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To: truedog who wrote (4218)10/16/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: pezz  Respond to of 6418
 
<< learned how to spell, I might be able to understand you. >> True dog I'm surprised at you . It's the content that matters not the spelling......... Someone who once misspelled "slimy" taught me that......
pez



To: truedog who wrote (4218)10/17/1999 9:51:00 PM
From: Akula  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6418
 
"If you tried speaking in English" - The word "speaking" is a present active participle. Thus, it is an adjective. However, you used "speaking" as a verb.
That phrase would be better written as "If you tried to speak English."
IMHO <gg>