Subj : New Year's Day.
To   : ARDITH HINTON
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Dec 22 2020 11:14:00

>         Uh-huh.  The original author of this message lives in North Carolina,
>not in Russia.  Denis changed only the "Subj" line & the geographical name.

Ahhh....

>          I think he's trying to learn English by copying patterns & trying out
>variations on them.  This can be a useful learning strategy at times, but it is
>confusing to the rest of us when we can't be sure who said what or whether he's
>reporting accurately here in E_T what's going on in his life... [wry grin].

Yes, but whatever works I guess.  A friend of mine who came here from
Vietnam c1975 learned English by watching TV shows, like "Three's Company"
and "The Dukes of Hazard."  :)

Mike


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