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KNOW ENGLISH
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Yolandaprieto
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KNOW ENGLISH
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Hello everyone.
One of my students has written in a composition the following sentence: "Everybody should know English nowadays because....."
It doesn �t sound good to me but perhaps I am wrong. I would say: Everybody should learn to speak English" or something like that but I am not sure now. Can you help me, please?
Yolanda
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11 Dec 2013
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brupires
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I would use "learn how to speak"
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11 Dec 2013
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Jayho
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It �s fine - it is rather informal and your suggestion is more formal or academic Everyone should know how to cook = Everyone should learn how to cook You can see the below definition in context here skill/language 9 [transitive] to have learned a skill or language and be able to use it- know something Do you know any Japanese? Cheers Jayho |
11 Dec 2013
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yanogator
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I agree with Jayho (not surprisingly).
Bruce |
11 Dec 2013
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M.S-P
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Both are ok 
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11 Dec 2013
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