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2021.05.17 03:37

I don’t understand why Chinese people always like to say “My

English is very poor”.

Just say “My English is not that good” or “My English is not very good”.

“Poor” is not a good word to describe your language ability. I guess you were taught to say so in your textbook or something, but that’s not right please use “poor” properly.

Please keep in mind. Thanks.
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  • 7加 2021.05.17 03:38

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    I got it.Thank you very much.

  • Amaya 2021.05.17 03:39

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    I always say that😓

  • Anson 2021.05.17 03:40

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    🤔got it. Thanks 😊

  • Alan 2021.05.17 03:40

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    @7加 np

  • Leona 2021.05.17 03:40

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    I got it,thanks☺

  • Zoe 2021.05.17 03:41

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    Lol because that’s how our standard English textbooks have been teaching our kids for decades......

  • Alan 2021.05.17 03:42

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    @Zoe Then that’s very wrong.

  • Anson 2021.05.17 03:43

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    how about saying“my poor English”？

  • Anonyme 2021.05.17 03:43

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    Thank you.

  • Alan 2021.05.17 03:43

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    @Anson don’t use poor at all that’s not right.

  • Lynn 2021.05.17 03:44

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    My English is not that good. Got it! Thanks!

  • Anson 2021.05.17 03:44

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    @Alan so...how to say that? “My worse English “? Or some other words?

  • Jack 2021.05.17 03:45

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    Because our teacher taught us that and Chinese people always remain modest

  • Alan 2021.05.17 03:46

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    @Anson just say my English is not good, people will understand you are from a non-English-speaking country.

  • Kelly Daniela 2021.05.17 03:46

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    and if I speak my English is very bad haha🤔

  • Alan 2021.05.17 03:47

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    @Kelly Daniela very bad means really bad, but saying not that good leaves a room for yourself

  • Anson 2021.05.17 03:48

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    @Alan okay. I see

  • Ron 2021.05.17 03:49

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    we say it like that cuz we are not good at english

  • 934lsj 2021.05.17 03:49

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    Well my English is good

  • 樱樱樱Ida 2021.05.17 03:52

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    Got it.The text book taught us that😂

  • Claire 2021.05.17 03:58

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    JP

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    got it, thank you

  • Ivy可期 2021.05.17 04:11

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    I never say that. Because I never think my English is poor. It just needs more practice.😄

  • coral 2021.05.17 04:21

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    ok， I see

  • HT User175769 2021.05.17 04:35

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    受教了 got it

  • DC Gain 2021.05.17 04:39

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    hi.. can u teach me english

  • 小可爱已上线 2021.05.17 04:50

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    😁😁😁

  • Ken DG 2021.05.17 04:55

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    Thank you!

  • sophia 2021.05.17 06:01

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    i got you. Thanks 😇

  • sunny 2021.05.17 09:52

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    i see,thank you for sharing

  • Wendy Wong 2021.05.17 14:25

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    @Alan Thanks for letting me know . I sometimes made this mistake too.

  • Alan 2021.05.17 14:30

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    @Wendy Wong np

  • Mike 2021.05.19 03:18

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    that is common for us. Thank you for reminding.

  • Emma 2021.06.24 13:22

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    Thank you!!

  • CiCi 2021.07.01 11:22

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    Ok,got it,thanks 😄

  • JJ 2022.04.30 21:42

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    hahaha, u r right, i remember when i was in high school, the teacher told us: 'my english is bad' is a wrong sentence, you should say 'my english is poor'🤣

  • Win 2022.05.03 05:09

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    I think western countries always have a sense of superiority when facing Chinese or Asians, maybe the Chinese are too friendly, maybe one day the whole world will want to learn Chinese, don't forget we are all learners也许西方国家对于亚洲人或者中国人的英语天然有种优越感，也许是中国人太过友善，那也许有一天全世界都要去学习中文，别忘了我们仅仅都是学习者

  • Tanqiu 2022.12.23 05:18

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    EN

    Or l’m learning English. Will it do?

  • Sarah 2022.12.26 06:40

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    EN

    Thank you😍

  • Yoki 2023.10.22 11:12

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    I got it😂

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