Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I fully support your sentiments. I really hate to see the English language abused. For me, it was the third language I learned, but it has become my first language, both at work and at home. If you really want to get worried about the decline of the U.S. educational system, try teaching a course at a community college in Florida and give your students some essay questions on the exams (as opposed to multiple choice or T/F). Quite shocking. Nathan Jim Brick wrote: > ps... For those with English as a second or third language, is it of course > OK to do the best you can when posting a message or response. Those of us > with English as a first language can immediately pick up on this fact and > of course understand. Those of you out there with English as a first > language should do your best to use proper English, spelling, punctuation, > and sentence structure. It can be very difficult for "English as a second > language" people to understand crappy English coming from folks who know > better. - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/