grace_c
Member
- Joined
- May 26, 2011
- Member Type
- Other
- Native Language
- Tagalog
- Home Country
- Philippines
- Current Location
- Japan
Below is a Q and A from an English textbook.
Q: What do people call you?
A: Everyone calls me Beth.
Someone asked me if one can answer "They call me Beth" instead.
That answer (in a conversation) would sound unnatural to me. But then I couldn't explain why because I'm not a native English speaker.
Q: What do people call you?
A: Everyone calls me Beth.
Someone asked me if one can answer "They call me Beth" instead.
That answer (in a conversation) would sound unnatural to me. But then I couldn't explain why because I'm not a native English speaker.