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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What's wrong with my sentence

Today I got into a argument with a guy.
He kept on talking over random stuff.
So then I told him "Learn to create proper sentence before talk"
Someone mocked and replied my sentence "Learn to speak english... before correcting other people"

I don't understand what's wrong with my sentence, I thought it was a perfect imperative sentence, right?
  

Top answer

Wrong. Today I got into an argument with a guy. He kept on talking about random stuff.

— Mister Micawber

  • Wrong.
  • Today I got into an argument with a guy.
  • He kept on talking about random stuff.
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Wrong.

Today I got into an argument with a guy. He kept on talking about random stuff. So then I told him, "Learn to create proper sentences before you talk." Someone mocked me and replied to my sentence, saying "Learn to speak English before correcting other people."
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Thank you for correcting me.
"Learn to create proper sentences before you talk."
I don't know why the "you" is necessary in my sentence, would you kindly explain please ?
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You could say, "Learn to create proper sentences before talking." But "before talk" is not correct.
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Why is that so, I'm using the talk as a noun, not a verb in that sentence ? Which should convey the same meaning as the gerund "talking" right?
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It is not a native construction, Anon. 'Talk is cheap': use it that way.
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