Dear teachers,
I shoul write:
a.I speak English.
or: b. I speak in English.
What is the difference?
Regards
Tung Quoc
Hi Tung Quoc,
You asked:
When you say: I speak English, that means you have the ability to speak English.
Speak in English could be a command or request to somebody to use English when they speak and not another language.
You could also say write in English. Sometimes you are learning a language and you find that even when you are asleep, you dream in that language - you dream in English.
Now let’s put all that into a short dialogue:
A I don’t understand what you are saying. Can you please speak in English/say it in English.
B All right if that is what you want. I speak many languages and I can also speak English.
A Thank you very much. I only speak English and so I would like you to continue speaking to me in English.
Alan