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[Smallray]

Dear All,

Do we use "Your English is fine!" to praise someone's English is really good? Or it is just to say "Your English is JUST fine!"? This is what a stranger (native American) said to me when he queried me about something.

Thank you so much for reading this and the help!

[lotus]

Hi Smallray,

You have just been complimented! Here is the difference:

Your English is fine. (Your English is passable to pretty good. I can understand you most of the time.)

Your English is just fine. (You may doubt yourself and you may falter sometimes; but I can understand your English most of the time.)


--lotus

[Smallray]

Dear lotus,

Thanks a million for the help! Smallray