> I couldn't agree more. I am always worried [about hurting]to hurt someone's eg o when I > write to English speaking people. I hope that they don't get me wrong so > I am used to repeat[ing] the concept hoping [that] at least one of my [phrases ]wordings > carries the right meaning. I also use a lot of spell checking (you can't > understand what I am saying, but the single words are correct at least > :-) > > > I'm sure that native English speaking people find many mistakes in my > > messages, but for approximately 3 years that I here in piclist nobody has > > complained of my messages. > > Every time I hope some English speaking guy send me back my message > pointing the error I made but I think this is PICLIST and not an English > course!! > Marco ! There is a good reason for lack of complaints ! Many english speaking people write far poorer messages than you do. Your differences are mainly in some skipping of non essential words and slightly different ordering of your sentences. I think carefully on reply to you !(in case of obvious "bungles") By the way, feel free to correct me, I always let a few gramatical errors slip through. regards, Graham Daniel (New Zealand)