BarkellWH -> RE: Spanish language Development (Jun. 11 2013 18:42:50)
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Speak for yourself! If I were not to use the subjunctive, I should be ashamed of myself I agree, Paul, and use it myself. Nevertheless, there are many who do not use it much anymore. It may have something to do with a cavalier attitude toward the proper use of English in the U.S. Remember my example of the critical need for punctuation, something many do not consider of great importance? First sentence: "Woman without her man is nothing." Second sentence, adding a couple of punctuation marks: "Woman: without her, man is nothing." Punctuation completely reversed the meaning of the sentence. Your excellent use of the subjective above ("If I were not to use the subjunctive...") is likely to be rendered more times than I care to count as, "If I was not to use the subunctive...." In any case, my point was that many who consider Spanish an "easy" language to learn fail to speak it correctly, and use of the subjective is a critical component of correct Spanish. Thus, my conclusion that Spanish is an easy language to learn to speak poorly. In fact, I would say that any language requires a lot of work in order to speak it correctly. Cheers, Bill
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