Monday, January 21, 2008

Common English Errors in HK (1)

Barry spoke foul languages. (Wrong)

Barry used bad language.

'Language' is only plural when it refers to different languages. 'Foul' is a strong word and can be used for really obscene language, but 'bad language' is more common expression for swearing. And the verb is generally 'use'.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, what a nice example!

William Fu said...

Say thanks to Barry.