本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛At the last stop of my academic carrer, I bumped into an American professor. He majored Physics at Harvard and got his Ph. D from U Penn. He is very eloquent. Unfortunately, his writing is just a mess. Whenever he writes a paper or a report, the poor secretary has to re-organize his writing. Boldly speaking, my English writing is far better than his.

Native English speakers speak various kinds of English. My present boss is Canadian and he talks like a book. He is very picky in using words. He does this to distinquish himself from others. Our QA guy graduated from University of Maryland and he talks very clearly. However, our networking guy speaks using a lot of slangs, such as "ain't".

I dare say I am good at English grammars. At least, my understanding of English grammar is better that half of American people I have ever met. However, my commanding of the language falls far behind them. The grammar is important in learning. As we reached some levels, we should forget about it. The most important thing is to communicate with others, not the correctness in grammar.

If you spend some time listening to the country and pop music, you will see that "I ain't ..." structure is a standard one in lyrics. Also, you won't be surprised to hear people singing "There is some questions...". It seems to me that grammar does apply to lyrics.

Forget about grammar, because I have known too much about it. :-)更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net