Re:Which English?
by gameswithwords on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @11:34PM
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This has to be best best comment I've seen about the project yet! You mind if I use this as an example for my students? (I mean, I will anyway. I just want to know if you mind.)
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Re:Which English?
by shutupalready on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @01:18AM
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> (I mean, I will anyway. I just want to know if you mind.)
That's an excellent way to ask for permission while being clear that you don't need permission.
I'm always wary of asking for permission in situations where it's not absolutely needed. What if the person says no? Then if I go ahead and do it anyway, I look like a jerk.
I'll have to remember the way you did it.
Re:Which English?
by aptwebapps on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @06:01AM
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So if it doesn't list English in the top three native language guesses, does that mean my English is very ungrammatical, or merely that it's ungrammatical in a particular way? All three languages were Scandinavian but I have no connection there.
The NY Times had a similar quiz that attempted to predict your region and, IIRC, predicted mine fairly closely. I didn't get such accurate results this time so I'm wondering if my grammar is slipping ...
The #1 guess for me was Norweigian, while English was #2. I've spent all my life in the American South.