Hey, non-native speakers frequently have a lot more conscious knowledge
of English than do native English-speakers, since they've actually had
to study the language.  As for tennis, well, given my level of motor
coordination, my best bet is to learn tennis from a paramedic. --  Bill
S.

 

From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Subject: pronunciation of "been"

 

You let a native Frenchman teach you linguistics?  (in English, I
presume)

 

Wow!

 

Isn't that like taking tennis lessons from a golf pro?



"Spruiell, William C" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

one of my undergraduate linguistics professors, who happened to be a
native speaker of French ...

  

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