Re: [OT] Indian C programmers and "u"

From: Thomas Stegen (tstegen_at_cis.strath.ac.uk)
Date: 11/26/03 

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:40:54 +0000

Floyd Davidson wrote:

> The connotation of each is different, but that subtlety might
> well be lost on anyone who speaks English as a second language.

It is not subtle. The two are not interchangeable.

People who have english as their second language often have
a better grasp of grammar and semantics of words than native
speakers (if they have been learning the language for some
time). The reason is that native speakers generally know
very little outside colloquial meanings of words unless these
words happens to have formal meanings in some area the person
has some expertise in. 

-- 
Thomas.

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