Languages - October 2007

I speak english as a foreign language and saw these stranges sentences in an english course ; i would like you check my sentences and certify (or correct) them :
- they sell someone on an idea.
- she attends a staff meeting.
- i spent my dollars on plane tickets.
- as a child, i spent my time reading.
- i knew that while i preferred sitting, (my classmates would rather go and play).
Thank you in advance.
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2007-10-15 18:47:38 · 19 answers · asked by magnon86 6

2007-10-15 17:43:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does "ricordo del battesimo" mean and what language is this? Its on the back of my grandaughters baptism medallion. I think I know what it means I just want to make sure.

2007-10-15 17:32:59 · 7 answers · asked by gypsy pirate 3

...kosova

2007-10-15 17:26:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

In simple terms like twice as hard, 3 times as hard, twice as easy, don't just say a lot, because that doesn't help me at all!

2007-10-15 17:15:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 16:26:56 · 4 answers · asked by gherd 4

2007-10-15 15:51:35 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 15:27:00 · 3 answers · asked by Tempess B 1

im doing a project thing and all of the definitions on m-w.com i dont undersatnand

2007-10-15 14:15:12 · 5 answers · asked by Taylor 3

I looked on the computer...and it says please in french means svp...how would you pronounce that?

2007-10-15 13:59:54 · 11 answers · asked by beachbabe4747 2

Some of the questions (and answers) I read have so much of this net lingo (or text lingo) they almost seem to be in a different language. And then there's this radio ad for a cell phone provider that's spoke in this lingo.

I hate when people talk like this. It shows laziness and I think it's an ineffective means of communication. Maybe it would be ok if it was just in text messages or on-line, but it's starting to creep into other forms of communication.

Do you think it's silly be bothered by this? Should I simply accept it as an inevitable evolution of the English language - or perhaps the start of a new language? Next thing you know we'll start seeing net lingo dictionaries and they'll start teaching it as a foreign language in schools.

2007-10-15 13:01:55 · 4 answers · asked by Justin H 7

i think paperview sould be a word. it is much better then pay-per-view becuase thats too long too write. its prenounced the same way. i mean seriously, that would rock.

2007-10-15 11:49:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i really need some help... can someone type up a spanish paragraph of like 7 sentences about a disaster.... it can be made up or like a real disaster...

pleasee i dont know how to do this.

2007-10-15 10:27:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Stone is a unit of weight used in England

2007-10-15 09:26:10 · 5 answers · asked by stanphillips76 1

2007-10-15 08:57:06 · 2 answers · asked by dvbball21 1

It really is not that hard, is it just being lazy? trying to fit in with friends? or just plain lack of a brain? I grew up in a very poor area. (Benton Harbor, MI) and it drives me crazy, that people choose to use poor english, and form bad habits from talking this way. No one will take you seriously.

2007-10-15 08:27:27 · 5 answers · asked by Mel 3

In present tense, please

2007-10-15 07:39:39 · 5 answers · asked by Kathryn 4

how would you translate "had been" as in "my books had been thrown out of their bookcases"

would you use "sind geworfen worden"? I know this means "have been thrown" but can it mean "had been thrown" as well?

2007-10-15 07:09:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 07:07:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i went on a website and got a chinese name but now i can't find the website so i don't know what it means. =)

2007-10-15 06:54:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you pronounce these phrases?

je ne sais quoi

joie de vivre

And which would make a better tattoo, on the back of my neck or on my wrist?
Thanks all!

2007-10-15 06:37:05 · 5 answers · asked by mrs.v 4

I want to learn another language, but don't know if german is a good one, because i heard all german speakers can speak better english than americans.

2007-10-15 05:55:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 05:26:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i live in the uk but im going to be in El salvador for a few years and i need to know

2007-10-15 05:17:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 04:25:46 · 11 answers · asked by leo8813 1

many use this word without knowing the meaning.STUPIDS.

2007-10-15 04:21:10 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thank you very much!

2007-10-15 04:00:38 · 2 answers · asked by Legate Tatiana 3

ALl of the guys I work with are from Central America, mainly Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

They all use this phrase all the time and us gringas can't understand it.

They wrote it down once, but none of them went to school so I'm not even sure if they're spelling it right, but they wrote it like this

"Papa desime".
They yell it out all the time, and laugh when they say it, and hte pronnounce it like "PApa deh-see-may."

What on earth does this mean?

2007-10-15 03:58:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

please help. thanks!

2007-10-15 03:54:25 · 8 answers · asked by Robert C 2

not all that corruscates with effulgence is ipso facto aurum

2007-10-15 03:27:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous