From: "Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Cc: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>,
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs-30 baaf97ce1a1: ; Fix some ungrammatical uses of "allows to"
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 08:49:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2frql5gr6.fsf@pro2.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87frql8axg.fsf@zephyr.silentflame.com> (Sean Whitton's message of "Sat, 31 Aug 2024 07:26:51 +0100")
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat 31 Aug 2024 at 08:23am +08, Po Lu wrote:
>
>> AFAIK this construct is taught in the German education system, which
>> probably gives rise to the bulk of its users. Not to imply that it
>> isn't ungrammatical.
>
> I have a qualification in teaching English as a foreign language and did
> so for two years. It feels like every country has its own set of both
> incorrect and highly unidiomatic bits of English that somehow survive on
> its syllabi. (And I assume the same is true for other languages taught
> in English-speaking countries.)
>
> I haven't taught Germans, so thank you for sharing this.
I think it's a meme that allows to make fun of Germans :-).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-31 6:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-30 17:40 emacs-30 baaf97ce1a1: ; Fix some ungrammatical uses of "allows to" Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-30 18:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-08-30 19:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-30 21:09 ` Sean Whitton
2024-08-30 19:03 ` Sean Whitton
2024-08-30 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-30 21:07 ` Sean Whitton
2024-08-30 23:22 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-08-31 0:23 ` Po Lu
2024-08-31 6:26 ` Sean Whitton
2024-08-31 6:49 ` Gerd Möllmann [this message]
2024-08-30 19:00 ` Sean Whitton
2024-08-30 19:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-30 21:00 ` Sean Whitton
2024-08-30 21:15 ` Ship Mints
2024-08-30 23:39 ` Mike Kupfer
2024-08-31 6:15 ` Sean Whitton
2024-08-31 6:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-31 14:54 ` Mike Kupfer
2024-08-31 6:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-01 10:20 ` Sean Whitton
2024-09-01 10:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
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