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How can I face the difficult English Grammer

 
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Allen Wu



Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Posts: 1
Location: Taipei Taiwan

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:00 am    Post subject: How can I face the difficult English Grammer Reply with quote

Helloow every bobdy,Iam Taiwan's student.There always have a lot of english test in our school.But the teacher always test the english grammer
to us.I really don't know how to face the terrible test.I very love english but very hate the grammer.It is very hard to understand.So did there have somebobdy who can help me to solve the problem.If ther have some mistakes in my article.I am very sorry about that
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asterix



Joined: 26 Jan 2003
Posts: 1654

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The longest journey begins with a single step...that's how you learn
grammar - one step at a time.
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Bob S.



Joined: 29 Apr 2004
Posts: 1767
Location: So. Cal

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am told by people who are fluent in both Chinese dialects and English that the grammer of both languages is very similar. It follows the basic form: Subject - Verb - Object. In that way, you have it easier than, say, Japanese whose native language grammer form is Subject - Object - Verb.
Verb memorization is easy compared to other languages. In English, most verbs have 3 basic forms: present, past, past perfect; sometimes 4 forms: present (1st & 2nd person), present (3rd person). Compare that to Russian which can have 7 or 8 forms, or Romantic languages (Spanish, Italian, etc.) that can have up to 12 forms.

What grammar form is causing you trouble?
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LucentShade



Joined: 30 Dec 2003
Posts: 542
Location: Nebraska, USA

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:10 pm    Post subject: Actually Reply with quote

Spanish verbs can take about 53 forms, not counting perfect or progressive tenses.
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wolfstone



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Posts: 31
Location: Spain

PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had the same problem as Allen when I was at school. I barely learnt English grammar and I had the feeling that it served for nothing. So I decided to live in an English-speaking country for three years and in this way I found a relation between language and grammar.

My advice is that you learn the grammar that you use. Therefore it's absurd to memorize rules in order to pass a test.
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