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geetha_krishna
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Hi,
Can anybody suggest me one good site to improve communication skills.
Please don't suggest Google.com
Appreciate your help in advance
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dtf
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| Quote: | | Can anybody suggest me one good site to improve communication skills. |
I was going to suggest that you use the grammar check in WORD. However, when I put the sentence above into a word document, and did the spelling and grammar check, I was surprised that it did not catch what I think is a grammatical error. I think this sentence should read something like "Can anybody suggest a site helpful in improving communication skills."
English is full of stumbling blocks for a non native speaker (and native speakers too). I think it is an admirable goal to try to ?improve communications.? If you are living in the USA, I would suggest that you take a public speaking class. I guess I would also suggest that you read novels, not just technical books and as you read, pay attention to the grammar.
Examples of some things that I hear that are either wrong, or just sound strange to me, are:
?I have a lot many problems with this program.? An English speaker would probably say either ?I have many problems???, or ?I have a lot of problems??.? If emphasis is desired, they might say ?I have very many???.
?I have a doubt???? This seems to be used in somehow saying ?I have a question concerning?.?, or ?I am unsure about??..?
In these examples, it is not difficult to understand what is being said, but it tends to detract from the overall message.
I am working with a gentleman from India, and he has asked me to correct him when what he says is not correct English. In this way, I think he has made quite an improvement.
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acevedo
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| dtf, nice points for a non english person...like me, really! |
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geetha_krishna
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dtf,
Appreciate your response. I liked your way of explanation.
I Confused with UK and US English usage. |
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semigeezer
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"We (the British and Americans) are two countries separated by a common language."
G.B. Shaw |
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dtf
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I have heard the Shaw quote before. I got a real laugh out of something a teacher that I had who was from the U.K. once said - - "You American chaps sure do butcher the language." 
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Mervyn
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The English chaps are doing a pretty good job themselves, these days.
Mobile phones have a great deal to do with it.
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| semigeezer wrote: | "We (the British and Americans) are two countries separated by a common language."
G.B. Shaw |
I thought Winston Churchill said this, but Semigeezer is habitually right so I decided to check it out (using Google, naturally!).
I'm intrigued by the result:
http://www.google.com/answers/threadview?id=480546
It seems it's one of the most popular sayings ever delivered!
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Communication is not just speaking right grammar, in my opinion. A good communication is when you say apple the other person understands that you are saying an apple, though you might have an orange in your hand.
Be a roman in Rome. So if you use proper english, americans may not understand. But if you use "you betcha" , "i gotcha" , it is more easier for them to understand. Most weird grammar in american usage is double negativity but meaning them as a single negative . e.g. In regular english one would say "I haven't seen anything yet" is spoken as "I haven't seen nothing yet"
But again communication is all about making people understand. I have known many people who speak broken english were able to communicate better to their american colleagues than those who speak proper english.
the way we pronounce things also matter. people are unable to understand certain pronounciations because their brains are accustomed to hear certain things in certain way and it is kinda autonomous to interpret most common words and their pronounciations.
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prasanth_thavva
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| Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: how to overcome communication problem |
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hi ,
i have comm. problem and even not communicating with my manager. that impacts me much in office. so friends please suggest me the ways to improvise the communication..
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venkata prasanth
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vivek said: | Quote: | | Most weird grammar in american usage is double negativity but meaning them as a single negative . e.g. In regular english one would say "I haven't seen anything yet" is spoken as "I haven't seen nothing yet" |
When I hear people speak using the above type of grammer, I shudder and think "poorly educated". Often it is spoken by an immigrant learning to speak english or a very young person. In spanish, for example, it is proper to use the douoble negative in speech. Not so in english. Unfortunately it is also used by people who don't give a damn either. |
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>>>>I was going to suggest that you use the grammar check in WORD.....
Typical bigotted reply. Is good grammar required for good communication? The OP must be a damn foreigner! Is that it? Damn raghead, learn PROPER ENGLISH!
>>>>English is full of stumbling blocks for a non native speaker (and native >>>>speakers too). I think it is an admirable goal to try to |
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jack@$$,
You chose a Wrong board to vent out your frustrations. Your nick tells everything about you. If you keep the same attitude you need to search for another board.
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| Kathi wrote: | vivek said: | Quote: | | Most weird grammar in american usage is double negativity but meaning them as a single negative . e.g. In regular english one would say "I haven't seen anything yet" is spoken as "I haven't seen nothing yet" |
When I hear people speak using the above type of grammer, I shudder and think "poorly educated". Often it is spoken by an immigrant learning to speak english or a very young person. In spanish, for example, it is proper to use the douoble negative in speech. Not so in english. Unfortunately it is also used by people who don't give a damn either. |
double negativity is commonly spoken in america. I have seen mostly in african americans and other americans too. I havenot seen any Indian immigrant not so good in english speaking like that. May be you are referring the hispanics since you are from calif 
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