What Are the Issues That Stop You From Speaking English Fluently?

We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.

The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a whole set of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim.

So English, I fancy you will all agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.

I think the confidence level plays the major role in speaking English fluently.

We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.

The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a whole set of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim.

So English, I fancy you will all agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.

I can answer just one, may be foot is feet
but boot sure is beat if not beet.
I never had a doubt about this language is a funny one.

I think it happen when we don't use English language in our normal conversation... We just fumble it as we don't have enough practice of it in speaking in compare of our daily language..

But if person is using English for speaking on regular basis, than surely he/she can easily speak it fluently.

i am presenting English learning in a fun way so as to learn faster....

Yes, there are many whose English seems perfect but nevertheless others consider them 'mad'

We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.

The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a whole set of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim.

So English, I fancy you will all agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.

Its play of words is really amazing.....those 26 letters really create magic. Isn't it? It may be the reason why this language is widely accepted all over the world :)

We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.

The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a whole set of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim.

So English, I fancy you will all agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.

Its play of words is really amazing.....those 26 letters really create magic. Isn't it? It may be the reason why this language is widely accepted all over the world :)

English may look funny as this is our second language. But consider 'elder brother' is 'Dada' in Bengali but elder sister is not 'dadi' but 'Didi'.

Wow gulshanji, you have given a good example and well explained about English.

I understand Sourav Gangullay used to be addressed as 'dadi' by his team mates!!
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Why they addressed him like that. as he is a male he should be address as dada right?

Cnfidence stops me from speakng fluently. Moreover a little bit ofknowlege also

Most of the time nothing stops me from speaking english but some time i dont get words to talk and i feel its better to speak in my mother tongue than speaking in English

Using big and complex sentences is an obstacle to fluency. The title could be:

What stops you from speaking fluent English?.

Just start using small sentences and you will be fluent.

Yes many people mostly people from villages or illetrate person think Ye kya bol rahe hai pagal hai kya...............These thing make me Stop to speak english.........

Yes many people mostly people from villages or illetrate person think Ye kya bol rahe hai pagal hai kya...............These thing make me Stop to speak english.........

When you speak in a group that consists of some non English speaking, it is no use speaking in English. This is true about any language. When in a mixed group, it is best to speak in the language understood by all.

However good we are in any foreign language we shall never be as good as the ones who have that language as their mother tongue. This is true for speaking only. We can be better than them in writing skills. This statement is good for people who are living in English speaking countries but English is not their mother tongue. So there is nothing to make it a big issue. In fact English forums do not treat people kindly who criticize other members for poor grammar or wrong use of words. They only encourage non English speaking people to improve.

Yes many people mostly people from villages or illetrate person think Ye kya bol rahe hai pagal hai kya...............These thing make me Stop to speak english.........

English is a language and it has nothing to do with literacy and there is nothing wrong with the people if they don't know it but we must not speak in English in front of them if they don't know it. :)

Most of the time nothing stops me from speaking english but some time i dont get words to talk and i feel its better to speak in my mother tongue than speaking in English

There is no harm in using your mother tongue word while speaking in English. We use many English words in Hindi. So there is nothing wrong in using some Hindi (or Telugu) word while speaking in English, if you do not know the English equivalent instantly. You may later find out the correct English word.

I does not understand why there is so much demand of English as Hindi is a National language.

When You know hindi you can stay any where in our country but not outside the country.