Do you have a good command of language?

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I'm fairly bad at speaking and always have been, but I do tend to understand grammatical concepts and so forth pretty well.

I treasure the English language and find poorly- or unpunctuated text very difficult to read. If a post on an internet forum such as this is written in the dreaded TXT SPK, I simply will not read it as it is too difficult to understand; as well as being insulting to the richness of our language.

yes. i also have never understood why people sneer "big words dude" over words that are not even especially big.

i loved to read the dictionary as a child.

i have a good vocabulary when i READ a book, but many words i know in that way, i am unable to pronounce because i have never heard them aloud, and also when writing i often settle for an inexact word because i have no idea how to spell the correct word that speaks in my brain.

I like to think my written English is good. (You've read my posts, correct me if you disagree!)

I wouldn't say I was particularly formal though (although I can be when necessary, such as when I have to write a letter at work).

However, I have often been told I speak much too quickly. This is probably due to my mouth trying to keep up with my brain!

I have a pretty good command of the English language.

I actually like it when that happens. I see it as a good challenge. I sometimes intentionally take the back road because I see it as a good opportunity to use language in an inventive way and use metaphors. It's fun to see what you can make words do.

I read a lot, particularly nonfiction science stuff. As a result, I've picked up a pretty decent vocabulary. I'll sometimes use words that others don't know, or words they don't know but should. One example of this, was one time I was talking with a group and I used the word "indignant." Some girl said, "Whoa, there, whipping out the big words!" I was like... "indignant is a big word?" I guess when talking to most people it's best to keep it dumb. Other words too... like the word "permeate." I didn't know that was a big word. I one time said that and some dude was like... "geeze, dude, how do you know so many words? What the heck does permeate even mean?"

How do you not know what it means?

Keep it real simple...

I used to be more comfortable with language and reading but in the last few years, I have been the opposite either because I shut down to hang around the house or because the Fragile X has taken over the Asperger as apparently Fragile X knocks you harder later in life.

p.s. I am still irritated by clumsy language becoming more popular in America but I am less interested in books than I used to be.

I've lankwitche skillz 2 kill.


But really - I like to think I have a good command of the English language, certainly in comparison to many of the people I know who become bewildered when I use words like 'digress' which are clearly very long and complex .

Written English, yes.
Speaking, HELL NO!

I am very articulate when writing (I have a BA in English Literature) but when it comes to speaking I have problems getting words out. When spoken, my sentences tend to be broken, simple and awkward. There are times when I can speak clearly though, usually when I am 100% comfortable in my environment and focused on what I am trying to say.

I am a full time Chinese linguist. Learned it in 2 years. Before taking classes I had no Chinese or asian language background at all. Speaking practice was really hard though. Especially, when I got a private speaking partner for one on one. I actually did awful on the speaking portion of the test but excellent on reading and listening.