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RobinMask (Offline)
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07-30-2011, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by dogsbody70 View Post
whatever you say. How about using your imagination Robin and not make a big deal by a stray comment of mine.
Forgive me, but when someone is trying to learn English it is a big deal. The slightest mistype or error can change a person's meaning immensely, and for a learner any misunderstanding can prove fatal, it's very hard to change a habit, if he gets used to using the wrong grammatical forms and spelling now . . . well, you can use your imagination to fill in the rest of that sentence

If you'd made a stray comment in any other thread, then that would be fair enough and I'd apologise for being pedantic, but when someone is learning a language we owe it to them to be as accurate as possible. For that reason I take offense at your tone somewhat, because I think that telling him he's making errors when he isn't will only serve to confuse him.

Over and out

Edit: I'd also add another user also said the same as I did, so it is rather unfair you would accuse only me of making a 'big deal'.

Last edited by RobinMask : 07-30-2011 at 07:48 PM.
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