Cart
[Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries]
Well, I was unfortunately hobbled by German as a second language. I'm convinced it was developed by a group of Teutons who gathered in the forest one day to come up with a language that their enemies would have no chance of grasping... But then, what do I know? Good heavens, I'm a computer programmer. -Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Bohlman [mailto:ebohlman@e...] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 9:48 AM > To: Adam Van Den Hoven; Xml-Dev > Subject: RE: Attributes v Elements (adjectives vs. nouns) > > > 5/18/01 10:52:19 AM, Adam Van Den Hoven > <Adam.Hoven@b...> wrote: > > >> I guess I need to go back to grammar school. > > > >Try a latin class... I learned more English grammar in 1 semester of > >introductory latin than I had in 12 years of grade school. > > Actually, any second language will work. My understanding of > the mechanics of English grammar vastly > increased when I took French starting in seventh grade. I > think it's because we internalize so many > of the details of our first language that we take them for > granted and can't see the trees for the > forest; learning a new language forces us to pay close > attention to the details. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... >
|
