tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post3698221844724365619..comments2023-10-21T11:44:45.588+01:00Comments on ResidentAlien: The Ways of Their ErrorsMary Witzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-32646694444704073192013-02-02T16:37:01.618+00:002013-02-02T16:37:01.618+00:00Hi, yes this post is in fact pleasant and I have l...Hi, yes this post is in fact pleasant and I have learned lot <br />of things from it concerning blogging. thanks.<br /><i>My weblog</i> <b><a href="http://www.seospidy.com" rel="nofollow">search engine optimization india</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-35286001883643828622013-02-01T10:36:17.106+00:002013-02-01T10:36:17.106+00:00Hi! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any prob...Hi! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any problems with hackers?<br />My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing several <br />weeks of hard work due to no data backup. Do you have any solutions <br />to prevent hackers?<br /><i>Also visit my web site</i> <b><a href="http://internationalschoolheiligenhaus.org/" rel="nofollow">Casino</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-1368134971942786772013-01-26T01:27:31.598+00:002013-01-26T01:27:31.598+00:00I like the helpful information you supply on your ...I like the helpful information you supply on your articles.<br />I'll bookmark your weblog and test again right here frequently. I am rather sure I will be informed lots of new stuff right here! Best of luck for the following!<br /><i>My web site</i> :: <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SelGHEJJemw" rel="nofollow">neucopia review</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-64371504007867599172009-05-31T17:55:59.473+01:002009-05-31T17:55:59.473+01:00I'm here to catch up on the posts I have missed.
...I'm here to catch up on the posts I have missed.<br /><br />This one reminded me of the times I helped my mother grade english papers for her grade 4 students. Where I had to be generous with young students learning to compose sentences.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-21752023023884748972009-05-07T19:31:00.000+01:002009-05-07T19:31:00.000+01:00Thank you!! I'll be right over to claim it.Thank you!! I'll be right over to claim it.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-37892974678092188612009-05-06T20:19:00.000+01:002009-05-06T20:19:00.000+01:00There is an award for you to pick up over at my pl...There is an award for you to pick up over at my place.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-18635270633052392082009-05-06T05:08:00.000+01:002009-05-06T05:08:00.000+01:00Kim -- I seriously doubt that. After I'd wiped up ...Kim -- I seriously doubt that. After I'd wiped up the coffee I spilled, I read further: 'spigeti, kebap and salad' followed.<br /><br />Charlie -- Most of us native English speaking teachers tell our students this -- that it's a good thing we learned this the easy way. As for the rules I'm talking about, it would take you two hours, tops, to learn the lot of them. Maybe that's the sort of book I should be trying to write: an 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' exclusively for English Grammar. Bet it'd go over like a lead balloon.<br /><br />Lily -- Oh, don't get me started on those stupid tattoos! I've read ones which were administered backwards, mirror-writing style, and upside down. On a bedspread in a store in Scotland, I once saw the Chinese characters -- upside down, in mirror writing -- for 'keep right side free'. I'll bet someone gets a kick out of the stuff they can pass off as aesthetically pleasing Asian wisdom. I would...<br /><br />Robert -- Moi non plus, but it certainly does matter to the French and Spanish. I tend to be awful at genders and I've earned myself a lot of titters for my mix-ups. Japanese, I'm happy to say, has virtually no irregular verbs and NO gender. Even the title 'san' you tack onto every name is unisexual.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-82244488755909972212009-05-06T04:11:00.000+01:002009-05-06T04:11:00.000+01:00I didn't really appreciate how difficult English i...I didn't really appreciate how difficult English is to learn until I listened to my 5 y/o granddaughter speak. "Mom gived-ed me a cupcake", or "Melissa putted her tongue out at me". I can correct her, but I can't really give her any clear rules by which she can guide herself as she learns to elocute. <br /><br />Yet when I was trying to learn Spanish I was introduced to the strange idea that certain nouns had "gender"! How am I supposed to know whether a bicycle is male or female? And why would that be important? - Je ne sais pas!Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-37864229658900759302009-05-05T21:17:00.000+01:002009-05-05T21:17:00.000+01:00This is like listening to preschoolers trying to f...This is like listening to preschoolers trying to form descriptive sentences. The earnest ones are really charming. <br />And the last one made me think of all the "Japanese" and "Chinese" tatoos people my age like to get- that probably say something like this!Lily Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17732112345439595471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-46081239888345058082009-05-05T20:03:00.000+01:002009-05-05T20:03:00.000+01:00I'm ashamed to say this, Mary, but I don't underst...I'm ashamed to say this, Mary, but <I>I</I> don't understand half of the English rules you're talking about. It's a good thing I'm a native speaker (of sorts) or I'd be in the same boat as your students.<br /><br />Perhaps hieroglyphics would be an easier language to teach and learn.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-69761313298664990042009-05-05T14:09:00.000+01:002009-05-05T14:09:00.000+01:00Maybe her mother's cock is delicious. Perhaps she'...Maybe her mother's cock is delicious. Perhaps she's got a great recipe for old male birds...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-22802766471588094502009-05-05T13:54:00.000+01:002009-05-05T13:54:00.000+01:00Charles -- Whenever I find students who struggle w...Charles -- Whenever I find students who struggle with the whole subject-verb-object structure, I'm usually right in assuming that they'll do a lot of direct translating. Too bad my Turkish isn't far enough along for this to be useful to me...<br /><br />Adrienne -- I agree: there's a lot of poetry in non-native errors. In a hundred years, I'm sure I couldn't come up with some of the interesting phrasing they concoct so effortlessly. <br /><br />AP -- I'll bet your view beats mine: right now I've got a library's worth of students in my way.<br /><br />Robin -- Every time I think of a rule to give my students, there's an exception in the way. I looked at 'smilish' and immediately my heart sank. <br /><br />Kara -- My students heartily agree. They can't get over how stupid English is and how wrong it is they have to learn all those pesky rules.<br /><br />Eryl -- Believe me, if you could have seen the rest: 'He is calm, fat, pessimistic, big, tall, brown eyes, shyly person...' -- hang on, that sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Or have I just been doing this job a little too long?<br /><br />Debra -- It is, it is! And (whimper) it's a tough one to teach right now too.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-66834723196632321822009-05-05T13:20:00.000+01:002009-05-05T13:20:00.000+01:00These are wonderful, Mary. English is a tough lang...These are wonderful, Mary. English is a tough language to learn.debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-77072702658047887892009-05-05T11:52:00.000+01:002009-05-05T11:52:00.000+01:00I loved these, and some of them are very philosoph...I loved these, and some of them are very philosophical: why do we have to separate physical from mental characteristics?Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-64857694655091819982009-05-05T03:37:00.000+01:002009-05-05T03:37:00.000+01:00i wish english really worked that way. i'd enjoy i...i wish english really worked that way. i'd enjoy it so much more.<br /><br />note that correct usage! woohoo!karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690274092026593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-45574826666703554452009-05-04T23:48:00.000+01:002009-05-04T23:48:00.000+01:00I loved every one of those. You're right! These ...I loved every one of those. You're right! These kids are all budding poets in the e.e.cummings style of verse. <br /><br />I really enjoyed your explanation of why they're making certain errors. "Smilish" makes a lot of sense in that light.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396540555696283171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-52439746584601452932009-05-04T22:22:00.000+01:002009-05-04T22:22:00.000+01:00This was fun to read on a Monday morning and I too...This was fun to read on a Monday morning and I too have a nice view in the way.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-1418568728019469862009-05-04T22:12:00.000+01:002009-05-04T22:12:00.000+01:00Some of those examples are poetic.
I like the idea...Some of those examples are poetic.<br />I like the idea of having a nice view in the way.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583029102450754497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-13687364839859502862009-05-04T18:27:00.000+01:002009-05-04T18:27:00.000+01:00So true, that some errors are so bad they might as...So true, that some errors are so bad they might as well be in the native language. Never thought about it that way.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com