I know this site proably have a lot of foreign writers who writes in English. I would like to know - do you think the English language is holding you back when you write in it? To those who have mastered -how did you do it? What made you a better English writer given your choice of words? Would you prefer your own language if there was a greater market for it?
Rosa, this sounds fascinating! I'm excited by what poem this could be.
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.
After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labor to reading six lines aloud.
THis is the beginning of an email I received the other day. I'll copy the rest off for you tomorrow. It shows just how difficult English is as a foreign language.
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After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labor to reading six lines aloud.
.I'll write out the poem for you tomorrow. It won't copy off. ..
The way to master the language-
Write as much as you can
Read everything you can get your hands on.
That's all there is to it- Nothing more, nothing less.