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!   
      
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   FSF assoc. member #7257 Still wondering what "from Russia/n/ again" may mean...   
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