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Poll: How well can you speak English?
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View Poll Results: How good is your English?
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Perfect
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29.41% |
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Quite good, I guess
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48.24% |
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Not that good...
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18.82% |
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Bad
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I'm as good as LaurieAnn Gibson... 
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3.53% |
Member Since: 4/30/2011
Posts: 21,827
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How well can you speak English?
Be honest...
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Member Since: 9/27/2010
Posts: 22,568
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Well considering that it's not my first language, I speak OK English I guess.
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Member Since: 6/20/2010
Posts: 15,376
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Not nearly perfect, but better than average I suppose.
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Member Since: 11/22/2010
Posts: 15,284
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Perfect, I'm from England 
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Member Since: 4/6/2011
Posts: 3,409
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Fluently, if you exclude the complicated grammar/terms.
English is my second/third language.
At Chris, a lot of Lebanese speak French right ? 
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 9/9/2010
Posts: 9,528
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Edit: How well can you speak English?  English is my first language.
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Member Since: 7/22/2010
Posts: 16,134
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You mean "How well can you speak English?" 
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Member Since: 4/30/2011
Posts: 21,827
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Quote:
Originally posted by ExtraChapstick
Edit: How well can you speak English? English is my first language.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Twai
You mean "How well can you speak English?" |
It was like that before, but I wasn't quite sure if it was correct... #OOP
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Member Since: 9/9/2010
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Originally posted by Twai
You mean "How well can you speak English?" |
Lol. That's exactly what I said. I was trying not to be shady though.
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Member Since: 3/5/2011
Posts: 8,561
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 at me being modest and then realizing that everyone's either voted for Perfect or Quite Good.
Anyway, English is my first language, but by no means am I perfect at it. I still have my fair share of grammar errors, and my spelling is atrocious. Soo.
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Member Since: 9/9/2010
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Originally posted by Drowned_World
It was like that before, but I wasn't quite sure if it was correct... #OOP
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Your instinct would have been correct. :] It's ok though. "How good can you speak English?" is commonly accepted in modern English, though it's not grammatically correct.
Example: "I'm doing good" refers NOT to how you've been, but the things you've been doing (which are being referred to as good). Some people decide to be funny if someone says this and they say "No, Superman is doing good (saving people, etc.), you're doing well." 
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Member Since: 4/30/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by ExtraChapstick
Your instinct would have been correct. :] It's ok though. "How good can you speak English?" is commonly accepted in modern English, though it's not formally appropriate.
Example: "I'm doing good" refers NOT to how you've been, but the things you've been doing (which are being referred to as good). Some people decide to be funny if someone says this and they say "No, Superman is doing good (saving people, etc.), you're doing well."
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Ok!
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I think my English is quite good. English is my 2nd language (French my 3rd), still I make some mistakes... C'est la vie.
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Member Since: 12/4/2010
Posts: 37,894
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My vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar skills are great. But I used to stutter really badly (well I thought it was bad until I met this kid who's stutter was unbearable, good lord), and it isn't completely gone, though it is nearly.
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
Posts: 28,061
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I'm flawless. So option 1.
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Originally posted by Drowned_World
Ok!
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I think my English is quite good. English is my 2nd language (French my 3rd), still I make some mistakes... C'est la vie. |
I admire that. Most people speak 1 or 2 languages, so 3 is great! You don't have to worry about being perfect in any of those languages because of the simple fact that you're able to communicate with so many people! 
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Originally posted by Good_Doc_Gone_Bad
My vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar skills are great. But I used to stutter really badly (well I thought it was bad until I met this kid who's stutter was unbearable, good lord), and it isn't completely gone, though it is nearly.
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I knew a kid whose stutter was terrible when I was growing up. He was cool, though. All the kids in the neighborhood used to hang out with him. I don't think stuttering makes you a bad English speaker, it's just a speech impediment. Did it just go away on its own for you, or did you have to go through coaching to minimize the effects of the stuttering?
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Member Since: 3/18/2011
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I selected, "Quite good," because I'd rather not pretend as if my English is perfect.
It is better than most people who post on here though, however.
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Member Since: 6/15/2011
Posts: 6,134
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Quote:
Originally posted by RandomHooker
Fluently, if you exclude the complicated grammar/terms.
English is my second/third language.
At Chris, a lot of Lebanese speak French right ? |
The only language they speak is Arabic
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Member Since: 1/16/2011
Posts: 24,638
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Perfect, first-language and I'm a huge Grammar-Nazi. Canadian/UK English ***** on American English btw...
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
Posts: 17,221
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pretty good considering english is my third language 
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Member Since: 9/27/2010
Posts: 22,568
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Quote:
Originally posted by RandomHooker
Fluently, if you exclude the complicated grammar/terms.
English is my second/third language.
At Chris, a lot of Lebanese speak French right ? |
I wouldn't say " a lot", but there are some that speak French. Just like they are some that speak English. But Arabic is the main language.
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