can we use proper english?

• mh2

  28 Jul 09, 09:54

  i know some time mandarin word and realted conversion word can explain a situation and idea more clearly....

  but  jus for those ppl that suck in mandarin. can we use all posting in english that have no chinese meaning behind?

• Lorry`

  28 Jul 09, 10:08

  you mean on forums?

  
  
  Cannot, bye.

• mh2

  28 Jul 09, 10:55

  yes on sgforum to be exact

• Forbiddensinner

  28 Jul 09, 11:03

  Originally posted by mh2:

  yes on sgforum to be exact

  Try making fi fi do so first.

• mh2

  28 Jul 09, 11:08

  fifi = fireice?

• Agenda

  28 Jul 09, 11:10

  no cannot

  go learn chinese

• mh2

  28 Jul 09, 11:23

  lol. no i dun

• Forbiddensinner

  28 Jul 09, 11:26

  Originally posted by mh2:

  fifi = fireice?

  Yup.

• angel7030

  28 Jul 09, 11:27

  what type of english do u want us to use properly, queen, singapore, malaysia, american etc etc english??

• noahnoah

  28 Jul 09, 11:29

   

  govt encourage

  us to use chinese

  because got many PRC

  here

• the Bear

  28 Jul 09, 11:32

  Originally posted by mh2:

  i know some time mandarin word and realted conversion word can explain a situation and idea more clearly....

  but  jus for those ppl that suck in mandarin. can we use all posting in english that have no chinese meaning behind?

  
  i have no idea what the hell you are trying to say...

• Forbiddensinner

  28 Jul 09, 11:36

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  i have no idea what the hell you are trying to say...

  He is asking people not to post things in chinese or like this :

  Ni hao ma?

• the Bear

  28 Jul 09, 11:37

  Originally posted by Forbiddensinner:

  He is asking people not to post things in chinese or like this :

  Ni hao ma?

  
  then if he's asking people to post in proper english, why the heck is his post in incoherent and bad english?

• Lorry`

  28 Jul 09, 11:42

  Originally posted by mh2:

  yes on sgforum to be exact

  And why should people do that?

• Forbiddensinner

  28 Jul 09, 11:46

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  then if he's asking people to post in proper english, why the heck is his post in incoherent and bad english?

  Ask him. It is a case of a snail asking the sloth to climb faster.

• Forbiddensinner

  28 Jul 09, 11:47

  Originally posted by Lorry`:

  And why should people do that?

  Quoted from TS :

  but  jus for those ppl that suck in mandarin. can we use all posting in english that have no chinese meaning behind?

   

   

• 93'guy

  28 Jul 09, 11:50

  Please type in proper and correct english without any grammar mistakes .

• the Bear

  28 Jul 09, 11:51

  Originally posted by 93'guy:

  Please type in proper and correct english without any grammer mistakes .

  
  "grammar" not "grammer"

• mh2

  28 Jul 09, 11:57

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  what type of english do u want us to use properly, queen, singapore, malaysia, american etc etc english??

  
  as long as english can already.

  local slang is ok eg. lah, ar, lay, mah,

• mh2

  28 Jul 09, 11:59

  Originally posted by noahnoah:

   

  govt encourage

  us to use chinese

  because got many PRC

  here

  btu this not  chinese forum , yes?

• mh2

  28 Jul 09, 12:04

  to forbid...

  thk for explaning my pov.

  to all:

  this is not english lesson, why bother  about perfectly constructed sentences.

  i jus request ppl to write in understandable (sometime broken, misspelled) english..

  what so difficult. lol.

   

  primary purpose: for ppl like me that suck in mandarin (must i confess this?)

• FireIce

  28 Jul 09, 12:10

  of cos can.
  but i dun want.

• Chew Bakar

  28 Jul 09, 12:19

  I write in English but the mix lingo give Sgf more vibes.

• Ah Chia

  28 Jul 09, 12:21

  i know some time mandarin word and realted conversion word can explain a situation and idea more clearly....

  but  jus for those ppl that suck in mandarin. can we use all posting in english that have no chinese meaning behind?

  You malay or indian?

• duanyuqiao

  28 Jul 09, 12:23

  wa song le. wa ai kong si mi jiu kong si mi, li si ai an zhua?