Fri 23 Aug, 2013 05:37 pm - [quote] If there weren't so many bogus rules/prescriptions that have been taught to people for hundreds of years then ESLs would have a much better chance of becoming fluent in English.... (view)
Fri 23 Aug, 2013 11:49 am - True, everyone learns to speak. (Well not everyone; people with hearing and/or speech impairment don't.) The point is, people learn to speak the way they hear the language spoken by other... (view)
Fri 23 Aug, 2013 11:19 am - Well, at least they teach them to some extent. Maybe no one can learn all of the complicated rules, but some things certainly help. Another good example: I've noticed that too many people... (view)
Fri 23 Aug, 2013 04:58 am - [quote] And knowing the rules of grammar would make no difference to their language abilities just as knowing the physiology of breathing would make no difference to one's ability to breathe.... (view)
Mon 19 Aug, 2013 07:30 pm - If you think a question is unimportant, don't answer. No need to turn it into a personal crusade. I'm definitely done talking to this individual. (view)
Mon 19 Aug, 2013 06:15 pm - [quote] As in you, a particularly incandescent fool of major proportions girds his thin and weak loins to ask me this? Surely we all understand the point the speaker is making. [/quote]
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 11:05 am - [quote] You question should be phrased "Why are Americans poor at spelling and grammar?" [/quote]
Really? "You question"? :P (view)
