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Old 04-Feb-2010, 17:59
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Default Re: On writing in a foreign language

It's not the same thing, actually. He wasn't saying (I think) that English is of higher quality than other languages, but just that English has certain qualities that other languages may not have. For example in English you can potentially make a verb from every noun, even proper nouns: you can say for instance "don't Perry me!" (don't call me Perry); in Italian you can't do this, because you need a specific suffix to form a verb (are, ere, ire). Hope you'll get my point!
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