Language and English

From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Fri Jan 4 16:59:57 2002

Richard Erlacher wrote:
I've never advocated getting high at school. or elsewhere.)
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Richard Erlacher wrote:
> if he hasn't been taught basic sentence structure(subject,
> verb, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, etc.)





Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, todays student doesn't have the tools he needs to cope with a
> foreign language if he hasn't been taught basic sentence structure(subject,
> verb, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, etc.) , spelling, and
> grammar. A foreign language would, otherwise, help the student with such
> things, as well as with syntax. English, however, differs from the
> languages listed in the quoted message below in that the order of the words
> in a sentence greatly affect the meaning of the sentence, while that's not
> so much the case in the other languages.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Koller" <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>; "Gene Ehrich" <gehrich_at_tampabay.rr.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Language and English
> >
> > That sounds like a very sensible approach. Even a small level
> > of exposure to all those languages might make for a broader,
> > more rounded education.
> >
> > Gene Ehrich wrote:
> > >
> > > At 12:06 PM 1/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Question. Did you ever study Latin? Was Latin offered in your
> > > >school system? It was not offered in mine,
> > >
> > > When I went to school (many years ago & I am retired) we had a class in
> 8th
> > > grade in which we studies Spanish, German, French & Latin so we could
> > > decide which language to take in high school.
> >
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 16:59:57 GMT