Which countries are the most successful E.Grammar users

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Do you have any idea about people of which countries are very careful and fluent when it comes to Eng.grammar and speaking english?

Diamondrg · Accepted Answer

A delicate issue. I think one shouldn't make such comparisons.

Ikia · Answer

Americans, of course, with the Brits coming in a close second.

Merry Christmas! I'm gone!!!

Ikia

Jonathan1980tr · Answer

The question is not about native speakers.

Rishonly · Answer

I agree to your point, Diamondrg. It is possible that such comparisons would offend some readers of this forum.

CalifJim · Answer

I think it's individual talent rather than membership in any national group.
Some people just have a flair for language; others struggle more.
It has nothing to do with what country you come from.

CJ

TeacherBrian · Answer

Countries where English language tuition starts early in the education  system and where English is a common second language seem to produce  the most fluent and accurate English users.

X11 · Answer

I agree with TeacherBrian. For instance here in Denmark, we commence learning english at the age of nine or ten. And our Ministry of Education wants to get it introduced to children at the age of seven or eight which I personally believe is a great idea. i consider myself rather good at English and its grammar and my skills within this language are in all probability a result of the early commencement.

Jay

Diamondrg · Answer

we can start questioning whether "start" or "begin" would be a better substitute for "commence". Let's look:

---commence
verb [I or T] FORMAL
to begin something:
---start (BEGIN)
verb
1 [I or T] to begin doing something:
---begin
verb [I or T] beginning, began, begun
to start to be, do, etc:

can someone make FORMAL clear? when do we make FORMAL speeches? What I am making now is a formal one?

X11 · Answer

I know that it is formal Diamondrg, and I wrote it deliberately as I like to vary my language. It might be better to use to begin or to start but sometimes my mind gets mixed with my spanish 'universe' and as one of the commonly used names for start is 'comenzar' I chose that.

Jay. If you look up the word formal in a dictionary there are several different explanations.

Danyoo · Answer

Well actually this is a very good question.

It makes a tremendous amount of difference what your mother tongue is when it comes to your ability to pick up English, especially conversational English. For natives of the Far East region (Korea, Japan and probably China too), their language structures are so vastly different than English, it is a tremendous struggle to learn English as a second language. Whereas, some of the European countries speak languages with similar roots and grammar structure which make it much easier to learn English.

My parents immigrated to the U.S. when I was just 13 years of age from Korea so I had the advantage of being immersed in English language at a relatively early age -- but it was, and still is, a big strugle. Then when I was in high school (long long time ago mind you) I took two years of Spanish. And it was a cinch!!! Not that I aced it without studying...don't think I aced it at all...but my point is since I already was pretty fluent in English, learning Spanish was so much easier! I remember thinking "wow if I had to learn this language from Korean, what a mighty struggle it would be!!".

I am told the easiest language for a Korean to learn is Japanese and probably vice versa. And I know Spanish and Portugese is very similar.

Now as far as being grammatically correct....well that's another story. I have seen many a high school English teachers from Korea and China come to the U.S. and not be able to hold a casual conversation in a restaurant. Being able to read and write and score high in TOEFL is different than being able to converse.

Finally, I agree with previous posters....the key is to start early!!!! Kids have amazing ability to learn. Not only langauages, but sports, musical instruments, arts, etc. Well I tried my best...but now my kids are teenagers and...need I say more?!

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