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
https://www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html
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04-Feb-2003, 10:52 #1Anonymous Guest
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
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05-Feb-2003, 14:12 #2
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07-Feb-2003, 00:24 #3
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Re: I don't know how to lear english.
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.
Originally Posted by Mehran
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13-Feb-2003, 07:29 #4ExK Guest
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".
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13-Feb-2003, 10:22 #5
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1 = "... is acceptable to the Indian." Originally Posted by ExK
2 = "I'm Chinese"I'm not a teacher, so please consider any advice I give in that context.
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13-Feb-2003, 14:41 #6ExK Guest
oops ....
how to tell whether an 'article' is required ? :(
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13-Feb-2003, 15:03 #7
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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: https://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/article.htmlI'm not a teacher, so please consider any advice I give in that context.
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13-Feb-2003, 19:21 #8gwendolinest GuestEr, I beg to differ. “I’m a Chinese” is perfectly okay. Here, “Chinese” means “Chinese person”. Originally Posted by Red5
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13-Feb-2003, 19:41 #9Anonymous Guest Originally Posted by gwendolinest
Er, I beg to differ. “I’m a Chinese” is perfectly okay. Here, “Chinese” means “Chinese person”. Originally Posted by Red5
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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.
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13-Feb-2003, 20:20 #10
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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." Originally Posted by gwendolinest
Er, I beg to differ. “I’m a Chinese” is perfectly okay. Here, “Chinese” means “Chinese person”. Originally Posted by Red5
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:o :)I'm not a teacher, so please consider any advice I give in that context.
