Peter Duniho wrote:

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...
Look at the rest of his text (in this and other notes). English is his
second (or Nth) language.

I doubt that. I suspect English is his first language, possibly his only
one. Most non-native English speakers are MUCH more literate than he is,
especially those that post to Usenet.

I see a fair bit of traffic on the more techie USENET groups with the broken
English of non-native speakers, so I'm not quite ready to go with your
"most non-native ..." assertion. These are often people at least somewhat
knowledgeable in the field under discussion (networking, programming,
etc.), but for whom English is a bit of a stretch.

But these rec.aviation.* groups do tend to maintain a higher level of
literacy. I'm not sure why that is.

- Andrew