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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:
> Do you live in Egypt ? Have you ever went to an Egyptian theatre ?
> They discuss it theoritically, I live here, with all of the 70
> million people.

What? I don't understand your point...they discuss the English language?

??

Tagline wrote:
> homosh wrote:
> I never said I watch American movies only, actually I do watch
> British
> movies when they're good enough (Like the Bond series).
>
> Still they are not going to have perfect English, just because they
> are English are they? No.

It doesn't have to be perfect, but it's better than nothing. I've heard to more English speach and read more English text in my life than any other language.

Sheepu wrote:
>Watch Trainspotting

:-D. His brain would melt.

homosh wrote:
> Do you live in Egypt ? Have you ever went to an Egyptian theatre ?
> They discuss it theoritically, I live here, with all of the 70
> million people.

No i do not live in Egypt
discuss what? bananas? why?
have fun *runs off*

Why don't you like Egypt?

homosh wrote:
Have you ever went to an Egyptian theatre ?

Oh dear.

Watch Trainspotting.

Tagline wrote:
>look at it this way, most of us have been speaking this language our
> entire lives, mmhmm, and most of us seem to know you are wrong with
> this, mmhmm, so i think you should drop this now, mmhmm, because you
> are wrong and most of these people are right.

Do you live in Egypt ? Have you ever went to an Egyptian theatre ? They discuss it theoritically, I live here, with all of the 70 million people.

homosh wrote:
> I never said I watch American movies only, actually I do watch British
> movies when they're good enough (Like the Bond series).

Ooo, attacking our culture now... :-)
The new Bonds are American.

homosh wrote:
> I never said I watch American movies only, actually I do watch British
> movies when they're good enough (Like the Bond series).

Still they are not going to have perfect English, just because they are English are they? No.