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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 ?

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

word of advice

to homosh

READ A BOOK OR 10

Mmmmkay.

homosh wrote:
> Memorandum! wrote:
> homosh wrote:
> Choose the correct answer:
> I bought some ...... for my washing machine.
> Choices: Detergent-Equipment.
>
> The teachers chose equipment.
>
> er...how is that even an English question?
> For a start, either could be correct....
>
> Actually, the reason they chose equipment is because they never heard
> about the word detergent before, they told us that themselves.
>
>
>
> watches U.S movies and listens to U.S
> songs.
>
> because those are always full of impeccable English...
>
> That's not the point. Picture it that way: If someone has never seen
> such famous movies, then what did he see ? what I meant is that they
> never watch movies in English.

(sorry about all the text)

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.

SHEEPY wrote:
> The irony has made my brain explode.

It made me smile :-)

homosh wrote:
> That's not the point. Picture it that way: If someone has never seen
> such famous movies, then what did he see ? what I meant is that they
> never watch movies in English.

Yeah, great, now get to the bit where this has any bearing on what we're talking about. You watch movies in English. Wonderful...but how does it make you right?

homosh wrote:
they
> never watch movies in English.

Neither do you by the sounds of things, only in American English. Which is a dialect.

The irony has made my brain explode.

SHEEPY wrote:
> Damn foreign kid messing with the Queen's tounge.
>
> GO BUILD A PYRAMID

tongue :' }

Damn foreign kid messing with the Queen's tounge.

GO BUILD A PYRAMID