Posted: Jun 04, 2014 7:11 am
I found that one as I browsed through looking for examples and I completely agree with you in that case.
On the other hand I think Cavarka's English is quite poor - it's clearly not his first language, whereas your expertise is clearly far beyond that of a native speaking layman. I can very much see that we might be expected to cut him some slack about word choice, but still disagree with his broad thrust (which was quite hostile towards the west in general) and try to communicate why we find his phraseology misleading, as opposed to wrong. Which, to be fair, I would say you did.
ETA: I followed your advice and read the semantics thread, or at least the thread I believe you're referring to although it did not have exactly that title and found it quite interesting and well written. I'm not sure how much I really get from it as your grasp of English is clearly substantially better than my own.
On the other hand I think Cavarka's English is quite poor - it's clearly not his first language, whereas your expertise is clearly far beyond that of a native speaking layman. I can very much see that we might be expected to cut him some slack about word choice, but still disagree with his broad thrust (which was quite hostile towards the west in general) and try to communicate why we find his phraseology misleading, as opposed to wrong. Which, to be fair, I would say you did.
ETA: I followed your advice and read the semantics thread, or at least the thread I believe you're referring to although it did not have exactly that title and found it quite interesting and well written. I'm not sure how much I really get from it as your grasp of English is clearly substantially better than my own.