Re: air conditioning may be making us fat

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:12:14 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<evgmsop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Carole Allen wrote:
Padraig Breathnach writes:


Your students are hardly a representative sample, as they failed to
achieve a satisfactory standard in English in school.

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:28:09 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

They are not my only sample. The substandard level of English is
almost universal in France.

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As opposed to perhaps the standard level of French (or any other
second language) in most American students?

Never mind "sub-standard" in second languages - what about
the level of ENGLISH in most American students? I think
they no longer allow college professors to grade for
spelling and grammar when marking students' work, because it
would lower the grade averages considerably.

Well, unlike other languages, English is defined by usage. The correct
version is what's understandable to all. I sure don't hear the English
piping up to say there's a correct version of it.
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