it’s a problem for natives because they first learnt English by listening and reapeating what they heard, and spoken all those words sound the same. they only saw them written down years later when learning to read and write
There’s similarities in my native language and people don’t have much trouble with it. And our grammar rules are harder to understand. So it’s more likely because of the education itself.
I agree with your sentiment, these aren’t kids failing to nail the nuances of American English perfectly after a dozen years or something. I’ve seen directors/supervisors in business fail to know the correct usage in emails.
Also, at least we don’t have to know what gender a dishwasher is in English, it’s just about the only thing it has going for it!
it’s a problem for natives because they first learnt English by listening and reapeating what they heard, and spoken all those words sound the same. they only saw them written down years later when learning to read and write
There’s similarities in my native language and people don’t have much trouble with it. And our grammar rules are harder to understand. So it’s more likely because of the education itself.
I agree with your sentiment, these aren’t kids failing to nail the nuances of American English perfectly after a dozen years or something. I’ve seen directors/supervisors in business fail to know the correct usage in emails.
Also, at least we don’t have to know what gender a dishwasher is in English, it’s just about the only thing it has going for it!
I’d agree if this was regarding children. These are grown ass people who our educational system has royally screwed.