On September 5, 2015 at 01:28, Mac Burks (39) said...
"My name is Hassan and I have just joined this community, this is my first post here just to say a hello to all the member of this forum. "
Note the perfect spelling...caps on the I then the "i am from asia or russia" grammar...
Are you actually criticizing the perfect spelling that is there, then criticizing the mistakes? Make up your mind!
"just to say a hello" and "all the member of this forum".
English speakers who can spell and use punctuation also know how to phrase sentences properly.
As we have seen here, especially with KOT, your mileage may vary on that one! And I am tempted to call you out a couple of times in the future. We'll see.
No one says "just to say a hello" and members should be plural.
Mac, you may be a bit paranoid. You're putting yourself up as an expert, but you missed the fact that the first sentence is a run-on sentence. There should be a period between "community" and "this." Those should be two separate sentences.
I can completely relate to a non-native speaker of English saying "to say a hello." I can see the mistake of "all the member." We don't know what his native language is.
I've recently spoken with people of different nationalities who are in Saudi Arabia. Let me tell you a couple of things you wouldn't expect.
In New York, "okay, okay," means go away, especially if said with an attitude. In Saudi it means "yes, definitely."
In Saudi, for Filipinos (and perhaps others), to say same, you say "same." To say completely and totally identical, you say "same same." There's also "schway," which means "be careful," and "schway schway," which means "be very careful."
And one that totally cracked up the hotel manager when I shared it with him: when someone says "yes," they mean "yes." When they say "yes, yes," they mean "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Most people who join forums make their first post about something like "where can i download URC software?". They don't drop by to say hello to everyone.
Mac, you're the complaining expert here and you didn't capitalize that "i." And you ended the sentence with a question mark and a period. The quotes can come after or before the end punctuation; it depends.
He could be a real guy. We should just wait to see what he says next.
