How skilled is your use of the English language

[JohnnyG]

MinesalrightIspose.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

'were'

^cough noise happening^

Ah, but you know what I meant right?

Language is about communication...

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

I've gone through your sentence and highlighted each of the problems for you.

Each of the rules, not the problems but good effort sir!

 

[Nitefly]

You should always try to keep things as simple as possible. If you don't say words in normal conversation, don't add them to your writing unless you want to sound silly or pompous.

 

[semi-pro waster]

I'm back in School now learning Swedish and as a Brit it should be easier for me than the Arabic speakers that most of the other class is made up of.

I too completely struggled with categories other than Verbs... I consider myself to be moderately well educated but i do not recall learning any of this at school, I just know how to read and write in English...

I'm finding similar for French although I'm only trying to pick it up casually rather than because of any real need. I'm almost certain it must have been taught as many of my contemporaries know the distinctions but it seems to have completely passed me by.

Relatively, you have a high standard of written English.

Thank you, I won't ask relative to what though as that might be a bit more telling...

You should always try to keep things as simple as possible. If you don't say words in normal conversation, don't add them to your writing unless you want to sound silly or pompous.

Indeed, as they say never use a large word when a diminutive one will do.

It's important to be understood firstly so if you can make it easy on your audience that will always help. I wouldn't however always seek to reduce it to lowest common denominator standards though, sometimes it's fun to play with words and if that occasionally means people have to work a bit harder and go look up the odd word then that's ok too. There's probably a happy medium between periodically challenging a reader in an appropriate way and being unaccountably elitist in your writings I suspect.

 

[Nitefly]

Indeed, as they say never use a large word when a simpler one will do.

 

[Ryan-3]

A noble attempt, but if people want to improve their English it's all online already and they only need to search.

Let me google that for you exists for a reason.

 

[Edrof]

I like using in the wrong descriptive word place which makes a problem, for me anyway.

Each of the rules, not the problems but good effort sir!

It was meant as a joke as I can't unravel what you're trying to say in the first place. It seems to be a direct syntactic problem rather than an overall grammarian one. I have a feeling that I'm missing your point entirely!

Thank you, I won't ask relative to what though as that might be a bit more telling...

I realise that sounded ominous now! Relative to what I see on this forum (which already has a good standard, as far as the internet goes). You are one of the best writers here. It's something I've noticed. /powerhug