Matthew Wai
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So I took advice from English native speakers when I am learning English.
In my example, I am looking at the native English answers to learn English, none of them told me it is wrong or never use "own ...", so I taking as it is ok to use it.
I am not trying to be smart, and that is why I followed native English speakers' advice.
In your example, when someone is learning Chinese, a native Chinese speaker can point out the mistakes better than non native Chinese speakers. That is what I think too. So I take advice from English native speakers when I am learning English.
In my example, I am looking to the native English answers to learn English None of them told me it is wrong or never use "own ...", so I am taking as [STRIKE]it is[/STRIKE] ok to use it.
If the OP was thinking about “自己的” while writing "own note", it could fall into this category.A lot of Chinglish expressions can belong to this category.
May I give you some advice?
Why don't you want to be smart?
;-)
'OK' should be capitalized.
You try for humor, but it doesn't always work.
;-)
If the OP was thinking about “自己的” while writing "own note", it could fall into this category.
I advise the OP to forget his/her native language while learning English, although oldbei vehemently opposes it.
Not a teacher.
I think that 'my' is needed before 'own' for it to be correct. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Not a teacher.
There are a few definitions of what could be "correct." All of the locutions, "own note", "own folder"... are fragments, and incomplete. I understand why they were called incorrect or strange. But all are very brief phrases some native speakers might use in some circumstances, for brevity. They are not correct sentences. They are natural fragments.
I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding here.
What goodstudent means is that he is not trying to be a smart alec.