... That seems a strange thing to do. People do that here with English and Welsh sometimes. As to slovio, my first thought was 'keep my students away from it'...
Hi Daf and Mike, Heh. So, I see that my English was understandable yesterday as you didn't correct me :-) ... curiosity got the better of me and I went to have...
Dmitry Penzin
penzin@...
Jun 18, 2006 2:48 pm
5179
... Yes, I understood it fine. However, just to be helpful, there are a couple of bits that could be improved. As he {hasn't had}[hasn't got his] own...
Hi, Новый способ знакомиться. В субботу принял участе в вылазке на ближайший пруд. Думал...
Dmitry Penzin
penzin@...
Jul 8, 2006 8:42 pm
5181
Hi, I have found in Lingvo that 'show a leg' is 'встать с постели'. Is it the widely spread phrase or no? -- http://www.d-p.spb.ru/ icq:1583594,...
Dmitry Penzin
penzin@...
Jul 19, 2006 6:23 pm
5182
... постели'. ... I think it's mainly used in the imperative i.e. to mean "get up" ("get out of bed"). It is colloquial. You cannot use it formally. ...
... Remember that: * "The" is roughly equivalent to "that". (It was the masculine nominative form of "that" in OldEnglish). * "A" is roughly equivalent to...
Hi Mike, ... yourself if the meaning is closer to "that dog" or to "one dog". Thanks for the explanation. I will try ... ... It's you can see :-), but I doubt...
Dmitry Penzin
penzin@...
Jul 19, 2006 8:55 pm
5186
Thank You Mike. I have currently Trawsfynydd's most useful man fixing things in my house. When it comes to practical solutions I always say, 'Ask Nick. He is...
... I find the whole subject of articles very disturbing. If we examine the mistakes made by native and non-native speakers, there is clearly something bizarre...
Sorry - most of my post has been corrupted there. Yahoo do say that their "rich text" editor is a "beta". I've noticed that it sometimes sends a corrupted...
... I'll try to repost what I can remember of my message which Yahoo corrupted... I find the whole subject of articles very disturbing. If we examine the...
Hello, I find it highly ironic, that in a passage noting how you have never *ever* heard even a tired native speaker make a mistake with articles, you failed...
Hello, I find it highly ironic, that in a passage noting how you have never *ever* heard even a tired native speaker make a mistake with articles, you failed...
Hello Oliver, ... *ever* heard even a tired native speaker make a mistake with articles, ... your sentences. You wrote; (and I'm copying and pasting here)...
Dear Allen, ... between a ... not ... I admit that often people make language errors while typing, that they would not have made if speaking. However, in this...
... I think you mean "article". A linguistic "particle" is something else. You need to distinguish between the spoken language and the written language with...
... You need to stop and think. Apparently you don't understand the difference between having a good knowledge of a language and writing it always with...
Oliver, ... wrote (and I'm copying and pasting here again) "I suspect that he ... perfective to discuss Mike's actions. That word "had", makes it clear ... ...
Hello Oliver, I think it was actually articles rather than particles that have been under discussion. Thank you for your lively participation. But I do think...
Hi Oliver, there is a good article about Cyrillic there http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/ I suggest it every time when I hear the question...
Dmitry Penzin
penzin@...
Jul 21, 2006 8:52 pm
5203
Hi Dmitry, ... Maybe instead of "какой-то" you could substitute "один" for "a" and the rule would make sense. Grammatically it may not be exactly...
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