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Being a native speaker. #16 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 23:58 pm   Being a native speaker.
 

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It's similar to what happens when a native speaker lives in a foreign country for so long that the locals' mistakes start to sound normal.


Seems to happen also to native and nonnative speakers who've been in the EFL/ESLese world too long or those who've had there noses glued to a pedagogical (simplified) grammar book for years. Such people often can't see beyond the examples they assume to be correct.
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Being a native speaker. #17 (permalink) Wed May 14, 2008 3:18 am   Being a native speaker.
 

Make a lee , lee side where ship protects her body for example ROV.

Laughing Molly , are you trying to point somebody special I guess ??
I was studing English on special courses in Pubs and I am mostly Laughing satisfied ?
All of us have spent to much time for English in my opinion.
There are many other more interestings things to do as reading even very very simplified grammar book.
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Being a native speaker. #18 (permalink) Sat Jul 11, 2009 15:18 pm   Being a native speaker.
 

I havn't read all the messages in this topic but I must say being a native English speaker must be wounderful. You can go to almost every country and find information in your own language. In some countries it can be difficult to ask for things for example at resturants but there will always be someone who knows English and is willing to help you. If you fall in for example there will always be someone who understands you.

In Sweden some foreigners die if they can't make themselves understood. Sad
I have read it in a Swedish paper.
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