頭先 ATV新聞 採訪個女人, 佢用 港式英語 回答

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBlkd8hznYg

stockman

My guess is that she may not be very educated and her English is not very good anyway?  If so, what she said is really not that bad.  The reporter understands what she means; we understand what she means.
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Bad grammar?  For sure.  But I won't be surprised if a lot of university graduates can't speak English fluently anyway.  And don't forget she has the guts to say it in front of the camera!

Norman Chan

How well can you speak?   Why don't you try to say what she was trying to say?  Say it to yourself.  Now. At this moment.   Fluent enough?  If you think you are, well I guess you're qualified to judge others then.

stockman

Norman: why are you so upset with my comments?  I said the lady in the video wasn't that bad, and I said a lot of u-grads in Hong Kong probably can't speak fluent English.  What's wrong is this?
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! H8 t+ r0 J" Q/ G' _If you want to be personal, I'd say I can speak fluent English.  Is this really too arrogant?   M3 K/ O* l9 q, D7 @

9 F) O; m( v8 }No, you and I don't have to speak fluent English to be qualified to judge others.  Do I have to be a chef to judge whether a restaurant's food is well cooked or not?  Does it appear to you the lady in the video doesn't speak fluent English?  I was simply stating what I observed.  If you see something else, please share.

rongol

quite interesting...her hong kong style english. i think aeae is not laughing at her indeed. and u two, your english grammer is quite a mess actually.

Norman Chan

Originally posted by stockman at 2006-7-7 09:42 AM:; E0 C* t$ T+ b% P: f9 C
Norman: why are you so upset with m...

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* R1 C0 c( g$ uPlease don't get me wrong, stockman.  My comment was to aeae.

Norman Chan

Originally posted by rongol at 2006-7-7 10:08 AM:3 ^- J* W& `" t, U" j4 P* I6 ~2 c
quite interesting...her hong kong style english. i think aeae is not laughing at her indeed. and u two, your english grammer is quite a mess actually.

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Please kindly point out our grammatical mistakes then.

rongol

how well you can speak. well is an adjective. you should say "how well is your english". the last sentence is really mess. the first part has no object. also you may need to brush up the usage of if...then statement.

stockman

Rongol: I'm sorry, but I think Norman is correct saying 'How well can you speak'.  In this sentence the word 'well' modifies the word 'speak', and your sentence should have been 'How good is your English'.8 M% q8 u0 L3 m" x  F# c8 [
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'Well' is used as an adjective only when it refers to health-related issues such as 'I feel well recovering from the cold'.  In Norman's case, 'well' refers to how one person speaks.  Therefore, it works as an adverb.  'Speak' is a verb and 'well' as an adverb modifies the verb.  'English' is a noun, and 'good' as an adjective modifies the noun.6 V* h( d5 {8 x! C
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If I'm wrong, please let me know.

rongol

how about "well done".
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your reply is better this time. at least, this is no fat, no abnormal writen style. i am not so annoying actually. but i think that  if you want to point out someone's english problem, you should mind yours at first. show norman's reply to your english teacher or english-speaking. i believe he will show you his tongue.