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Date:      Sun, 16 Jan 2000 11:00:07 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 sysctl.conf.5
Message-ID:  <20000116110007.B25093@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000116133434.K3413@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 01:34:34PM %2B0530
References:  <200001160515.VAA88306@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000116133434.K3413@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com>

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On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 01:34:34PM +0530, Greg Lehey wrote:
> Do you have any evidence?  I suspect this is an impression that native
> English speakers have about the language.  

I do from immigrants to the USA.

> In fact, I believe most non-native speakers spend some time learning
> some contractions

Only those that made a conscious effort to spend the time and effort to
learn English while still living in a non-English speaking country.

-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com)


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