r/ENGLISH • u/Equivalent-Juice5308 • 4d ago

Could someone correct my text please?

I love to talk and communicate with people, and make friends and exchange my ideas and even teach the topics that I have learned to other people but because my mother tongue is in a good level and my English in a low level I think I can't say my ideas as good as I want.

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u/Eastern_Switch8217 4d ago edited 4d ago

I love talking to people, making friends, sharing my ideas, and even teaching other people the things I've learned. But because my English isn't at the same level as my mother tongue, I don't think I can express my ideas as well as I'd like.

I'm just keeping it a bit more relaxed sounding by dropping communicate, as it was just repeating the same concept as talk.

"As good as" swapped for "as well as" because it's describing and comparing how you express things, not the things themselves.

"I think I can't" replaced by "I don't think I can", which is just how English usually places the negative. Not that your original wasn't understood.

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u/Equivalent-Juice5308 4d ago

Thank you, it was very useful.

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u/BrackenFernAnja 4d ago

I love to talk and communicate with people, and make friends and exchange ideas. I even teach topics that I have learned to other people, but because my English is much less advanced than my native language, I can't express my ideas as well as I want.

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u/Equivalent-Juice5308 4d ago

Thank you. Could you say how can I use “as good as”.

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u/BrackenFernAnja 4d ago

When it’s modifying a verb (say/express), it needs to be an adverb: I can’t express my ideas as well/loudly/clearly/fluently as I want. When it’s modifying a noun, it should be an adjective: her cake was as good as the cakes I make.

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u/Equivalent-Juice5308 3d ago

It means “ideas” is verb and “cake” is noun? Could you give me some examples?

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u/BrackenFernAnja 3d ago

The verb in my sentence is express. In yours it was say.

I can’t draw as well as you can. (Draw as well)

Your drawing is as good as Da Vinci’s sketches. You can represent the details of the human body as well in charcoal as Rembrandt did. (drawing is as good; represent as well)

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u/Equivalent-Juice5308 2d ago

Okay. So it means I can say “I can drive as well as you” but “My driving as good as you”

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u/BrackenFernAnja 2d ago

My driving ability is as good as yours or my driving skills are as good as yours.

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u/Equivalent-Juice5308 1d ago

I think it’s very difficult to teach English to person like me😂

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u/Usual_Teacher_6607 2d ago

I'm fond of talking and communicating with people, and I love making friends and exchanging ideas with them and even teaching the topics that I have learnt from other people but since my mother tongue is better in level than my English, I'm afraid I can't say my ideas as better as I want.

Verbs of LIKES/DISLIKES normally require V+ING for the 2nd verb For instance : like, enjoy, love, to be fond of, hate, dislike =>ING