Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truth, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. --Henry Thoreau
Friday, March 15, 2013
Japanese grammarian
This morning when I visited a Toastmasters club, it was difficult to understand a new-to-English Japanese woman describe to guests her duties as the grammarian for the meeting. Later, at the end of the meeting, when she gave her report on everyone's usage of the English language, she told one member that he had said "to who" rather than "to whom." She was correct in this usage that most Americans don't understand, and the audience erupted in applause and cheers.
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