On 4/26/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
I don't see how that difference is in any way relevant to this thread. A crappy native speaker is no more useful to Wikipedia than a crappy non-native speaker.
Timwi
You've completely missed my point. My point was that the distinction was valid because on average native speakers are better than non-native speakers for whatever language we are talking about, an observation that meshes with common sense and my personal observations.
~maru