Sentence examples for decent command of the from inspiring English sources

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The reason you should wait until you have a decent command of the language before you start speaking, or even writing your own sentences (writing other people's sentences out is fine, and helps you with foreign alphabets and spelling) is that if you make mistakes, they often won't be corrected, and therefore bad grammar and pronunciation will be reinforced in your mind, and it will set you back.

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Most of the 'narcos' have a decent command of English: Monaghan exchanges English for Spanish lessons and draws portraits and cards in return for phone cards to call Ireland.

With decent command of his curveball and his changeup, but not of his fastball, Burnett kept the Mariners scoreless until the bottom of the fifth, when they put runners on second and third with no outs.

He also announced that EEA immigrants would have to show a decent command of English.

That experience gave me a decent command of legal nomenclature, at least for a nonlawyer.

If you hear fans, for example, encouraging their team with the slogan Ran an die Pille! you probably wouldn't know what it meant, even with a decent command of German.

He threw all of his pitches Saturday, showing good velocity of his fastball and decent command of his breaking balls.

If you wander around during school vacation (there's a K-12 school in the village) or after classes let out, you'll most likely be followed by smiling kids, with a decent command of English, showing off their school work in notebooks.

"We had decent control of the game.

This is typically a young woman (but not always) that has a good command of the English language and a decent grasp of the technical process behind developing a custom product.

He established decent relationships with George Washington, commander of the army, as well as Philip Schuyler and Horatio Gates, both of whom had command of the army's Northern Department at different times during 1775 and 1776.

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