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Subject:Re: Who is an ESL writer? From:John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com> To:Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> Date:Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:10:08 -0500
Lauren,
With no argument intended, I'm curious to know why you recommend
Anglo-Saxon over Latinate words in writing for ESL readers.
Thanks!
John A
On 3/27/2013 6:14 PM, Lauren wrote:
it is best to use words that come to English from Anglo-Saxon rather
than Latin.
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