[dogsbody70]

ah alecture from the heart-- thats great.

8) and finally, kindly do me a service and not confuse a need for technicality for a heart closed to the wonders of the English language. I really object to that. English language teachers aren't all sterile lingual mechanics and I for one fully appreciate Shakespeare thank you very much. Many ESL course books include poetry and songs along the way too, only JF isn't a good medium to use these. Also, as with nursery rhymes, there's often not much of a practical application. Not everyone learns English just for fun; many people have a real need to be able to communicate accurately and more at ground level. Shakespeare's works are beautiful, but being able to declare that I 'hath a mint of phrases in my brain' is not going going to help me deal with the practicalities of living a daily life or working in English.

dear Columbine-----
I was actually answering Jambo when I referred to poetry-- so please get your facts right. I added poetry because I was sick and tired of the arguments about "TO and INTO.


I had replied but it will be better to restrain my thoughts.


Please tell me: what is a "GERUND?"