At 00:30 2017-02-10, Thierry Nivelet tnivelet@foxincloud.com wrote:
A secret you may not be aware of: it takes a non-native writer far more than twice as much time to write the same idea.
A secret you may not be aware of: I wish more native writers took more time to write the same idea.
Yes, there are non-native English users who massacre the language, but many write far better than a lot of native users. I saw this in university where I would hear complaints from fellow students about why should they have to take English, that they already know it. I would then read some of their written work. Such often had many errors and a lack of clarity, but the author thought it was just fine.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
The schools are doing a poor job. It's funny when you see teachers protesting and their signs are misspelled
From: Gene Wirchenko genew@telus.net To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 12:39 PM Subject: [OT] Non-Natives' English (was: Re: SQL Backend Question - Part Deux)
At 00:30 2017-02-10, Thierry Nivelet tnivelet@foxincloud.com wrote:
A secret you may not be aware of: it takes a non-native writer far more than twice as much time to write the same idea.
A secret you may not be aware of: I wish more native writers took more time to write the same idea.
Yes, there are non-native English users who massacre the language, but many write far better than a lot of native users. I saw this in university where I would hear complaints from fellow students about why should they have to take English, that they already know it. I would then read some of their written work. Such often had many errors and a lack of clarity, but the author thought it was just fine.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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