by niltrias » Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:15 pm
Sarge wrote:niltrias wrote:English is pretty good here, no worries. First bold is a tense error, second is confusing "put" with a transitive verb (needs one object) when it is an incomplete transitive (needs two, a direct and an indirect). Third was spelling, welcome to the family, fourth almost impossible to explain, but basically English verbs that take other verbs after them come in four varieties: those that take infinitives (want); those that take the present participle (enjoy); those that take both with no difference (like); and those that take both with a difference (stop). Last one needs a perfect tense to show a complete action. Overall, though, I wouldnt worry about your English. I would bet that your post was more intelligible than this post to the average native speaker than this one was. Heh.
Erm yeah, English is not my mother tongue, but I'm not bad at it and I understood OP's better

Thanks though professor

Yer welcome. Everyday in everyway, I try to spread a little English. And if you live up to your nick, you will catch the reference.

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