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Indeed they speak a language other than English at home, so not English. But people reply to my comment claiming this means that they also speak English at home
by cinntaile 3y ago
Indeed they speak a language other than English at home, so not English. But people reply to my comment claiming this means that they also speak English at home. Where do people read that?
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It's a bit ironic I get downvoted for mentioning the strange wording, but clearly we don't agree on what it's supposed to mean.
- ianburrell 3y agoPeople speak more than one language at home. "speak a non-English language at home" = speak non-English language and maybe English "don't speak English at home" = speak non-English language and never English It sounds like they didn't study English-speaking at home, just what other languages are spoken.
- mecsred 3y agoOk I understand your confusion. It isn't explicitly stated, it's just implied. "Speak a non-English language at home" implies some families still speaking English at home as well because that's the most general case that is logically consistent. Otherwise you would say "Do not speak English at home" to narrow it down.