[Magdalen] Grammar Nightmare.

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In a message dated 7/10/2015 5:51:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com writes:

On  10/07/2015 02:33, Molly Wolf wrote:
> "English doesn't borrow from other  languages; it chases them down dark 
alleyways, knocks them down, and rifles  their pockets for spare vocabulary."
>
> Or something like  that.

As the people have done with other  countries.

Roger>>>>>
 
 
 
Yes, but English doesn't need to place borrowed vocabulary
into grammatical cases or gender.  It just eats the borrowed
words whole.  That's one reason why English is well suited to
the role of international language - the "lingua Franca".
 
 
 
 
David Strang.