Re: Beginners list

>>English is lingua franca (the pun, of course, is purely accidental)
>>of the modern world and anybody who wants to live in the 21st century
>>will have to learn it, sooner or later

Agreed. And those of us who have English as our first language should be patient with those who are still trying to learn and give them the benefit of the doubt if a post, on the face of it, appears stupid or insulting. Received on Thu Nov 03 2005 - 05:51:53 CST