Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
My English is considered to be quite good. I have not learned any new words
and I do not mind to have an occassional word. For me this was excessive and
it stopped my reading and my interest.
Thanks,
Gerard
PS David, what was you first language again ?
David was not the one to introduce the words into the discussion; that
was done by a native Finnish speaker, a language more distantly removed
from English than Dutch. Since that person was responding to my
comments, I was up to the challenge. I even confess that I had to look
up the one with two plurals just to make sure I understood it correctly
Ec