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English, being such an easy language, should be mastered by the majority by the time they have completed their secondary education. Unfortunately many teachers have yet to do so thus perpetuating the problem.
English, as it is spoken today, is but a mere shadow of the language it was a century ago. There are now so many words and concepts that originated in other realms that the language has come to resemble vegetable soup.
The primary purpose of a language is to communicate effectively but there is nothing written that states such aims could not be achieved with some flair. On the subject of capitals, a paragraph or chapter written without correctly placed capitals and punctuation, or worse still in ALL UPPER CASE, takes more than twice as long to read with much reduced comprehension.
Please pardon my poor control of this language for it was not my first, second or third language, being preceded by Finnish, Swedish, Italian and German.
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