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   Ivan Shmakov to mark lewis   
   Re: from Russian again   
   09 May 13 00:06:23   
   
      
   From: Ivan Shmakov    
      
   >>>>> "ml" == mark lewis  writes:   
      
    HN> Nice to see how you learn English to our Russian friends.   
      
    RW>                       ^   
    RW> teach-----------------|   
      
    DM> Why not self-learning?   
      
    ml> the point is that you don't learn someone something...  you teach   
    ml> someone something ;)   
      
    ml> it is kind of like "sell" and "sale"...  you put something on sale   
    ml> that you want to sell...  i always cringe and bit my tongue when i   
    ml> see someone insist and even argue about writting that they have   
    ml> something "for sell"...   
      
    ml> eg: i have a knife set for sell. call me!   
      
   	Somehow, I stumble upon examples like this all the time, and   
   	/that/ hurts!  It's almost as if I'm living in a country where   
   	English is not an official language, or something...   
      
   	... Well, wait.  Indeed, I'm living in such a country.  What a   
   	misfortune!   
      
   --    
   FSF assoc. member #7257 Still wondering what "from Russia/n/ again" may mean...   
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