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21.18<\/span> Omitted Words<\/h2>\r\nSome languages, especially those that make greater use of inflection, do not include all the sentence parts that English includes. Take special care to include those English parts that you might not be used to including in your native language. The following table shows some of these words that are needed in English but not in other languages.\r\n
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Sentence Parts<\/th>\r\nLanguage Issues<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
Articles<\/td>\r\nNeither Chinese nor Arabic includes articles, such as a<\/em> and an<\/em>, so people with Chinese or Arabic as a first language have to take great care to learn to use articles correctly.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Verbs<\/td>\r\nMany languages have verb tense setups that vary from English, so most new English learners have to be very careful to include auxiliary verbs properly. For example, Arabic does not include the verb \u201cto be,\u201d so native speakers of Arabic who learn English have to take special care to learn the usage of \u201cto be.\u201d An Arabic speaker might say, \u201cThe girl happy,\u201d instead of, \u201cThe girl is happy.\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subjects<\/td>\r\nSpanish and Japanese do not include a subject in every sentence, but every English sentence requires a subject (except in commands where the subject you<\/em> is understood: \u201cGo get the box\u201d).<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Expletives<\/td>\r\nInverted English sentences can cause problems for many new English speakers. For example, you could say, \u201cAn apple is in the refrigerator.\u201d But in typical English, you would more likely say, \u201cThere is an apple in the refrigerator.\u201d This version is an inverted sentence, and \u201cthere\u201d is an expletive. Many new English learners might invert the sentence without adding the expletive and say, \u201cIs an apple in the refrigerator.\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Plurals<\/td>\r\nNeither Chinese nor Thai includes plurals, but English does. So many new English learners have to take great care to differentiate between singular and plural forms and to use them at the appropriate times.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subject pronouns<\/td>\r\nIn Spanish, the subject pronoun is often not used, so Spanish speakers learning English will often omit the subject pronoun, saying, \u201cAm hungry,\u201d instead of, \u201cI am hungry.\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

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21.18<\/span> Omitted Words<\/h2>\n

Some languages, especially those that make greater use of inflection, do not include all the sentence parts that English includes. Take special care to include those English parts that you might not be used to including in your native language. The following table shows some of these words that are needed in English but not in other languages.<\/p>\n

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Sentence Parts<\/th>\nLanguage Issues<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Articles<\/td>\nNeither Chinese nor Arabic includes articles, such as a<\/em> and an<\/em>, so people with Chinese or Arabic as a first language have to take great care to learn to use articles correctly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Verbs<\/td>\nMany languages have verb tense setups that vary from English, so most new English learners have to be very careful to include auxiliary verbs properly. For example, Arabic does not include the verb \u201cto be,\u201d so native speakers of Arabic who learn English have to take special care to learn the usage of \u201cto be.\u201d An Arabic speaker might say, \u201cThe girl happy,\u201d instead of, \u201cThe girl is happy.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subjects<\/td>\nSpanish and Japanese do not include a subject in every sentence, but every English sentence requires a subject (except in commands where the subject you<\/em> is understood: \u201cGo get the box\u201d).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Expletives<\/td>\nInverted English sentences can cause problems for many new English speakers. For example, you could say, \u201cAn apple is in the refrigerator.\u201d But in typical English, you would more likely say, \u201cThere is an apple in the refrigerator.\u201d This version is an inverted sentence, and \u201cthere\u201d is an expletive. Many new English learners might invert the sentence without adding the expletive and say, \u201cIs an apple in the refrigerator.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plurals<\/td>\nNeither Chinese nor Thai includes plurals, but English does. So many new English learners have to take great care to differentiate between singular and plural forms and to use them at the appropriate times.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject pronouns<\/td>\nIn Spanish, the subject pronoun is often not used, so Spanish speakers learning English will often omit the subject pronoun, saying, \u201cAm hungry,\u201d instead of, \u201cI am hungry.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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