Correct English..

Language is nothing but make others understand what you are conveying to them. You do not want certificates from each and every one that your English is good. The mother tongue of many people who are talking English, is certainly not English and they have learnt that language and are talking in that language. So you are right in saying that as long as what you are conveying is understood by others in it's proper meaning, it is more than enough.

English is my second language, too. I am from the Asian part where I can't contact to as many of the other native English people in my speaking. I can understand reading better than listening and speaking. I have found this site also available to me, which I can express my English as much as I can, I can learn from my mistake here. I am happy when my friends have raised my mistakes. Because I learn fast form my mistakes. I am grateful to them. my Lot earnings have shown me how my contented English writing I have done. makes me encouraging to do a writing job here more so I can learn more. I can't join the other sites, which were limited to the payment receiving.

English is the second language in my country (I live in a small country in the middle east) but I speak English very well. I learned how to talk in English from TV and I'm not worried at all about things like grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.. I just learned everything naturally. I guess if the discussion can be understood, then it's good enough. However, a well-written discussion will definitely get more responses, since most people will be encouraged to reply. But if the person who posted the discussion doesn't look like he speaks or writes English properly, then maybe he won't get any answers at all cause the people responding might be afraid that he won't understand exactly what they mean.

I think it would be a bit absurd to require perfect English on a site with such diversity as this one :) Especially given the fact that I've seen native English speakers making all sorts of mistakes :) I for one appreciate people who try to communicate even if they do not have perfect command of English language. I am sure that in time their English will improve. What I don't like though is when people post discussions or replies in their native non-English language. I feel it sort of discriminatory :)

i agree with you. in discussion sites like this, it doesn't really matter much if you post with wrong grammar. as long as your post is understandable, that would suffice. c',)

I think that the important thing is the purpose. Language is to communicate and to deliver your thaughts in as comprehensive way as possible so that other people get your point. so as long and as far as people understand what you write, i think, it's not very important to right perfect english with perfect sentence structure, grammar and language rules. My english is not good either and i see many others who have same problem but for me as long as i can understand others and make others understand me, i don't feel any problem. Having said that, one should always try to improve, be it language, personality, skill or whatever. if one doesn't know the language well, one can make a statement that was never intended as such. i too some times feel problem in explaining my point due to lack of my proficiency in english. so, I think one should always be learning making oneself better with every new day but should also not be worried much as long as one can communicate and make others understand.

yes, i agree that you are right to some extent, must i must say that your english is good enough so that we can understand the topic of your discussion and that will definitely work, not only asians, but even other countries outside Asia has their own native language, and vesuvius i think such sites helps us to convey and express ourselves, thus to some extent helping us to improve our english.

For non native speakers all that is important is clarity, for those for whom English is their first language then they should try to write only in correct English to set a good example for those learning. all the best urban

English language is very important because this is a universal language. If you are member of mylot, while having a discussion you also practice and enhance you english language. So go and enjoy having mylot while practicing english language.

I am a Asian too.It is also very difficult to convey my thoughts to others by English.So the only way is learn and learn again.Because English is so popular that nearly all the world are using it.This site is a good pace to learn English.Thanks.

I am also an Asian and English is only my 2nd language...i don't have problems writing or understanding it but sometimes i find it a bit difficult to express my feeling through the keyboard.I guess your writing is fine and in fact i feel it's better than mine.Don't worry many of us i guess are more or less like you only.So just chill!!

I'm a programmer and in a computer language if you have a typo things don't work at all :P human languages are more permissive because we can interpret them but its always best to speak it well enough, I'm actually trying to polish my english skills as well as I'm participating here, I'm not used to talk so much but it's ok because it all practice and practice makes the master right?

I don't mind a few mispellings here and there especialy if it doesn't affect the understanding of the posts. I understand that a lot of people are not native to the English language so I try to not let be bothered by little mistakes. English is not my first language either but I speak it as my only language now since I have been in the US half my life. As long as you try to write correct English and proof read your posts you are fine. Everyone makes mistakes.

I think it's ok if people misspelled some words or got confused with tenses as long as the meaning is clear, but as an English major graduate, i have to say some mistakes just agitate me..

English is the language of all forums that are international as far as i know ... your English is fine and I can understand it clearly enough. I do not have a problem if sometimes the words are not spelt correctly as we all make those mistakes ... and that can be no matter what our first language is. The one annoying thing about some people who post here are that they are not very good at English ... that shows up in their replies to discussions. What I mean is they make an answer that has nothing to do with the discussion ... I checked on a few of these people just to make sure and none of their replies make any sense at all. Their resplies do not have anything to do with the discussion .... but that is something mylot has to look at. Understanding English and being able to make a sensible reply which is what it is all about .... the spelling might not be the best but if everyone can understand what the post means ... then that is okay by me and most of the other members too I would think. Your English is fine and here nobody can hear how you pronounce things so it doesn't matter.

yes, i agree that you are right to some extent, must i must say that your english is good enough so that we can understand the topic of your discussion and that will definitely work, not only asians, but even other countries outside Asia has their own native language, and vesuvius i think such sites helps us to convey and express ourselves, thus to some extent helping us to improve our english.

Since english is the main communicative language all over the world the correct form of the language should be used.Without correct spellings the other person may not understand what you are trying to convey.He may mis-interpret the meaning.Knowing english does not mean using flowery language,but simple language with correct spellings and knowledge of the words.

English is really important to participate in Mylot discussions. I am not English speaker or common user of English language. So to me i would try to use the language which is easy to understand and common to know for Mylot community people. Some time i need to adopt some terms from the Mylot community members to put into my posts. Individuals do feel problems to grab the real meanings of the sentences if anyone does not really using the word on merit. So we really need to lean from our past experiences and mistakes. I would like to read my old posts to make some proof reading and than compare with my update post to know my status.

My first language is dutch and even when I write in my own language it isn't always written in correct dutch, but when I look to others whose language is dutch too,it's written quite well. I agree that the most important thing is understanding and we can try to do our best to written it as correct as possible ,sometimes we forget something and we don't see it unless it's too late,but I think that's not a disastre.

hi there... Actually i live in an Asian country. So it is very much recommended in our school to use English language at maximum Accuracy.