tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 18 09:43:51 1997
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Re: Grammar
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Grammar
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 09:31:13 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Norman Thomas" at Jul 18, 97 08:07:48 am
Norman Thomas wrote:
>
> Pardon me for mentioning this but I've been receiving this list for over
> a month now : what I've noticed is that there's a market for a book
> entitled "English Grammar for Learners of Klingon". Many of the mistakes
> that are made are related to not understanding English grammar. OK if
> English isn't your first language that could be an excuse.
I find this to be the case with most languages, and I don't think
that the book you suggest would help. People really don't think about
the way their native language works, it just is. That's a big reason
for studying foreign languages - studying a language with different
rules forces you to think about the way the rules really work. I have
always had a good grasp of English grammar - I scored in the 98th
percentile on my verbal SATs - but I didn't really understand how
English grammar worked until I took Greek in college. What we need is
just to help people learn Klingon, and through it their own native
tongue.
wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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