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A repost from alt.education.distance:

From: duncan@spd.eee.strathclyde.ac.uk (Duncan C Thomson)
Subject: Re: russian
Message-ID: <1992Jul22.095836.16500@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 22 Jul 92 09:58:36 GMT
References: <qBw0NB2w164w@aegis.or.jp>
Organization: SPD, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland

In alt.education.distance, amadeus@aegis.or.jp (Anthony Abry) writes:
>I think we should stick with using English in order to explain other 
>languages' concepts. Russian has some complicated concepts, Esparanto 
>was made to be simple - isn't there a contradiction?

Even though Esperanto is simple, it is simple through being regular and
fairly logically organised, not through a lack of expressiveness or
advanced constructs.  For example I am certain that Esperanto has more
compound tenses than English...

>Also, more people are more familiar with English and its grammar.

With English as my first language, I am more certain of saying something
grammatically correct in Esperanto than in English.  English grammar is
a very difficult thing to use correctly.

Why not look at it like this: you're going to learn Russian, and pick up
some Esperanto on the way for free.

	-Duncan
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