If a person cannot understand English well enough to take a written drivers license test, how the heck are they going to be able to understand signs when they are driving?\n\n"stop", "yield", "DO NOT ENTER"?\n\nThe last time I took a written test, the person next to me was taking the test in Polish.  I have nothing against Polish people - I'm polish.
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cause we live in a country that dont care about the laws etc i feel if you move to that state are country you should learn what they speak and if you cant {GET OUT}
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Good day:  I'am struggling as well.  I have found some excellent book's own legal writing.  One of the books entitled legal writing and playing English by Bryan A. Garner, you may be able to pick it up at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or borders, I have found most of the exercises to be great help in my writing.  I am told you must practice, and practice some more.  I am fortunate to have a good instructor, he is extremely tough.  But that makes us stronger if we work at it.  I hope this helps you.
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I am from Romania and I try talking(and writing)as correct as i can.\nThe good news is that there is a spelling check now.:)\nI try to use it as much as i can
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um, I'm assuming you're in Korea? (try to be more specific in your questions) There are some English speaking officers in the immigration offices in South Korea. I remember dealing with someone who spoke at least some English. (no, sorry I don't remember their names) Just try calling and asking if anyone speaks English. They'll do their best to find someone for you. Or get a Korean friend to call on your behalf (but that might be tricky because not many people want to rat out their illegal tutors!)
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I've translated before for immigrants who applied for drivers licenses, but they were all legal.  If memory serves, they have to produce a resident alien card when they apply for a d. license. In my state, you have to produce 5 !!! sources of ID to get a new license, 3 sources of ID if you're in the system and that's across the board for everyone.
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At least you only have to worry about Spanish, where I live we have to do everything pretty much in English, Spanish and Hmong.  \n\nI was in line at the DMV and the young Hispanic gentelman in front of me needed an interpreter so he could get his paperwork filled out for his license.  God help us all, if they can't read the forms and such or understand when things are explained to them, how the heck can they read the signs.
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Tells you where you need to be and when.\n\nDon't know what your second question means.\n\n[ADDED]  Your detail doesn't help.  Just curious - is English your native language?
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Under current US law, there is no strict limitation on your English skills.I know many US citizen who barely mutter a few words in English.\nIn my country, you go thru a hard fluency exam and you must have lived there for at least 3 years. They don't just hand out citizenship to anyone, but I come from Europe and we do have an identity to keep and be proud of. We are NOT a rootless immigrant society like US...They have nothing to lose by letting foreigners in. We do.
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1) "convinced" is incorrect, replace with "said".\n\n2) "...Poland is immune to" is incorrect, either change to "too" meaning "Poland is immune also" or finish the clause saying what it is that Poland is immune to.\n\n3) "...a currency crisis" is incorrect, just delete it from the end of the sentence.
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it took me running like 2 or 3 stop signs to brake me of this bad habit.  i don't even bother with a hands free device.  if some one calls me, i tell them to call me back, i'm driving.\n\nplus there's a $50 fine where i live too.  it just doesn't pay to talk and drive at the same time.\n\nedit...\n\nit's same as a drunk driver, talking while driving is a danger both coming and going.   talkers sometimes don't realize what they are doing, so they don't react.  other times the non-talker cant tell that the user is distracted, so they cant react.
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Your english is very good, as for I.Q who knows, but I do understand the immigration is taking in alot of proffesions these days..I also understand they are talking about a test you have to pass..Good luck
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Look diligently for hidden signals.  Answer back in whatever "language" the signals are coming (eyes, sighs, shrugs, a way of standing...). Then move into "your" language, as far as the person will go, briefly.  End on a positive note.  Try again later.
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I always check both the mirror and with a head check (my father and grandfather have both been truck drivers in the past, and so with their commercial licenses and good driving records they gave me lots of advice). However, my driver's ed instructor actually berated me for this habit. He said it was dangerous to take your eyes off the road in front of you for even the brief second of time required to do a head check. Which is totally ludicrous, since if you stared straight out the windshield the whole time you were driving you'd never be able to read the speedometer or check any of the gages. Needless to say, as soon as I was out of his class, I completely ditched his driving advice. And as a further note, he was later fired from another school after he drove his vehicle into one of the school's buildings. Safe driving techniques, anyone? Unfortunately, I believe many driver's ed instructors may be advising against the head check, too, though, which I think is a sham. However, if you take an accredited motorcycle safety course, they'll definitely recommend the headcheck regardless of the type of vehicle you're controlling at the time. =)
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I'm sure a majority are non-native english speaking.  I find that in the gaming community as well.\n\nOne girl (I answered her question not to her liking) e-mailed me a long, rude and profane message and  informed me it's slang these days and perfectly acceptable to have poor grammer, spelling and sentence structure.  She knew how to spell and if she wanted to spell it that way she would.  If so, I wonder why they bother to put spell check available here?\n\nI hope I'm dead by the time they all take over the country.....
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I am what you call a 'grammar type' person. I'm an English teacher in Argentina, so I tend to have a radar for mistakes. Anyway, I totally agree with you that the important thing is not the grammar but the message. If the message is clear, I will probably notice your mistakes (I cannot help that), but I will not bother to correct them, unless you were a student of mine :-), and we were in class.\n\nI think it works like this. Suppose you have to go from point A to point B, where you and I would meet. One way is the shortest between points A and B, and that's the one you'd ideally take. Now, suppose you took a different, much longer, and even dangerous way, but even so, you got to point B safe and sound. What should I do? Ask you to go back to A and come again taking the shortest way? No! If you are here, stay here. I'm glad you came.\n\nThe problem is if you take a third road that I know for a fact is not going to take you to point B. In that case, I'll advise you strongly against taking that road, not because it's the "wrong" road, but because it won't help you get to your destination. This compares to people whose grammar and spelling are so "bad" that it becomes nearly impossible to understand them. Only in that case, should they do something about it.\n\nBesides, I think there are two types of people as you put it, but not only as regards language. There are people who have a musical ear, and others don't, and cannot sing a song properly. Or there are people who enjoy reading, or can appreciate paintings, or can "see" something in a sculpture, and others who cannot. Well, while some people have a special ability for that, others have a special ability for grammar and spelling.
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Sara, I think you are a wonderful speller and that your grammar is perfect.  I think that you missed the point of a lot of the criticism - it is the fact that a great many people who ask and answer questions fail to hit the 'Check Spelling' button.  I, and I think many others, always make allowances for people like you who do not have English as their first language and appreciate the difficulty.\nIn any event, well done, God bless and good luck.
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In the amount of time it took you to type that in, you could have figured it out. Read each sentence and look for context clues.\n\nFirst sentence: It's time to start planning your next ___. Well, the clue is planning. What is something a lot of people plan? An ELECTION? No, of course not. It's a vacation. You also have a hint in the second sentence--"a trip."\n\nSecond sentence: Why not take a trip across the ___? Well, you might take a trip across the state or the country. Only one of your choices is similar to this--nation.\n\nThird sentence: There are many means of ___ to get to just about any ___. Ooh, a toughie! Two blanks. OK, first one... the clue comes after the blank. "To get to" is your clue--what word tells a way to get to somewhere else? (Starts with T.) Second blank, "to get to just about any ___." Where is somewhere you want to get to? (Starts with D.) \n\nGet the idea? It's pretty easy, and fun. Cross out the words as you use them--you'll only use each one once. Good luck!