 19
But still a good venue to hone English communication skills, well an everyday writing English can do good for us.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
What myLot expects is just interaction no matter how bad the English is and so I do not know what you mean when you say you learn communication skills here.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
@ilocosboy myLot does not expect but in your own interest you should attempt to write correctly
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
16 Jul 19
Easy, just like grade 1 pupil ABC because he/she is almost everyday in school. Of course mylot not expecting good English from us as stated in the guidelines.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
16 Jul 19
Many native speakers make mistakes when they write English. The same thing happens in other languages. I often see Danish sentences full of mistakes. Those sentences were written by native speakers, not by immigrants who live here. It is important to keep that in mind when we are trying to learn another language. If we copy the things native speakers do we might copy mistakes instead of learning new things.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
18 Jul 19
@allknowing Some native speakers aren't good at grammar or spelling
Some native speakers aren't good at grammar or spelling1 person likes this
@allknowing (136540)
• India
17 Jul 19
Moral of the story. Never learn from native speakers
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
I am more concerned about those wanting to learn blindly following those who they think are great
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@Shavkat (139937)
• Philippines
16 Jul 19
@allknowing I can relate to that. I think this book is useful for those people who wanted to step up.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
This is just to alert those who want to learn good English. myLot is not the place as they will not be able to distinguish what is right and what is wrong.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
17 Jul 19
@allknowing Yes understood as those who are native English speakers often use incorrect terms.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
19 Jul 19
Not every native speaker. Having said that how is one. who is new to the language, to know what is right and what is wrong. ?
@Xanderman (46)
•
17 Jul 19
If the person is intelligent, he can learn English here little by little.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
17 Jul 19
No matter how intelligent a person is how can thy cull out bad English since they do not know the language?
@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
There are great places on the Net where you can pick up good English
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
17 Jul 19
myLot I know allows it but it is in your own interest that you should strive to produce correct grammar and spelling. There are places where this is not tolerated.
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@allknowing (136540)
• India
17 Jul 19
@cperry2 If you are careless here you will be careless there as well. Practice makes it perfect.
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
17 Jul 19
@allknowing Yes, like my job as a book reviewer. Things have to be letter perfect. Commas have to be where they are supposed to be, and goodness don't use then in the place of than or the other way around.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
16 Jul 19
Having spent years reading notes from my students' parents, I concur with the assertion that being a native English speaker is little guarantee the person can write sentences or paragraphs with correct word usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, spacing, tense, or capitalization.
@allknowing (136540)
• India
16 Jul 19
But it should not be blindly believed that by virtue of being a native speaker they are infallible
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