[muglo] OT
- From: Karl Hochmann <k.hochmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:50:45 -0400
Eric, English language learners really find homophones no less or
more troublesome than native English speakers.
A difficult language is one whose nouns are either male, female, or
neuter. One must know the gender of a noun to avoid being laughed at.
That, in itself, is not a difficulty if one doesn't bruise easily.
However, a female noun, for instance, demands that its modifiers have
female endings. A sentence, whose subject is female and its modifiers
have male endings can cause embarrassing misunderstandings.
Karl
P.S. You continue to fiddle around with your P.S.s, post scripts. The
P.S., conventially, follows the signature of the message. The P.S.
signals that its thought has nothing to do with the theme of the
preceding message.
_________________________________________________
For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on
http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/joinus.html
Our Archives can be viewed at
//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo
Don't forget to periodically check our web site at:
http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/
Other related posts:
