Thread: Hello to all people for whom English is native

Originally Posted by Eric C.

What made you ask such a question? That's just like asking "do the Russians use Instrumental case in casual speech?".

При мне кто-то спросил американку, учительницу английского: "Do you really use the articles (a, the) in your everyday speech?".

Originally Posted by Lampada

При мне кто-то спросил американку, учительницу английского: "Do you really use the articles (a, the) in your everyday speech?".

Well, from what I heard, a Soviet minister of agriculture once asked the British Queen, when had to speak to her, "do you speak English?"