|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Ask for help > NATIVE SPEAKERS, PLEASE
NATIVE SPEAKERS, PLEASE
|
|
eng789
|
lshorton99 - I agree and I googled it and couldn �t find an answer for why. A lot of people here say: I have a doubt instead of I have a question.
Other problem words:
whole and all
expect and accept
|
3 Mar 2010
|
|
|
Hijab
|
|
Hi there,
Great videos to help with homophones- there - they �re - their - your - you �re
Hugs |
3 Mar 2010
|
|
|
Zora
|
I can actually answer this... or I think I can 
"I have a doubt" - is a literal translation from "tengo una duda." in Spanish. AND I am willing to bet that other Latin based languages use the same construction, so that�s probably why it�s so rampant on the site the - "I have a doubt." usage.
|
3 Mar 2010
|
|
|
mjpa
|
|
Oh my god, I did not know "I have a doubt"" was not correct.
How would English people say it then? I have a question?
|
3 Mar 2010
|
|
|
Zora
|
|
Yes - it �s usually "I have a question." // "I have a question about ... " // "I am wondering about ..." // etc..
|
3 Mar 2010
|
|
|
blunderbuster
|
|
I ask questions in case I have some doubts...most of the time ;o)
|
3 Mar 2010
|
|
|
Zora
|
Exactly blunderbuster! 
Another oddity is instead of saying "You are welcome" when a person says "thank you." is to say "It�s nothing" - which is also a direct translation.
|
3 Mar 2010
|
|
|
yolprica
|
|
That �s exactly what I wanted you to make clear and please correct our mistakes, otherwise we will never learn to say things correctly. I bet nobody will feel bad about it.
Thanks for your help
Yolanda |
4 Mar 2010
|
|
|
bluebird4
|
As long as you are asking, there is a mistake I sometimes notice . In English, it is not correct to join two independent sentences with a comma. You should either use a conjunction, a semi-colon (if the sentences are closely related), or divide it into two separate sentences.
Incorrect:
Mary went to sleep early, she had a very long day.
Correct:
Mary went to sleep early because she had a very long day.
Mary went to sleep early; she had a very long day.
Mary went to sleep early. She had a very long day.
|
4 Mar 2010
|
|
< Previous
1
2
|
