Speaking correctly

Hello there. I speak perfect English when I am talking to business associates and my students. In front of my business associates, I need to portray professionalism. In front of my students, I need to set a good example for them to follow. When I am talking to my friends, there are times when I will not speak proper English. I come from a multi racial society. We have 4 different races - Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian. All of us here know a bit about each other's language. When we communicate with each other, we sometimes mix English with the other languages.

Good question. It really depends on who I am talking with. If its with my friends then its mostly slang LOL if its with other adults or teachers, parents then I try to speak as well as I can - it may not always be proper grammar but I do try. With my son I speak using easy words so that he understands.

when i speak in English i do my best to use the correct grammar and the correct pronunciation. its better to speak that way because by that you can also teach the person you're talking to on the correct way of speaking english (in case she's not very good in English). and then there are other people that might be hearing us. sometimes there are those who would laugh at your grammar and pronunciation so its better to speak correctly to avoid that. its really better if we speak correctly because it would be like practice for everyday use. ^__^

In as much as possible I try to speak using the correct grammar. I spent my days learning it from school and i'm not inclined to waste all of it. Of course we do fumble and do speak incorrectly, but it's all about practice - the more you do it, the more you get used to it, and the more you become fluent with it.

English is not also my mother language but though I am happy I can speak english.i don't think i speak with proper grammar and probably never would.I just don't remember all thise grammar I am better in learning new words.

That all depends on what group of people you are with at the time. Let's say you are with your friends. Well you would talk normally without worrying about using proper English because everyone would understand you. Now let's say you are talking to a group of businessmen. Then you would be more careful of the words you spoke and how you used them in a sentence.

i hope i can speak english with correctly grammar but now the most important is i can let the person that i speaking to understand what do i mean in conversation.People said communication art is not how good in using words or grammar but "heart",i believe it's true with my own experience when i make deal with foreign businessman.

I do mind people speaking bad English. It sores my ears. But I don't really get all grumpy about it because its not like people deliberately speak bad English. It just annoys me that they can't improve themselves. Bleargh.

It really all depends upon who I am with. If it's an old friend who knows me well, I can speak street grammar and it's good and they understand me. If I am speaking at work or at church, most often I use correct grammar to be understood and better respected for my opinion.

I think I speak just speak and trying to use correct grammar, but sometimes not necessary, because if I think about the correct grammar to details, I suddenly can't speak and share my opinion LOL. Since English is not our mother tounge, so I think I try to use simple english grammar so I can avoid from mistakes, and if I did some mistakes, the foreigners usually understand what I mean and try to correct it :)

As there are many different dialects of English, I try to choose the one most appropriate to where I am and the people with whom I'm speaking. If I'm to give a speech of any kind, then I would try to use perfect English, but when hanging out with friends, I would talk the way they talk. When I talk with my sister-in-law who lives in the South, I fall into a bit of a Southern accent, or "drawl" as we call it, but I would not use that if speaking with Northerners. It gets confusing if I am in a three way conversation with my brother who still talks like a Northerner and his wife, because I would be using 2 different accents in the same conversation. I know people who are so comfortable in 2 or 3 languages that they can switch back and forth easily, but I sure cannot! Here on myLot I know that my natural language seems a bit too stuffy, so I try to tone it down a bit and speak more colloquially, but that is hard for me because what can I say, I love "big words."

We should always speak corret English language anywhere, by speaking only the other people will get impressed on us.

Talking and Speaking correctly with most sensible thoughts and with your words arranged properly, shows excellence in your part... I agree to talk and speak grammatically correct. This I think is the most appropriate way of talking and speaking a certain language, may it be English,French, Latin , Spanish, etc.