To: perfect stranger
‘English is not math’ I tell my adult English/ESL student, who grew up in China, when she laughs and asks me questions about our very complex, built-by-humans, wonderful language.
12 posted on
11/12/2010 6:59:53 PM PST by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: bboop
I used math or equation functions at least, to explain the relationships and relative values of seldom, often, rarely, never, and always to a Turkish ESL student.
On another note, how can you stand sitting there?
35 posted on
11/12/2010 9:51:06 PM PST by
davius
(You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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