Language Exchange :d

[maria4]

hi, i am looking for a language exchange buddy from anywhere in japan, i would love to help you with your english (if needed) if you would be willing to help with me learning you language japanese ^.^, please contact me by email or reply etc. skpye and i will get in touch with you.

Thank you very much.
maria

[protheus]

Originally Posted by maria4

learning you language japanese ^.^,

Why would you want a japanese exchange partner to teach him/her Japanese language?

Anyway, you have the possibility to correct/edit you're text. How you written it, it has ambiguous meaning, especially for a beginner in English, the kind you're looking for.

[RealJames]

I believe protheus is aware of that, but pointing out the incorrect English in a post offering to teach English. The irony, as it were.

[WingsToDiscovery]

Originally Posted by RealJames

I believe protheus is aware of that, but pointing out the incorrect English in a post offering to teach English. The irony, as it were.

I was actually hung up on the double irony of Protheus' post, which includes:

How you written it, it has ambiguous meaning, especially for a beginner in English, the kind you're looking for.

That's just as botched.

[protheus]

How else to explain to someone something, simultaneously avoiding hurting their feelings?!? Answer: Provide an alternate explanation. That's what I did.

Maybe you're right, but point out what is wrong in the (way I written that in the) quote.

[WingsToDiscovery]

Originally Posted by protheus

How else to explain to someone something, simultaneously avoiding hurting their feelings?!? Answer: Provide an alternate explanation. That's what I did.

Maybe you're right, but point out what is wrong in the (way I written that in the) quote.

"How you written it" doesn't make sense. If it were "How you've written it, or "How you wrote it," then it would be correct.
But because you wrote it the way you did, it then messed up the next part "...,it has ambiguous meaning..." which also doesn't make sense when having it structured like "it, it." You've used "it" like a conjunction when it's not; it's a pronoun. This in turn leads to an unnecessary comma splice that doesn't need to be there.
So, you could have written something like:
"How you've written it has an ambiguous meaning, especially for a beginner in English, the kind you're looking for."
OR
"How/The way you wrote it has an ambiguous meaning, especially for a beginner in English, the kind you're looking for."

Then there's the matter of deciding whether to either omit or alter the last part "the kind you're looking for," but that's picky and unnecessary.

[protheus]

Thank you, that's what I wanted to know. Being self taught is a "bit difficult" to get corrected when you should be.

[WingsToDiscovery]

Originally Posted by protheus

Thank you, that's what I wanted to know. Being self taught is a "bit difficult" to get corrected when you should be.

Yep, no problem. Once you get a good command of a language, it's always useful to solidify a lot of those meticulous rules that it's comprised of.

[zero0]

how did it turn out like this?
gosh... like id be on a english lesson or something...
if you want something you want to correct about go to chatroulette or omegle...

[WingsToDiscovery]

Originally Posted by zero0

how did it turn out like this?
gosh... like id be on a english lesson or something...
if you want something you want to correct about go to chatroulette or omegle...

This is what happens when you offer an inadequate service. We're looking out for the poor Japanese souls who could potentially be taught by the OP who can't write in the language she's proposing to teach sufficiently enough.