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Originally Posted by handaxe View Post
Discussion is a good thing. So is civility. And that obviously embraces good etiquette. However, I get nervous when "proper English" is raised as we are an international forum and many write english as a 2nd 3rd etc language. In that context, what is proper english so that we are welcoming, helpful and tolerant as I believe we needs be?
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I agree. We should be VERY tolerant of differing levels of English proficiency. There is no Academy Francais for English. If it looks like English, and you can understand what's being said, it's English!

Last edited by Ken-Young; 2012-12-13 at 21:38. Reason: fixed HTML error
 

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