The English thread, i mean, why not?

I was wondering... since everybody seems to love English as much as I do why can't we have an English thread? We can talk to each other and improve our skills!

U dig?

EDIT: So this thread has turned in an "English Lessons Corner". What does that mean? We're obviously speaking English and we're trying to help people who are not so good by telling them what they spelled/wrote wrong and how to make it right.
Well, if you need help in English just check this thread and we'll help!

ITA Abbiamo creato questo topic per parlare solo in inglese, ma si č trasformato un po' in un angolino per lezioni di inglese. Cosa vuol dire? Qui scriveremo in inglese e si cercherą di aiutare chi non č bravissimo dicendogli cos'ha scritto in modo sbagliato e spiegandogli come si scrive o la regola grammaticale che si usa.
Se avete bisogno di aiuto in inglese scrivete qui!

Edited by Roxy89 - 29/5/2010, 14:12

yayyyyyy!! awesome idea roxy!!

thanks darling!

I was thinking that we could even help people who don't know English very well, explaining things that they don't know so they can learn
If you're all ok with the idea I'll write an Italian part in the first post explaining everything. It'll be like "English lessons in English" lol or "English 101" lmao

ahahahhhahah..
Uhm yep! We could try to do this... i'm not so good in grammar 'cause i didn't study so much english at school, it was not my fault , but i can try

don't worry, you'll learn

I love English 'cause I've been studying it since like third of fourth grade (man, do I wish our school system was like the American one!) and I had some pretty good teachers. Well at least until high school. Then they weren't so good, but I learned everything by studying by myself, watching movies, TV series, listening to songs and going on holiday in London.

Awwww awesome!!!



Good idea!

I was thinking that we can also tell each others when we make grammar mistakes, so we can improve


I'm not so sure that american school system is better than our XD .... yes, they have such wonderful things as prom, sport, gli armadietti (come si diceeeeee ) and all those cool things that we see on tv-shows but they totally ignore other countries: they don't know anything about Europe and the rest of the world (both history and geography)... and they don't learn foreign languages! or... they learn them (only spanish, I think!), but they can't speak them! They are so selfish, culturally speaking.


The same here. I learned English watching tv shows and listening to music And.... now I don't understand when an english man speaks, but I totally understand when an american man speaks!

I love English too =) I've been studying it for ten years *_*. Now i'm studying it at High School and i've found good teachers , i also have a teacher who comes from London.I hope to improve my English year after year because it's my dream living and working in England

and you ???

Edited by X××Eley××X - 29/5/2010, 13:27

works for me


Yeah, I didn't mean school system as what they learn, but how school is structured! lol
armadietti is lockers


That's the best way! You know, I could't understand British people either at first, but after spending time in London and watching British TV Shows and stuff I learned how to understand them. Now I can watch stuff without subtitles and understand when a Brit talks to me. The American accent is easier to understand, tho.

Here I think that the last sentence is wrong... maybe "it's my dream to live and work in England" sounds better... but... I don't know

I want to visit London so bad, but I've never been there .... and I HAVE to go to the States... I don't know when, maybe when I'll be 60, but I have to go


ITA. I don't understand pepole who says "I understand British English but not American English".... what???? Seriously?

I'm like Roxy, now i clearly understand when someone is english or american and... i event start to love the english accent

I've visited the UK 4th times (3 times London and 1 Cardiff Bay ) and i hope to go back there soon... But, my next trip, will be in the USA... finally i will go in NYC and LA the next year and all 'cause i've ask this trip as gift for my graduation @ university

Ok, don't hate on me, but I gotta tell you some mistakes you did. I ain't no teacher, obviously (I even dropped out from school) but here's what I think it's wrong and how to make it right:


I think "because my dream is to live and work in England" is better.


Here is "I even started to love blablabla"


And here is "and that's because I've asked for this trip as a gift for my graduation from the University"

I'm going to update the first topic right now, explaining everything about our English lessons. lol

aw but before I do that I'd love to give you all a really interesting link I found a couple of months ago and it's been really useful to understand when people talk/write slang: www.internetslang.com/

Thanks Roxy for the tips and the link! Here is another website... I love it! www.urbandictionary.com/


Sadly I didn't have any gif for my graduation too much money... But I wished I could ask a trip through the Usa
(qui ho fatto qualche errore sicuro, Roxy, correggi )

lol I think the first half of the sentence is correct.
The second half is "But I wish I could have asked for a trip to the USA".

Going to the USA is my dream too. I really wanna see New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Maybe someday...

[QUOTE=Roxy89,29/5/2010, 14:08]
Ok, don't hate on me, but I gotta tell you some mistakes you did. I ain't no teacher, obviously (I even dropped out from school) but here's what I think it's wrong and how to make it right:


I think "because my dream is to live and work in England" is better.


yes you're right XD

thanks for the correction

uh, that 3 cities will be exactly the ones i'll see in my trip... but SF only 'cause i've a couple of friend that willl move there this summer