Fwd: Re: Non-English tech writer

[Sankara R <ss_rajanala -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I do hope you visit India more often, but you
will see the change much later (is what I meant)
- sankara
> 
> Sankara:
> 
> Thanks for writing! This only went to me but I
> think by the ending that you meant it to go to
> the whole list so I thought I should let you
> know just in case.
> 
> 
> Sankara R wrote:
> >> English. I suspect that this difference
> might
> >> have
> >> something to do with the vast numbers of
> >> expatriate
> >> native English speakers in Israel due to the
> > 
> > This is true to a large extent; not so long
> ago,
> > the only exposure to 'live' English was VoA
> and
> > BBC world service.
> > 
> > Things are changing a great deal, specially
> in
> > the tech-knowledge domain - where there is a
> lot
> > of people-to-people direct interaction.
> > 
> > There are a few who cling on to their school
> > grammar books written more than a hundread
> years
> > ago; by English pedants fond of Latin
> grammar!
> > 
> > If there is 'bad' language in currency, it is
> not
> > because of out-dated grammar: in most cases,
> it
> > is because the teaching is geared to scoring
> well
> > in the exams (as with any other 'subject')
> and
> > not focused on better writing and fluent
> > speaking.
> > 
> > That, too, is changing: you will see it when
> you
> > visit after a few years, Janice.
> > 
> > Others, watch this space.
> > 
> > Thanks and regards,
> > Sankara S Rajanala
> > --------------------------
> > satyam vada, priyam vada
> > na satyam a-priyam vada
> > [speak truth, speak gentle
> >  speak not unpleasant truth]
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
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> 


Thanks and regards,
Sankara S Rajanala
--------------------------
satyam vada, priyam vada
na satyam a-priyam vada
[speak truth, speak gentle
 speak not unpleasant truth]


 
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