[HPforGrownups] Re: Delurker, somewhat OT

[Dinah]

No: HPFGUIDX 6769

> Am I the only one frustrated by the fact that so many people from non-
> English speaking countries, who likely learned English as a second
> (or third or fourth) language, seem to have much better English
> writing skills than many (maybe most) Americans I meet?

Well, first off I feel a little bit embarassed because I just noticed that I
haven't introduced myself before I started posting :) Sorry.

I'm Dinah and from Germany.

And I just think that knowing how to use the language (because it hasn't
anything to do with knowledge but with usage) comes from the way *how* it is
taught. When you learn a foreign language you get an in-depth course of
grammar with all the rules and how-to-dos. I can explain English grammar
much better than German and I make far less puncation mistakes in English.
But I'm sure anyone who learns Germans could tell me many things about
grammar I don't know.

BTW, I'm some kind of typo-queen and my mailing programme has no spell-check
for English, so please bear with me <g>

Dinah