big offer: u teach me japanese and I teach u english or/and spanish

[damaris]

Hi I'm looking 4 japanese people who would like to learn english and/or spanish though my japanese is poor so it's an exchange! I'm peruvian so if u r thinking about comming u can contact me ^^
Okey... I get it, I was just writing informally(get the main point), you don't have to take it like that, ugh... In fact, I'm preparing for the TOEFL and I have taken the Methodology courses, and Writing. I was just trying to help TT^TT . Well, it's more about learning Spanish. Pero haber si se atreven a escribir algo de mi Castellano...XD seee

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by damaris

big offer

Umm...

Originally Posted by damaris

Hi I'm looking 4 japanese people who would like to learn english and/or spanish though my japanese is poor so it's an exchange! I'm peruvian so if u r thinking about comming u can contact me ^^

I'm not so sure if my fellow countrymen should want to learn English from you.

[JackIsLost]

Originally Posted by damaris

Hi I'm looking 4 japanese people who would like to learn english and/or spanish though my japanese is poor so it's an exchange! I'm peruvian so if u r thinking about comming u can contact me ^^

u = you
r = are
4 = for
comming hahah
no punctuations at all?

[deity]

Don't think anyone sane would want to learn English from you.

[robhol]

Originally Posted by damaris

Hi I'm looking 4 japanese people who would like to learn english and/or spanish though my japanese is poor so it's an exchange! I'm peruvian so if u r thinking about comming u can contact me ^^

Not meaning to sound like an ass here, but please do refrain from trying to teach anybody English - you won't be doing them any favors.

[noodle]

Is there really any need to be so egotistic towards, damaris?

Sashimister pointed out his mistakes, yet you three felt the need to jump on the wagon and insult him/her?

If you guys want to be pedantic about this;

JackIsLost; No punctuations(???) at all?

deity; I don't think anyone sane would want to learn English from you.

[robhol]

Originally Posted by noodle

Is there really any need to be so egotistic towards, damaris?

Sashimister pointed out his mistakes, yet you three felt the need to jump on the wagon and insult him/her?

If you guys want to be pedantic about this;

JackIsLost; No punctuations(???) at all?

deity; I don't think anyone sane would want to learn English from you.

How is this egotism?
It should be pointed out, that's all. Can you really say that this guy is in any way qualified to teach English? I don't see how nagging at those pointing that out is going to help either.

And if you want to be pedantic about this, what's that comma doing there, pal? And it is "punctuation".

[noodle]

Originally Posted by robhol

How is this egotism?
It should be pointed out, that's all. Can you really say that this guy is in any way qualified to teach English? I don't see how nagging at those pointing that out is going to help either.

And if you want to be pedantic about this, what's that comma doing there, pal? And it is "punctuation".

One person pointing it out is sufficient, hence the egotism! I may not want to get English lessons from the poster, but I don't see what good it does to repeat the same thing, especially when it's somewhat hurtful!

Yes, it is punctuation, not punctuationS! As for the comma, perhaps in American English it isn't used, but in British English, when you say someones name at the end of a sentence, you place the comma there (at least this is what I've learnt. English isn't my mother tongue, not even close, so I may be mistaken. However, my point still holds; I wasn't pointing out those mistakes to be pedantic, I was pointing them out to illustrate the fact that their comments were ironic)!

[Columbine]

Originally Posted by noodle

As for the comma, perhaps in American English it isn't used, but in British English, when you say someones name at the end of a sentence, you place the comma there (at least this is what I've learnt. English isn't my mother tongue, not even close, so I may be mistaken)

You're only partly mistaken, but they way you've used it is completely wrong.

Your sentence "Is there really any need to be so egotistic towards, damaris?" should be "Is there really any need to be so egotistic towards Damaris?" As it stands, your sentence doesn't hold much accurate semantic meaning. We only use the comma if the name of the person used is the person being addressed. For example;

"Noodle, it's really not worth trying to argue about this. The OP probably won't even come back" or
"Don't egg them on, Robhol."

[noodle]

Originally Posted by Columbine

You're only partly mistaken, but they way you've used it is completely wrong.

Your sentence "Is there really any need to be so egotistic towards, damaris?" should be "Is there really any need to be so egotistic towards Damaris?" As it stands, your sentence doesn't hold much accurate semantic meaning. We only use the comma if the name of the person used is the person being addressed. For example;

"Noodle, it's really not worth trying to argue about this. The OP probably won't even come back" or
"Don't egg them on, Robhol."

Ah, yeah, that makes a lot more sense. Thank you, Columbine!