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SPELLING & GRAMMAR, A DISCUSSION FAQ1010-1130
It is in the Engineering Language/Grammar Skills Forum.
jimbo
It is in the Engineering Language/Grammar Skills Forum.
jimbo
Buy a dictionary, keep it nearby and USE it. Webster's New World Dictionary of American English is recommended, and Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.





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Sorry if I made English language mistakes in my previous replies to you or others.
Perhaps it would be nice to share with us what foreign languages you master.
Not anybody on this planet is born to speak English. But some try out, and is their merrit.
All the best to you and to all the members of this TECHNICAL FORUM
Catalin Dumitrescu,
Bellinghausen Beton SRL
Romania
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Hg
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AS HgTX implied, no one is accusing you of anything. My post was an effort to help anyone and everyone.
We run this web site in english (American English).
We do that because that is our language. Many from other countries speak and write it very well.
jimbo
Buy a dictionary, keep it nearby and USE it. Webster's New World Dictionary of American English is recommended, and Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
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I really don't think the comment was aimed at you. As you say, you speak (or write) better english than I write ... whatever else. I am quite sure it was aimed at native english speakers who have not attempted to learn our own language.
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I am a good or bad civil engineer, but I'm not feeling bad if you consider my English is not the best. But I appreciate our colleagues that try to share their experience with us, and I really do not want to discourage them.
Thanks anyway for your kind words!
Catalin Dumitrescu,
Bellinghausen Beton SRL
Romania
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Americans, Brits, et al. are fortunate that English is widely used worldwide, so that we have the benefit of others w/o browsing foreign language forums.
Ken
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How many westerners get upset when foreign nationals use their native tongue when talking amongst themselves in an English speaking country. Yet when they holiday overseas are amazed at friendliness at their attempts to speak the tongue of others.
It is not the quality of the language that I object to but the content. If the posting could be answered by a Google search it should not be made.
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Again you are too kind. What I need on this forum is the pieces of valuable information that I learn from you all!
I respect you all too much for your expertise in this field! Keep on!
Thanks,
Catalin Dumitrescu,
Bellinghausen Beton SRL
Romania
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Blacksmith