I don't know how to learn english.

Hello
My name is Mehran .I am iranian and i wanna learn english in 6 month.

What can i do.Plz guide me.
Thanks alot

[Tdol]

6 months is a very short time. To maximise your progress, you should take every opportunity to practise- do you have English speakers you can communicate with? (If not, you can use forums like this, etc). Are you studying it at a college or schools? Do you have coursebooks to help you, a dictionary, a grammar?

OK- a few quick tips for online learning-
Dictionaries
www.dictionary.com
www.onelook.com

Grammar
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html

[Tdol]

Originally Posted by Mehran

Hello
My name is Mehran .I am iranian and i wanna learn english in 6 month.

What can i do.Plz guide me.
Thanks alot

OK, here are some corrections- Iranian should have a capital letter- all nationality words do, so English should, too. I is written with a capital letter. 'wanna' is not used in formal English- it is very colloquial, try 'want to' instead, although it's OK for e-mails. 'A lot' is two words. Post more messages and see what you can learn.

Me again!

which of the following is correct?

1. ".... is acceptable to Indian" or "..... is acceptable to the Indian"

2. "I'm a Chinese" or "I'm Chinese".

[Red5]

Originally Posted by ExK

1. ".... is acceptable to Indian" or "..... is acceptable to the Indian"

2. "I'm a Chinese" or "I'm Chinese".

1 = "... is acceptable to the Indian."

2 = "I'm Chinese"

oops ....

how to tell whether an 'article' is required ? :(

[Red5]

When you use "The", it refers to a definite, particular object or person.

Using "A" refers to no particular object or person.

In your example:

"... is acceptable to Indian" = Incorrect, because you are using the Zero Article to refer to a specific person. If you wish to use this form, you could say "acceptable to Indian people", but that changes the meaning of the sentence.

"... is acceptable to the Indian" = Correct, because you are using the Definite Article to talk about a definite (specific) person, though it is more common to use "acceptable to the Indian people".

"I'm a Chinese" = Incorrect, because you are using the Indefinite Article. We use the indefinite article to talk about "one" person that is not a specific person. We need to add a noun after "Chinese" if we use "a". EG: He is a Chinese person from Shang Hai - not any specific Chinese person.

"I'm Chinese" = Correct, because you are using the Zero Article to suggest that your nationality is Chinese, and therefore you are part of the group of people who are Chinese.


See also: http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/article.html

Originally Posted by Red5

"I'm a Chinese" = Incorrect

Er, I beg to differ. “I’m a Chinese” is perfectly okay. Here, “Chinese” means “Chinese person”.

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Originally Posted by gwendolinest

Er, I beg to differ. “I’m a Chinese” is perfectly okay. Here, “Chinese” means “Chinese person”.

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Perfectly okay, but likely in terms of how we speak?

To me, it doesn't sound very natural, though we may say it is grammatical.

[Red5]

Originally Posted by gwendolinest

Er, I beg to differ. “I’m a Chinese” is perfectly okay. Here, “Chinese” means “Chinese person”.

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If someone said “I’m a Chinese” to me, I'd be inclined to ask them "Chinese what?". I see it the same way as if someone said "I'm a English."

:o :)