You should talk with all of them....

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Silverobama

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Someone who hasn't attended our local English clubs asked me a question online. He said "I’ve been in this online chat group for many years and I know there are many in-person English clubs. If I can go to only one English club, which one should I go to?"

I think all of these English clubs are good, people there are nice and most importantly, every participts can definitely learn from others because people there more or less will teach us something. Perhaps by sharing their stories with us, or tell us something interesting or useful, etc. I replied to him by saying the following:

You should talk with all of them because everyone can give you great insights into this world.

Is this sentence natural?
 
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No. He probably only has the time or inclination to go to one - as his question made clear.
But I'm the host of three of those English clubs. So I suggest that he should go to all those clubs to meet people there because that will be beneficial to his later choice. (Which one he finally decided to go.)

How can I express the bold sentence naturally?
 
I think all of these English clubs are good. The people (there) are nice and most importantly,

every participts
We use a singular noun after "every". Also, "participts" is not a word.
can definitely learn from others because people there more or less will teach us something, perhaps by sharing their stories with us, or telling us something interesting or useful, etc. I replied to him as follows: by saying the following:

You should talk with all of them because everyone can give you great insights into this world.
How can he talk with a club?! The question was about which club he should visit.
 
We use a singular noun after "every". Also, "participts" is not a word.
Sorry, I should have said "Every participant.....".

How can he talk with a club?! The question was about which club he should visit.
The person who asked me which one English club he should go shoudn't focus on going to one English club. I was trying to tell the person that he should go to every English club to talk to people there because at all those English clubs, people are nice and more or less teach us something (help us to broaden our horizons.) because they're well-educated, well-read and well-traveled. That's why I used "great insights into this world" but I don't think it's natural.

How about my new sentence? Is it good now? Emer2d2 told me that "Only at the English club is good", I wonder if I can use "in all those English" here.

You should talk with people in all those English clubs because they can give you great insights into your life.
 
In my opinion, the person [who asked me which one English club he should go to] shouldn't focus on going to just one English club.
See above. It's important to make it clear that this is just your opinion.
I was trying to tell the person him that he should go to try out/test out every English club to talk to people there because at all those English clubs, people all the members are are nice and more or less can teach us something (help us to broaden our horizons no full stop hereY) because they're well-educated, well-read and well-traveled.
You had a lot of extraneous words. Make sure you read your texts and check for unnecessary repetition.
That's why I used "great insights into this world" but I don't think it's natural.
I agree that it's not natural.
How about my new sentence? Is it good correct and natural now?
Don't ask if a whole sentence is "good".
Emsr2d2 told me that no quotation marks here only "at the English club" is good correct no quotation marks here. I wonder if I can use "in all those English clubs" here.

You should talk with people in all those English clubs because they can give you great insights into your life.
You'll be unsurprised to learn that I'm going to say you should use "You should talk with people at all those English clubs ...".

I realise that this whole thread is an exercise in improving your English but please consider what that person actually asked you. They asked you for one recommendation. If you really didn't want to tie yourself to one single recommendation, you could say something like this:
Oh, that's a really hard question. All the clubs have something to offer. Why don't you come along to the one I run on a Wednesday night and see what you think? If you don't like it, try a different one the next week. I'm sure you'll find one you like!
 
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