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"Question to anyone who speaks English !"

Yesterday was my English exam, and there was a question that I disagreed on with all the English teachers in the school, so in order to know the exact correct answer, the best thing to do is to ask British people (I am Egyptian by the way). This is the question:

Begin the following phrase with the word "Books", so that it would give the same meaning:
-People still read books.

My answer: Books are still being read by people.
The teachers' answer: Books are still read by people.

There are only 2 students in the school that wrote my answer: Me and my friend, and we're both the best English students in the school. And I mean the BEST, there is no one else in the school that can be compared to us. While on the other hand, all 3 English teachers in the school say that the correct answer is the other one, so ?

homosh wrote:
> Camels used to be in Egypt hundreds of years ago. This doesn't exist
> anymore

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Are you sure?

homosh wrote:
> The reason is that,
> luckily, I have a social-phobia. So I've only spoken Arabic with my
> parents. I know more people on the internet than in real life.

"luckily"

homosh wrote:
> Camels used to be in Egypt hundreds of years ago. This doesn't exist
> anymore, now most cities are civilized, there are cars, malls, ...

But there are still camels, they are not exctint(sp?) are they? NO

Camels used to be in Egypt hundreds of years ago. This doesn't exist anymore, now most cities are civilized, there are cars, malls, ...

J Nash wrote:
> egypt has camels

Camels are cool...

Ohh, I get it. I spoke both, but more English. I didn't say that I didn't speak English when I was young, I only said that it wasn't perfect English. Now, it's almost as if I was british or American. When I post topics on these forums, no one can know that I am not British until I say so. If I had posted when I was 5 or 6, it would have been obvious that I don't speak English correctly.

homosh wrote:
> Tagline wrote:
> you only speak english? you have never spoken another language? you
> never knew any language better than you knew english?
>
> Ohh.. I know Arabic, but less than English. The reason is that,
> luckily, I have a social-phobia. So I've only spoken Arabic with my
> parents. I know more people on the internet than in real life. I hate
> my relatives, so I never visit them, and I stopped them from visiting
> me. There is 1 friend that I have in real life, but I only met him 3
> years ago.

still not what i ment, before, when you knew english but only very limited, if i understand you correctly, and you only know limited arabic, what did you speak?

Tagline wrote:
> you only speak english? you have never spoken another language? you
> never knew any language better than you knew english?

Ohh.. I know Arabic, but less than English. The reason is that, luckily, I have a social-phobia. So I've only spoken Arabic with my parents. I know more people on the internet than in real life. I hate my relatives, so I never visit them, and I stopped them from visiting me. There is 1 friend that I have in real life, but I only met him 3 years ago.

i like egypt

homosh wrote:
> Tagline wrote:
> homosh wrote:
> Yes, but on a limited basis. I can speak it freely now.
>
> so you spoke limited English most of your life? and nothing else?
>
> Is there supposed to be something else ? You mean education ? My
> parents put me in a school that uses English as the main languauge,
> is that what you mean ?

you only speak english? you have never spoken another language? you never knew any language better than you knew english?