An experience I recall from time to time occurred when I had recently immigrated and was taking beginning/intermediate language courses: our teacher just had of

An experience I recall from time to time occurred when I had recently immigrated and was taking beginning/intermediate language courses: our teacher just had offered us a selection of paperbacks to borrow, and when I picked a good one out she said "I thought you'd take that one"; when I asked why, she answered "even with speech alone, it's obvious which students read and which don't".