Dear Mr. Yang,

我是中學生，我所作的英文文章都有中式英文Chinglish的問題，應如何改善？怎樣看出是中式英文？有甚麼句式可用？

Kin Hang Tsoi

多閱,多聽,多說,多寫
久而久之,如有進步
最重要是多閱讀

TLY

Dear Mr. Yang,

Is fish an uncountable noun?
If yes, is the following conversation correct?
A: " How many fish are there?
B: " There are 5 fish."

and which sentence is correct?
1)!@a few fish!@or
2)!@a little fish

Thank you for answering my questions.

Ka Po

The first part :
Correct .
The second part ,
A few fishes .

If the fish is referred to as different kinds and the same kind of
'fishes', then use fishes . eg, ' My fish tank has several fishes ,
all from the tropics .'
I have seven fishes all of different kinds .

TLY

Dear Yang Sir,

My son in Primary 1 is learning present continuous tense now. For example,
read - reading
sing - singing
swim - swimming
dance - dancing

Why some words need to double the last letter, like swimming,? ?skipping but some
don't need? Is there a rule?

Please reply by email. Thank you very much!

I found the questions and your replies on rthk web is very useful? ?to us, thank you
very much!

Best Regards - Sylvia

AS a verb :
1. my son is reading a book now
2. my son is singing in his room
3. my son is swiming in our pool
4. my son is dancing with his friends

'ing' msy be a noun
1. reading is good for you
2. singing makes me happy
3. swimming is not difficult to learn
4. dancing gives me great pleasure

'ing' = 正在

TLY

Dear Mr. Yang,

I would like to ask the following questions:

1) what is the different between " you and I" and "you and me".
2) when do we use plural noun
e.g. a) The trustees can be insured against loss.
b) The trustees can be insured against losses.
Which one is better?

Thanks for answering my questions.

You and I is 'subject .
You and me is 'object '

eg. You and I like her and lim
he and she like you and me

TLY