Question form Russia

[nordprod.livejournal.com]

Господа иностранцы!
Интересно, чем вас привлекает русский язык, русская культура? Как вы пришли к изучению russian language? Полезно ли на Западе знать русский язык?
Буду благодарен, если ответите по-русски, хоть и транслитом. Заранее thank you.

Comments

[mihailova.livejournal.com]

I am awfully sorry but I'd like to comment. May I?
Your Russian is good enought for us to understand you. But our language is so difficult. Would you like any native speaker to correct you text? :)

[mooze.livejournal.com]

Tried to refrain from commenting on the love of the Russians to correct foreign speakers any time they can, but couldn't.

Dear Ms. Mihailova, in my straightforward opinion it is not very polite to hint that one does not speak a foreign language perfectly, or, more precisely, to downgrade one's language capacity by saying that one's language is "good enough for us to understand you". It implies somethind rather discouraging, doesn't it? And what do you mean by "ANY native speaker"? Should it be read as "A native speaker", i.e. you, instead? I believe that Chetrieth gave an answer to a question asked, she did not make a request to proof her reply.

On a different note, I found at least one typo or spelling mistake and three to four grammatical errors in your rather short post. Wouldn't it be best to first concentrate on self-proofing before offering such services to others?

[avysk]

Oh, you are strange. For example, I appreciate any corrections from native speakers (especially in a community like learn_english). The Russian text above is understandable but it sounds like "Beginning, I wanted talking by language which knows a bit..."

[mihailova.livejournal.com]

well... thank you for your answer.

I know VERY well that my english is not perfect, so I like and even often ask native speakers to correct my mistakes. I think it helps me. So I would be glad if you point the mistakes which you'd found in my comments.

May be my comment was not polite, I am sorry for it, I didn't want to offend Chetrieth or anobody else.