Where are you from?

[tiorthan]

Welcome to the forum.
Most of us are alive here, I guess. What do you want to talk about?

[caro64]

Hello everybody,

is anyone alive here? (:lol: sorry but I had a great laugh about this - Sielina, alive is the opposite to dead!) I just want to say that it's this is a really useful website. I'm looking for English speaking friends to keep fit in English (to improve my English) and who I could can communicate with ( now! here one could also use the word "whom" but I wouldn't want to confuse you with old fashioned words .

Hello Sielina and welcome,
I know some of us are getting on a bit (getting old) but we're not quite dead yet . I'm not to sure what you wanted to ask here, so please try again.
Best wishes,
Caro

[Keswick]

Welcome to the forum.
Most of us are alive here, I guess. What do you want to talk about?

Most of us? What about the rest??

[caro64]

Ghosts

[Keswick]

Haha now that you mention it caro64, it did feel a bit chilly in here . Or it's just the Northeasterly wind!

[Duckduck]

Methinks, ye youngsters jest about us venerables, whose life span has been long, too much...

Well, call me Duckspeare if you like but stop talking about ghosts, I'm easily frightened.

And now for something completely different: No 1: The Larch!
(I've tried this one before but got no response. Don't any of you know Monty Python? Ha, ye unlearnéd young hussies (and how do I call the males?)!
Enough of this. Back to the "who/whom" business.

In looking for information I stumbled upon this:

"whom" must be used in combination with a preposition. And in these cases the preposition must not stand at the end of the sentence.

So Sielinas' sentence should read:
"I'm looking for English speaking friends with whom I can communicate to improve my English."

Love
Duckduck

[caro64]

"and with whom I  can communicate with" is this not right then? it definetly sounds right, now I'm confused  
Caro, who loves Monty python but hardly has the chance to watch their films in English x

[Keswick]

Aye, that's correct, too, caro64! Unless Duckduck proves us (those who speak English from their guts, if you know what I mean ) us wrong.

Kind regards,
Keswick
who loooooves Monty Python!

[Duckduck]

"and with whom I can communicate with" is this not right then? it definetely sounds right, now

I don't think putting two "with"s into the sentence will solve the problem, though, or will it???.

I'm confused So am I!!!

It was probably all my fault again, getting mixed up in the different levels of style you wonderful people have. Of course it is OK to put the preposition at the end of a sentence (see preposition stranding) in the informal style.

But what can I do, some of us, the elderly I suppose, just are nature's aristocrats and can't help talking, you know, shall we say... a little differently?! (nudge, nudge, know what I mean, know what I mean, nudge nudge???)

Caro, who loves Monty python but hardly has the chance to watch their films in English x


Anybody who loves them is my friend! So caro and Keswick, like it or not, we're buddies from now on!!!


Duckduck

[tiorthan]

No English Monty Python ... that's no life.

And now for something completely different:
Ducks are ok but I like cats better

[Keswick]

Anybody who loves them is my friend! So caro and Keswick, like it or not, we're buddies from now on!!!




Duckduck

Yay! I love the idea flower *nudge nudge*

[Tanne]

Hello,
my name is Tom. I come from Bremen. I want to learn English, because I'm aircraft mechanic and I need this language in my job. Would you help me, than I'm very happy. Can you say me false sentence, than I correct him.
have a nice day
Tanne

[tiorthan]

Welcome to the forum from Syke.

Hello,
my name is Tom. I am from Bremen. I want to learn English, because I'm aircraft mechanic and I need this language in my job. Would you help me, than I'm very happy1. Can you tell me the wrong sentences, then I can correct them₂.
have a nice day
Tanne

1 - Das muss irgendwie ersetzt werden, hier ginge zum Beispiel "I'd be very happy then"
2 - Alle Nichtpersonen sind sächlich, deshalb geht hier nur "it" oder eben im Plural "them".

Beachte:
then = dann (zeitlich)
than = als (vergleichend)

Das zeitliche "als" ist übrigens "when".

[caro64]

Hello,
my name is Tom. I come from Bremen. I want to learn English, because I'm an aircraft mechanic and I need this languagein for my job. Would you help me, than I'm very happy I would be very happy if you could help me. Can you say me false sentence Could you please point out the mistakes I make, then I can correct him them.
Have a nice day,
Tanne

Hello Tom,
nice to have you here. Bremen is a lovely city. Have fun learning English.
Best wishes
Caro

[caro64]

Anybody who loves them is my friend! So caro and Keswick, like it or not, we're buddies from now on!!!




Duckduck

Yay! I love the idea flower *nudge nudge*

Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more