On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 00:51, Robin Turner wrote:

> Heh heh - I'll tell that to my students!
> 
You've got students? Uh oh...

>   thus being easy to learn for foreigners (who have already grammar
> > experience with their mother tongue)   :)
> 
> And frequently have gone through an education system where they have to 
> learn the grammar of their own language, which tends not to be the case 
> in the UK any more (I don't know about the US, but I get the impression 
> that it's left until university composition courses, by which time it's 
> too late).
> 
(I've met more non-English speaking people speaking English that
understood grammar moreso than English speaking people that have no
other language - especially in Texas)

> Sir Robin
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