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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 ?

To me, both seem good. But the one your teachers think is right seems to match the question more.

They make as many mistakes as hell, and me and my friend have had hundreds of arguments with them in the past. We were right in all of them, except this one..

Well both sentences make sense, and both are right. But their sentence is not wrong, as you seem to think.

I agree. Contradicting englsh teachers is a fun thing to do. Sometimes we distract them from the lesson with a really stupid open-ended question.

I love a good argument.

i fink ur write

SHEEPY wrote:
> i fink ur write

i fink dat yoo r stoopid meester shep.

mi spulling n grandma rulz...

Haha

I just looked at the title again.
Yeah, nobody speaks English on ukchatforums.com

Heh.

If my answer isn't correct, then my situation will become reaaaally screwed up. Last year I lost 8 marks because of Arabic, and I got the highest mark ever in Biology, but it still makes me lose 6 marks, which gives an advantage to people who chose chemistry.. If I end up getting a job in Egypt, I'll commit a suicide, seriously..