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I agree with your main point, but you're making an unfair comparison. If Latin were an internationally popular language alive today, then I imagine you could a
by yongjik 13y ago
I agree with your main point, but you're making an unfair comparison. If Latin were an internationally popular language alive today, then I imagine you could also get quite far with bits of broken Latin.
Also, if you think English isn't "fraught with complexities that make it really hard to master", I know an entire nation made (mostly) of people who've been learning English since twelve and still failing miserably at basic reading comprehension...
- pfortuny 13y agoI bet you mean Spain but it would be nice to know another example...
- yongjik 13y agoSouth Korea (shrug). From what I heard, China & Japan aren't much different.
- MarkTee 13y agoI know an entire nation made mostly of people who've been learning English since birth and they still fail at basic reading comprehension.