On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:32:48 +0100, in article
<news:bv8dm4$t10$1@news.tiscali.fr>, Phine wrote:
> I probably don't get all the subtleties of the English language,
The improper use of "Nazi" in English isn't subtle, although its use in
Usenet might be considered slightly so. It's a demand by its user to be
placed in a killfile. I hope this helps.
> PS: strange how foreign people don't mix up "your" and "you're",
> their-they're-there, too-two...
Not being an American, perhaps you've never heard of the product "Hooked on
Phonics" (a/k/a, Hukd on Fonix).
> Is it specific to native speakers?
I doubt it; the majority of big-8 posters are English speakers, so it's
reasonable to expect most of the spelling and grammatical errors to be
English errors..
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