Well said, John. Mocking is not a good teaching method.
-- Regards, Gord Tomlin Action Software International (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 john gilmore wrote (snipped):
I indeed think that mistakes of this kind at an early stage in learning a language are characteristic of intelligent learners. They need to be corrected, gently and in circumstantial detail; but laughing at them is both provincial and counter-productive.
