This is my language teaching thread!! It's true! It's true! (721)

245 Name: 211 : 2007-05-09 20:00 ID:Mjfb71Eu

>>239
Your English is improving! Keep it up! =)

Good job for using the apostrophe on "students" correctly and for using "neither" and "nor" correctly, as well. There are still some mistakes, though!

>I've not knew that Mie prefecture is famous for Nikkyouso!!

There are two mistakes here that really bug me:

First, in a contraction like this, you should contract "not" into the word so it sounds more natural. So instead of "I've not," I haven't."

This isn't a mistake, but in this case, "didn't" would sound better than "haven't." I don't know how to explain that.

Secondly, you made a HUGE mistake. To native English speakers, "have knew" is horrible English! There's something called the past participle, but knowing when to use it and not is confusing, even for native English speakers. "Have knew" is just really easy to see. Heck, if it was another verb, I might not have picked up on it, myself!

(The last sentence of the last paragraph was a good example of the past participle, actually. Not all verbs have different forms in the past participle.)

For now, instead of learning how to use it, you should avoid getting into situations where you need to use it. Instead of saying "I have not knew," say "I never knew." "I have not knew," is incorrect English, but "I never knew" is correct. Also, even when used correctly (know --> known), "I have never known" sounds less natural than "I never knew" in the first place.

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