Re: 'Come scritto'
- From: marcenmoni@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 6 Oct 2005 05:24:16 -0700
John Harrington wrote:
> Paolo Cordone wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 03:06:42 +0100, Ponty wrote
> > (in article <name-0262AE.19064204102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
> >
> > > If being a native speaker of a language were the only qualification
> > > needed, we could consult George Bush
> >
> > English is an exception in my experience. I know of countless native speakers
> > whose command of the English grammar is much poorer than any foreigner around
> > here. It has to do with the way schools teach the language.
>
> Isn't there some Italian football star who's famous for his bad
> grammar?
Berlusconi (the prime minister) is famous for his occasional bad
grammar, and more often, loopy, unstatesmanlike phrases. Kind of like
Bush, but not as bad.
>
> > The proof of this deficit is the number of English speakers who cannot master
> > even simple rules such as differentiating between "it's" and "its" or "there"
> > and "their". Amazing!
>
> It's not a matter of mastery but of carelessness, in my opinion.
> There's also "They're"; "you're" and "your"; "are" and "our"; "too" and
> "to"; and even, occasionally, "of" and "have". Are there similarly
> common and homophonous words in Italian? If not, then maybe your
> observation isn't all that amazing.
Very very few homophonous words in Italian- nothing like English.
Usually it's a matter of having an apostrophe dropped (like 'come' and
'com'e').
>
> Also, as I understand it, Italian is a very regular language in terms
> of spelling, especially relative to English, where our spellings are
> largely historical and not phonetic.
>
>
> J
Right.
Marcello
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