08-25-2009, 01:36 PM
Unfortunately I live in the north of england and the nearest very big city (Manchester) is over an hour away, which is the only city I found locally with Japanese tutors in it. I wish I had one, but I have to learn on my own.
And on the subject of saying don't instead of doesn't, don't is definetely incorrect and I never say it but I hear it very often from other people. The problem though is no one can speak English in England. If you ever come here (and I would advise anyone not to) expect to here the mixing round of 'were' and 'was', lot's of double negatives, people using the word 'like' for no reason multiple times a sentence, people saying things like 'the most stupidest' and phrases such as 'well good' replacing every positive adjective in the whole language. Also there is just the complete lack of any correct grammar and sometimes even sentence order. Sorry about the rant, but as you can tell I have intense distaste for England. But what I was getting at is that it's so common to say don't that you would not be taken to the principle and some of the teachers might even say it themselves.
And thanks for the explanations. I think I'll definetely make sure that I use ではありません instead of ではありません.
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