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I think it’s a general rule for all *foreign* languages, whatever the language: foreigners speak and write it better because they were taught right from the start the *correct* use of their foreign language – and they learnt that correct use *exclusively* (at least at the beginning) – whereas we all learn our native language, whatever it is, not from a school teaching us what its correct use is supposed to be, but from natural speakers using it *as it is spoken* in real life – mistakes, regionalisms and all – and in that case the school’s first mission consists of *correcting* native language use and setting it straight…. “Generally, I’ve noticed a trend that students for whom English is not their first language speak far and away better English than those for whom English IS their first language.”

Generally, I’ve noticed a trend that students for whom English is not their first language speak far and away better English than those for whom English IS their first language.Īlas, I’m sad for those who will be left behind in life because they didn’t pay attention to the details of communication.Īmazon itself is paying attention to grammar and deleting e-books that don’t abide by good communication protocols. Such an attitude is reflective of the same generations’ disrespect for themselves. We have generations (yes, plural) of people who don’t give a flip flop about grammar or correct usage. In Boston, I’ve heard “I gotta axe you this” and the teacher doesn’t address the mispronunciation of “ask”. (They’re contending with a classroom full of disruptive students who’d rather be anywhere else, never mind the task of getting everyone to pay attention to grammar). In the California Dreamin’ classroom, you often hear the term “whateva” from the teachers. In the south, you hear teachers all the time say “I seen that girl yesterday” or “I had saw that movie when I was a kid”. The unfortunate thing about correct usages “being taught” is that often the teacher is the one who is remiss.

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