No need to apologize to me nor anyone else on this group. You speak
well enough to be understood and are trying to improve. I speak no
other language than English (and Chris would probably dispute even that) :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Michael Wong wrote:
> Chuck,
> IC, understood.
>
> Thank you very much. Please forgive me with so poor presentation skill :-(
>
>
> ---
> Michael
>
>
>
> 2009/10/16 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> It would have been clear if you had said: "There is a new baby in the
>> family. This is my nephew's wife with their new baby, Tracy."
>>
>> If you say "my family" the meaning is restricted to you and your wife
>> and children. If you say "the family" the meaning is a bit ambiguous.
>> Since you said "the family" instead of "my family" it's clear that
>> family means a larger group of people related to you but it is not clear
>> how large. But the ambiguity is resolved immediately by saying
>> "nephew's wife".
>>
>> I hope that helps.
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Michael Wong wrote:
>>> As this thread, I made a mistake to use incorrect wording to describe the
>>> baby of my family. First, it's my nephew's baby. Originally I wish to
>> said
>>> "a new baby in my families (include all families of my brother, my
>>> brother-in-law, sister-in-law). In Chinese, there are 2 wordings to
>> identify
>>> own family & all families. I am confusing how to describe them
>> separately.
>>> Is "relatives" good for description of families other than my own family?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Michel
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