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connolly@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:

>> When one learns a language in school that is not one's mother-tongue,
>> one has to memorize a lot of rules that come naturally to a native
>> speaker....
>
>My, we are getting nasty, aren't we?  And xenophobic to boot.

Nasty?  But xenophobic?  Be serious.

>...Kartik didn't tell us anything we didn't already know: that
>American newspapers sometimes make dreadful mistakes, and that some
>speakers of English (both native and foreign) don't write so well.

That's not what he was saying at all.  In fact, he was objecting to
US colloquial language, viewing it as a mangling of the the rules of
grammar laid down by God.  The posting showed no appreciation for
what language really is, savored of pomp and spite, lacked sound
grammar and facile expression, and was placed in the wrong news-
group to boot.

Followups to alt.usage.english.

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