[General] Hi! I'm latin

My English it's to bad can u help me:?: :-?

People will help, but try asking more specific questions in order to get useful help. Welcome to the forum. :hi:

Loba-Rabioza said:

My English [STRIKE]it's[/STRIKE] is too/so bad. [STRIKE]c[/STRIKE] Can you help me:?:

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Welcome to the forum, Loba-Rabioza. :hi: Post your questions here, and we'll do our best to help.

You can start by avoiding chatlish ('u' for 'you'). We try to use correct forms of English in this forum as a guide to others.

Loba-Rabioza said:

My English it's to bad can u help me:?: :-?

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You are always most welcome here
My English is too/very/so bad. Can u help me?

Mohammadhelmi said:

ou are always most welcome here
My English It is too/very/so bad. Can u help me?

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Please use "you" and not "u".

Mohammadhelmi said:

ou are always most welcome here
My English It is too/very/so bad. Can u help me?

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Since you're a teacher, your English can't be that bad, can it?

bhaisahab said:

Please use "you" and not "u".

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Yes, thanks. I know that dear.

Mohammadhelmi said:

Yes, thanks. I know that [STRIKE]dear[/STRIKE].

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If you know it, why don't you do it?

'Dear' is not an appropriate form of address except to intimate friends in English.

We are here to help other people, and so I consider everyone is as a dear.
Thank you.

5jj said:

If you know it, why don't you do it?

'Dear' is not an appropriate form of address except to intimate friends in English.

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NOT A TEACHER

I completely agree that this is not a place to call other members "dear".

However, I heard Americans, especially older women when talking to younger males, use "dear" even though the men were complete strangers to them. Once in Boston (I was 20 then), I asked two older women directions and their response was something like "Dear you must get on ...." So probably in AmE it's all right to use it in such contexts and situations.

In spoken English, quite a lot of endearments are used without us even thinking about it. My mum, for example, calls almost everyone "love", from the receptionist at the doctor's surgery to the lady on the till at the supermarket to the man who comes to clean the windows. I doubt she would have used it to her boss. I associate it with people of early middle age (ie I wouldn't expect someone of 20 to call me "love" but if someone of 35+ did so, I would not be at all surprised.) I know several people (female) who call everyone darling, honey, love, dear and various other things.

However, and I can't explain why, they really don't work when written down. Perhaps it's because when we speak we are quite casual and informal but when we write, we think about it first (or we should!)

It's a stereotype (but one well based in reality) that the matronly waitress in a diner or coffee shop will call everyone "Hon" or "Dear."