> -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Brazee [mailto:howard at brazee.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:41 PM > To: Dragaera (E-mail) > Subject: RE: A Linguistic Note > > English appears to be one of the easiest languages to > communicate in - if > you don't require knowing the language well. Pidgin English doesn't > require good knowledge of tenses for instance. I did go to > the store, I > will go to the store. > > If you want to learn a language well, there are much easier > languages. But > to learn it poorly, English is a good choice. > > And of course, it is ubiquitous. > > What is a "ubiquitous" mean?