chrisd
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I'm pretty much effluent at many languages
I'm pretty much effluent at many languages
Fluent in profane when on the course as I remember……
Thats correct. English (Anglo Saxon/Old English) was a Germanic language that used Germanic grammar. After the Norman invasion Norman french became the official language for the ruling classes while the rest still used Anglo Saxon but as it was no longer the written language in Law and Commerce it lost it's grammatical rules and many words were replaced by their French equivalents. This produced the Middle English we read in Chaucer that has modified into what we use today. So, it is difficult for people to learn English due to the difference in the grammatical rules but it also has the ability to express with flexibility and a rich manner that other languages cannot do.My daughter has students, most of which are Swiss. Talking to one of them over dinner this evening she said that English is much more difficult to read and understand than it is to speak it. She said that last night she could only manage to read six pages of her book because she had to keep interpreting the words and phrases she couldn't understand.
Other students that I've spoken to in the past, who can speak other languages have said that English is the more difficult to learn.
English is the hardest language to master.
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