http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ An area for general discussions about the English language. Any non-language discussions should be conducted in the General Members Discussions area. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:00:58 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109565-i-searching-people-xbox-360-who-help-me-eng-learning.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:55 GMT Hi, I searching people who have Xbox 360. I want learnining english on Xbox live by communications in english in game or in party. I have many games on Xbox 360 and I am still gold member. My gamertag is Premium Maniak. If you want help me with... Hi, I searching people who have Xbox 360. I want learnining english on Xbox live by communications in english in game or in party. I have many games on Xbox 360 and I am still gold member. My gamertag is Premium Maniak. If you want help me with english, send me mesage on Xbox live and friend request. ]]> General Language Discussions Maniak http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109565-i-searching-people-xbox-360-who-help-me-eng-learning.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109472-advance-advanced-english-conversation.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:32:20 GMT Hi All,

There is English Teaching Video in the youtube, the name is "Advance English Conversation", I was wondering if they used the incorrect word "Advance", should they change it to "Advanced", I know there are two different meanings of Advance and Advanced, please advise!


YouTube - Expressing Opinion Advance English Conversation


Regards,

William ]]> General Language Discussions yiuho http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109472-advance-advanced-english-conversation.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109468-there-have-there-has-there-there.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:07:09 GMT Hi All,

I always hear people say there are or there is, for instance, when I say there is a boy, can I say there has a boy? There are two men, can I say there have two men? In my country, my teacher said we shouldn't use there has or there have as these are grammatically incorrect, we need to say there is, there are in any time, is it correct?

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William ]]> General Language Discussions yiuho http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109468-there-have-there-has-there-there.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109453-price-cheap-price-low.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:30:55 GMT Hi All,

I'd like to know when we say the something is very economy....we should say the price is very cheap or the price is very low. Also the fare is cheap, is it correct?

Regards,

William ]]> General Language Discussions yiuho http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109453-price-cheap-price-low.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109301-american-british-english.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:23:47 GMT Hi ! I am doing a research work and there is smth i'd like to know. would you like to speak British or American English? why? if you speak British English do you use Americanisms in rour speach? thank you!:-) ]]> General Language Discussions MARRINA http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109301-american-british-english.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109264-business-database-dubai-middle-east-asia-country.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:16:19 GMT I wonder if someone know from where I can get a business database of Dubai, in fact, almost all countries of Middle East and Asia countries. The Database may contain following fields: Company profile: Person Name: Designation: Email Address:... I wonder if someone know from where I can get a business database of Dubai, in fact, almost all countries of Middle East and Asia countries. The Database may contain following fields:
Company profile:
Person Name:
Designation:
Email Address:
Optionally
Fax:
Phone:
Website
I would appreciate if any one of you could be of my help. ]]> General Language Discussions aamirmahmood360 http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109264-business-database-dubai-middle-east-asia-country.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109261-made-uk-made-uk.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:01:08 GMT Hi all,

Recently I see there's a product which printed "Made in the UK", I always see or hear "Made in USA" "Made in Thailand" "Made in China", I don't know "Made in the UK" is correct or not. If it's correct, what aredifference between "Made in UK and "Made in the UK"? Please advise. Thanks.

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William ]]> General Language Discussions yiuho http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109261-made-uk-made-uk.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109248-connected-speech-plz-help.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:16:05 GMT Hi all,

I'd like to know how to understand the connected speech, some basic connected speech I can understand, such as "I like it", "Thank you", "Not at all"....but sometimes when I watch the hollywood movies, I really can't catch what they mean, because the actors use the connected speech to speak the whole sentence. For instance, they say Get it on as "Getiton", Shake it around as "Shakeitaround"...so on and so on...sometimes I thought they spoke one word, actually they spoke a sentence, but they spoke too fast with connected speech, so I didn't understand. I was wondering if there's any rule of connected speech, do we need to connect all single word in the sentence? Sometimes I hear english speaking people, they won't connect all the single word in the sentence, just will use it in some popular phrase or sentence, such as Thank you, I like it, get out of here, not at all......In daily conversation, shall we need to speak connected speech? If so, should we connect all words to speak in one sentence? Please advise. Thanks.

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William ]]> General Language Discussions yiuho http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109248-connected-speech-plz-help.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109193-use.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:48:33 GMT Dear all,

I'd like to know how to use "in" or "at", like "I am in the airport" or " I am at the airport", "I am in San Francisco" or "I am at San Francisco", "I am in the train station" or "I am at the train station"? Please let me know when I should use "in" or "at" in this situation. Thanks.

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William ]]> General Language Discussions yiuho http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109193-use.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109187-requesting-politely.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:33:39 GMT Hi all,

I speak fairly good english (ofcourse its not my primary language) when its just about my work (Programming and Internet) but when its anything offtopic, I can't frame sentences too well.

So I recently had to request a client to pay my outstanding payment, I couldn't decide what to say, politely and in a business-tone:

- Can you please process my invoice today or sometime this week?
- Can you please clear off the outstanding today or sometime this week?
- Can you please send the payment today or sometime this week?

What would you say? Since I get into this situation frequently, I thought I'd better ask here and be sure whats the best and more polite way of request payment of a pending invoice.

Look forward to comments and advices. ]]> General Language Discussions Nimbuz http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109187-requesting-politely.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109161-ba-paper-study-case-opinion-needed.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:49:53 GMT Hey there,

I'm preparing to write my BA paper. I'm at the point of collecting materials, and I thought that a small study case would be useful. This is why I'm here- I need your opinion. It could help me to collect my thoughts, find new ideas and get some materials which could be used later in my work.

Question is: "What is an American Dream for you?"

I address this request primarily to people of AMERICAN NATIONALITY.
If you're from another country, please state it clearly in your post, and write where you from.

Thanks a lot! ]]> General Language Discussions cazz http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109161-ba-paper-study-case-opinion-needed.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109110-whats-difference-between-shall-should.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:48:38 GMT

Hello,

I do know that "Shall" is used for future and "Should" is the past form of that. However, looking up in my dictionary, I have been confused about the real differnce between "shall" and "should". Because they are used in the same way in given examples.

Would you please help me?

]]> General Language Discussions taghavi http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109110-whats-difference-between-shall-should.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109103-best-writing.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:57:46 GMT :hi: Is it true, I wonder when some say "the best writing comes from the best reading" ? Any idea, please. ]]> General Language Discussions phorntita http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109103-best-writing.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109080-some-words-about-stress.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:01:45 GMT I've collected some expressions about stress, although it seems to be old, but I'm happy if you save a little time to read and share with me. I hope I will learn more vocabulary from all of you.

-stressed out
-under pressure
-blow off steam
-has got to stop
-take some time off
-take up

in these expressions, I like the "blow off steam" the most, because it gives us a vivid picture about our brain, it's like a train's chimney. How about you? ]]> General Language Discussions tramho31 http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/109080-some-words-about-stress.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/general-language-discussions/108899-pan-arabism.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:08:18 GMT

Hello everyone, I have 2 questions that I need to find out :-)
1) What does "pan-Arabism" mean? I couldn't look it up in my dictionary:-o
2) Why Osama bin Laden is against "pan-Arabism"?
(This is not a political question cause I had an article about Osama bin Laden, and my teacher asked me this question ^.^). I think it's hard to find a true answer, that is why I want to ask all of you
Thanks so much:lol:

P/s: My grammar is not good :cry:, tell me if I had a mistake ;-)

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