I'm typing up more "learner writings" for our 10 year anniversary edition. Here's one of the sentences I came across,
"How could the teachers let someone grauated who dident no how to subtract or know her maltuple cashion"
Wow. I mean, just think about it. Deborah used to think that "drawer" started with a "j." Say it aloud. It sounds like a j. Someone who had never seen "multiplication" could easily see that as two words, and honestly, "maltuple cashion" is some wonderful sounding-out.
I'll probably add to this as I type.
ADDENDUM: toward and towards. Explain.
ADDENDUM: Memorial Day.. we barbeque and go to the beach.. because our country's dead heroes were barbequed.. at the beach?
ADDENDUM: More funny funny. Not grammatical, but cultural.
When I first arrived in the United States, I felt lonely because many things were strange with me. America’s traditions are different from China: Americans speak English, but I don’t understand what they say. Americans eat raw vegetables…
"How could the teachers let someone grauated who dident no how to subtract or know her maltuple cashion"
Wow. I mean, just think about it. Deborah used to think that "drawer" started with a "j." Say it aloud. It sounds like a j. Someone who had never seen "multiplication" could easily see that as two words, and honestly, "maltuple cashion" is some wonderful sounding-out.
I'll probably add to this as I type.
ADDENDUM: toward and towards. Explain.
ADDENDUM: Memorial Day.. we barbeque and go to the beach.. because our country's dead heroes were barbequed.. at the beach?
ADDENDUM: More funny funny. Not grammatical, but cultural.
When I first arrived in the United States, I felt lonely because many things were strange with me. America’s traditions are different from China: Americans speak English, but I don’t understand what they say. Americans eat raw vegetables…
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When I was gathering cop reports here in Birmingham I was amazed at the horrible grammar and spelling of police officers. Here are some of the best:
"Suspect shot him in left arm, right thigh, and graced his left side."
"Officer observed that the listed vic. was critical due to the stabb wounds that surrounded his body, which the def. had infected towards him." -- Birmingham police report about a Jan. 1, 2004 homicide.
"Vic stated the susp. came to his home to tell him that he was the father of his three year old daughter. Vic stated that he found that the information was true through his lawer. Vic stated he always notice that the susp. is every where he go." Birmingham Police report from Jan. 21, 2004.
I still use the 's' a lot though.