angel_catcher75
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i wanna ask about the difference between vocabulary and vocabularies, and fruit and fruits
i wanna ask about the difference between vocabulary and vocabularies, and fruit and fruits
Wanna? It's perfectly good ol' American English. I use it, write, and like it. You may not, but that's your own preference.In a forum promoting the use of the English language, I personally cringe away from posts saying "I wanna..." This isn't your local teenage amusement arcade.
Ughh.
There are some words and forms that sound odd when they are used by a non-native speaker. I have nothing against 'wonna, gonna' when they come from the mouth of a native English speaker. But when a learner of English uses them it sounds funny, to put in mildly.
Why make things unnecessarily hard for learners - especially for beginners?
That's not a helpful way to encourage learners, and reassure them, particularly when they don't feel confident enough with an appropriate usage of the foreign language.
Hmmm, I don't mean to start an argument. But: "It's not what you say, but the way you say it."
;-)
i wanna ask about the difference between vocabulary and vocabularies, and fruit and fruits
Why make things unnecessarily hard for learners - especially for beginners?
Exactly! Why welcome stylistically coloured half-slang words when a huge resource of standard English is still virgin land?
That's not a helpful way to encourage learners, and reassure them, particularly when they don't feel confident enough with an appropriate usage of the foreign language.
You are reading my mind!
Hmmm, I don't mean to start an argument.
But: "It's not what you say, but the way you say it."
We have already started it, and I see no harm in this, as long as we talk sense and respect one another's opinion.
Has the last phrase something to do with my post or somebody else's post?
;-)
It only sounds funny (i.e., strange) if the pronunciation is off:There are some words and forms that sound odd when they are used by a non-native speaker. I have nothing against 'wonna, gonna' when they come from the mouth of a native English speaker. But when a learner of English uses them it sounds funny, to put in mildly.
It only sounds funny (i.e., strange) if the pronunciation is off:
wanna => w[o]nna :cross:
wanna => <a> as in water.
Define that, first. :lol:;-)proper and correct use of English.