Let's speak English!

[Чайник777]

Does English become simpler?

Maybe that's what has become of your English? 

[Karakurt]

Why? Must "Is becoming" be used? What tendencies do exist?

[Чайник777]

"Is becoming" be used?

I think so.

[Demetrius]

Why? Must "Is becoming" be used?

I believe yes, since it's an action in progress at the moment of speaking.

There are lots of cases when different tenses should be used, but I've managed to forget all the grammar already.

[Искандер]

There are lots of cases when different tenses should be used, but I've managed to forget all the grammar already.

Why can't we just speak English, not choose correct tenses and other stuff?
I think there is no need in tenses so.

[Karakurt]

Is it ok to use past simple instead of perfect?

[Искандер]

Is it ok to use past simple instead of perfect?

It's quite all-right when you mean something not so perfect but rather simple.

[Demetrius]

There are lots of cases when different tenses should be used, but I've managed to forget all the grammar already.

Why can't we just speak English, not choose correct tenses and other stuff?

Well... Theoretically we can speak English without choosing tenses, but the result may turn out to be not really English.

I think there is no need in tenses so.

I think there is no need in English, so...

[Demetrius]

Is it ok to use past simple instead of perfect?

You are unlikely to run into misunderstanding speaking like this, I guess.

[Искандер]

Well... Theoretically we can speak English without choosing tenses, but the result may turn out to be not really English.

But englishmen do! They speak. They do not choose. & they're happy!

[Demetrius]

Is it ok to use past simple instead of perfect?

You are unlikely to run into misunderstanding speaking like this, I guess.

[Demetrius]

Well... Theoretically we can speak English without choosing tenses, but the result may turn out to be not really English.

But englishmen do! They speak. They do not choose. & they're happy!

It's because of their rotten capitalistic outlook! We should preserve the real beauty of the truъ English language, which is unfortunately so rare nowadays.

[Искандер]

We should preserve the real beauty of the truъ English language, which is unfortunately so rare nowadays.

We shall I say!

[Чайник777]

It's because of their rotten capitalistic outlook! We should preserve the real beauty of the truъ English language, which is unfortunately so rare nowadays.

We should restrain ourselves from looking at the rotting corpse of Western capitalism lest it become too alluring   

[Квас]

Absent.

[Karakurt]

Absent

You like to drink this?

[Искандер]

You like to drink this?

You forget "Do".

[Demetrius]

You like to drink this?

You forget "Do".

An American once told me that asking questions with an affirmative word order is possible, when the speaker expects a positive answer.

But, of course, this is by no means truъ English.

[iopq]

Absent

You like to drink this?

Only negroes pronounce absinthe as absent 

[Искандер]

An American once told me that asking questions with an affirmative word order is possible, when the speaker expects a positive answer.

But, of course, this is by no means truъ English.

Insted of that... itąs totallz possible in Smolensk's tongue of Ru-Be-language continuum. Both wordorder & intonation are positive, but the sentence, sudden, is a question.

[Искандер]

Only negroes pronounce absinthe as absent 

We are not rasists.

[Квас]

Why this thread is so unpopular? Where is everyone? 

Present!

Absent

You like to drink this?

Rather I'm recalling good old days at school. What date is it today? Ivanov!—Present!—Petrov!—He is absent today! Who is on duty today?

[Чайник777]

Rather I'm recalling good old days at school. What date is it today? Ivanov!—Present!—Petrov!—He is absent today! Who is on duty today?

Were they really that good? I remember my doubts about my schoolteachers' English proficiency, their rather lame attempts to teach us and so on.

[Квас]

I was only decently teached English in the 6—8th forms.

People tend to forget evil things; actually I can't remember anything especially nasty about that time.

[Чайник777]

Our English teacher at the university was quite good and she had an American accent    having spent several years studying in the DC.