Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

If one has never had an English class, their English spelling and grammar
are not likely to be too great no matter how intelligent they are.

Actually, intelligent people will become fluent and will make very few
mistakes even without any formal instruction.

I see you've had little experience with foreign born technical
people.

If they are young enough, their English spelling and grammar may
become "fluent", but not likely withoug formal instruction and
very unlikely if their native language is very different from
English as in Chinese or Farsi.

Their conversational English will be OK, but their written English
will be full of strange grammatical constructions and word use.


--
Jim Pennino

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