'My English is really quite good. I need little help'.
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Originally Posted by
BobK
My primary goal of this thread is to learn something about the rules of written English.
1. Are these sentences punctuated correctly?
My English is really quite good, and I need little help.
My English is really quite good; I need little help.
2. I think that the conjunction "But" doesn’t work here since "Little" is used negatively. So, the conjunction "And" has been used correctly, hasn’t it?
My English is really quite good and I need little help.
Re: 'My English is really quite good. I need little help'.
I would use "but." Or I would state it as two sentences. I would not attempt to splice it together with a semicolon.
Re: 'My English is really quite good. I need little help'.
I agree with Odessa Dawn that "but" would not be appropriate. The writer is not saying "I need a little help"; he is saying that he doesn't really need much help at all. Either "and" or "so" , preceded by a comma, could be used.
Re: 'My English is really quite good. I need little help'.
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Originally Posted by
Grumpy
I agree with Odessa Dawn that "but" would not be appropriate. The writer is not saying "I need a little help"; he is saying that he doesn't really need much help at all. Either "and" or "so" , preceded by a comma, could be used.
You are correct, I read that with an "a" in there.
Re: 'My English is really quite good. I need little help'.
:up: 'But' is adversative, so this would work:
My English is quite good, but I need a little help. (The stress is on the quite, so that it implies 'quite...but not good enough'.)
Also this:
My English is quite good, and I need little help. (The stress is on the good.)
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Re: 'My English is really quite good. I need little help'.
And the semicolon version works too.