Grammer quandaries

[TheBoyMitchell]

5 pages in and no-one has noticed that Grammar is spelt wrong in the title

[Nandakishore]

5 pages in and no-one has noticed that Grammar is spelt wrong in the title

Oh my God! Don't you start now with spelling mistakes. We are having enough stuff to handle with articles, vowels, consonants and prepositions!

[mojo]

I actually looked up in the dictionary how to spell quandaries. Figures!

[slotplayer]

I just spell the word as best I can and then paste it in to the browser toolbar search box. In the case of Grammer, Google magically replies did you mean "Grammar" ?

Perhaps someone can answer this?
Why does, when someone learns Engish as a second language, they never pluralize?

Most noticeability, in the case of money, they always say 5 dollar instead of 5 dollars

Is the phonetics of the "s" sound difficult to form?

[Renee]

5 pages in and no-one has noticed that Grammar is spelt wrong in the title

I did notice that but didn't comment because the thread was about grammar and not spelling :P

slotplayer, I also noticed that people don't pluralise when they are speaking English as their second language.

I have also noticed that people who's first language is one that uses masculine and feminines also call things in English he or she. Like if they are talking about the table they will refer to it as her or she rather than it or the. I think that's funny sometimes. It's also something that I think would have to be easy about learning English though. In English there is no difference between endings and pronunciation or the word before words because they do not have a gender assigned to them. For example, in English, a male and female dog is always known as "a dog" or "the dog". The word dog never changes depending on its gender, nor does the word "the" or "a", whereas in some languages it will. "The" also stays the same in plural form. The dog, The dogs.

For example, in French. The dog (le chien) changes both words when pluralised (les chiens). The word for male and female dog differs though and if you are talking about a single dog, the word before dog also is different:
un chien (m)
une chienne (f)
les chiens (2+ m)
les chiennes (2+ f)

We also say the dogs whether they are male, female or mixed, whereas in French the word is different depending on which gender they are, or if they are mixed it takes on the male word.

Although it's pretty easy to remember, it's just a small example.

The other thing is that in English, most plurals just stick an s on the end of the word. Whereas in some languages the whole end of the word changes.

An eg of male and female word differences in French: berger à bergère, chanteur à chanteuse, acteur à actrice, fameux à fameuse.

This is actually very interesting. I love learning new things about languages. I think the key to learning a language is to learn the rules properly. That makes it easy I think.

[slotplayer]

We also say the dogs whether they are male, female or mixed, whereas in French the word is different depending on which gender they are, or if they are mixed it takes on the male word.

I believe Russian is like that also but maybe someone can verify.
About 12 years ago I would listen to Russian tapes everyday on my way to work (made the ride seem much longer.) The only thing I can remember how to say is "this is my friend".

[TheBoyMitchell]

I did notice that but didn't comment because the thread was about grammar and not spelling :P

*wotevah*

[vinism]

5 pages in and no-one has noticed that Grammar is spelt wrong in the title

It's the first thing I noticed. But I it looked like a typo and this thread was about grammar so I figured no harm, no foul.

For me, the most difficult thing for to grasp while learning a new language is situational use of verb tenses. The number verb tense seems to vary from language to language, and it drives me nuts.

[Renee]

It's the first thing I noticed. But I it looked like a typo and this thread was about grammar so I figured no harm, no foul.

For me, the most difficult thing for to grasp while learning a new language is situational use of verb tenses. The number verb tense seems to vary from language to language, and it drives me nuts.

Hey vin you got an example?