English Grammar Question

[King Edward]

I'm glad im English and its my first language, as I would hate to have to learn it again!!!!!!

R'as Yes by feet is incorrect as was stated above it would be on foot. you could also use by foot.

[R'as al Ghul]

I'm glad im English and its my first language, as I would hate to have to learn it again!!!!!!

How's your German?
I heard it must be the strongest pain in the back to learn it?
Don't try if you don't have to......

[King Edward]

The only thing I can say in German would be censored by our mods rather quickly

[Mouzafphaerre]

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How's your German?
I heard it must be the strongest pain in the back to learn it?
Don't try if you don't have to......

Not at all! Learning German was pretty easy on top of English training. The real pain is forgetting it after three years' classes.
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[Craterus]

On foot or by foot.. I wouldn't have been able to tell you why that's what is it though..

Just another part of the quirky English language

[Fragony]

I'm glad im English and its my first language, as I would hate to have to learn it again!!!!!!

Actually english is one of the easiest languages to learn, because it's logic is very consistent.

[King Edward]

Actually english is one of the easiest languages to learn, because it's logic is very consistent.

I got told it wasn't easy because of our inconsistant grammar, and also many words with multiple meanings ie for & four, their and there. mean for example has at least 3 meanings!

(There are many more but my minds drawing blanks at the moment.)

But I'm no language expert infact I'm terrible at other languages, Luckly my girlfriend can speak English and French as well as passable Itailan, German, Mandarin and Russian!

[R'as al Ghul]

I got told it wasn't easy because of our inconsistant grammar, and also many words with multiple meanings ie for & four, their and there. mean for example has at least 3 meanings!

We call them "false friends" because they sound alike but are written differently and differ in meaning.
In contrast to French it's quite easy. Latin was the horror.

[King Edward]

I am trying to explain how the rule works but to be honest every time i think i have it worked out i think of an exception.

One a was thinking of was that you could make something by hand, or you could make it with your own hands. It just seems to depend on how you construct your phrase.

He he im confusing myself now and this is supposed to be my first language!!!

[Fragony]

I got told it wasn't easy because of our inconsistant grammar, and also many words with multiple meanings ie for & four, their and there. mean for example has at least 3 meanings!

(There are many more but my minds drawing blanks at the moment.)

But I'm no language expert infact I'm terrible at other languages, Luckly my girlfriend can speak English and French as well as passable Itailan, German, Mandarin and Russian!

Not at all, english is a very logical language with perhaps a few oddities, why do you think people from all over the world learn it so easily? Try dutch, I don't think anyone can really master it unless he/she speaks it from childhood. So many little crazy things that you just have to know.

[The Stranger]

what about german/deutsch now that language is weird or they way french people count
i mean 4 times 20 plus 8 = 88 c'mon are you stupid

[Adrian II]

what about german/deutsch now that language is weird or they way french people count
i mean 4 times 20 plus 8 = 88 c'mon are you stupid

Ainuntaggentich (that's Rotterdamish).

And Frag, I love it when you get it all wrong, then go on to say English is such a logical language, and finally take it all back because you get, um, cold foots?

[Sjakihata]

lol imo english isnt logical at all, on the other hand, german is.

[Fragony]

cold foots?

I shall not bite

[Ldvs]

I got told it wasn't easy because of our inconsistant grammar, and also many words with multiple meanings ie for & four, their and there. mean for example has at least 3 meanings!

I know it's a bit off-topic, but still, it's grammar related.
I must admit that I'm quite astonished by the number of English people who can't make the difference between:

• their (possessive) / there (location) / and to a minor extent they're

• it's (verb) / its (possessive)

• than (comparative) / then (adverb)

Sadly, English native people mix them up so often that many non-native English speakers make these mistakes now.
Fortunately, very few speak French here, therefore you won't notice how terrible the French are at writing in their own language.

[R'as al Ghul]

R'as Yes by feet is incorrect as was stated above it would be on foot. you could also use by foot.

Okay,
so on foot or by foot
but never feet in any combination?

It sounds reasonable.
Now it would be nice to have someone explain it.