2015年1月5日 · However you could say "he can speak in English well, but he can't understand it" is semantically acceptable, since speaking is different than understanding. However, obviously it doesn't make sense for a different reason -- namely that from a practical point of view you cannot really speak with your mouth a language without understanding it.

2015年3月25日 · They are both correct. However "can" entails the issue of "possibility". If you ask someone "can you" it is as if you're wondering if they are capable of doing it. "May" is typically used for requests, but I will definitely side with WindowsDude7 right above! "Could" is definitely your best shot if you want to express politeness :)

2013年3月5日 · You would think, for example, that conversational German would be somewhat (can't say easily) accessible to a native English speaker, but aside from conversational pleasantries afforded us all by UG, most anglophones do not understand German. Despite the heavy French influence, most anglophones do not understand French, either, unless they ...

2012年5月11日 · You are more likely to encounter speak with in American English, which employs the verb + with construction (speak with, meet with) very much more than British English does. I remember hearing a clip of Laura Bush speaking on the radio (I think to the people of Afghanistan) and saying how pleased she was to be " speaking with you " and to ...

2019年4月24日 · To "speak to" an issue or concern is to address that concern. In this sense, "speak to" is a phrasal verb, and the adverb particle ("to") gives the expression a meaning different from its use in an instance where "to" is strictly a preposition, as in "She will speak to the mayor." To "speak on" a subject is to speak about it in a more general ...

2018年3月2日 · For example, Canadians from Quebec cannot automatically be considered native English speakers even though many speak English quite well; they were brought up speaking French as a first language and think in French (or Canardien, as I have heard unkind Parisians refer to it). But the rest of Canada does largely consist of native speakers of English.

2014年7月28日 · The answer is 2 because more loudly is an adverb modifying the verb sing while the adjective louder modifies nouns and noun phrases.

English is my second language too. Been learning English my whole life starting in kindergarten and spent 13 years in the States. But I'd never called myself a native speaker because I know my native language is another language. You know which one is your native tongue. Just put down fluent if you believe you can communicate well in English.

2011年12月17日 · You need to invest the five minutes it takes to watch this video on YouTube. It is a brilliant and thorough explanation of all of the terms relating to the geographical and political terms related to Britain, England, etc. If somehow the YouTube link dies, you can see the entire script for this video on the author's blog.

If you don't want to risk upsetting them, you can certainly say 'Speak more slowly'. The Oxford English Dictionary has two citations for slowlier, including this from the seventeenth century philosopher Thomas Hobbes: 'They marched the slowlier for the rain which had fallen the same night.' It is, however, rare: I have never seen or heard it ...