From: "Owen McShane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Mario Gamito wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Thank you all. I didn't knew this english word.
> > >
> > >
> > Most people with english as there mother tongue don't know this word
either.
> >
>
> Would it be pedantic to point out that most people with English as _their_
mother tongue don't know the difference between there, their and they're
either?
>
> Thought so... I'll get me coat ;-)
Owen, if I believe the BBC news articles about the state of education in
England and given the state of education in the US I'd be surprised if
a significant proportion of native English speakers had ever run across
the word "mendacious" let alone knew how to use it properly in a sentence.
I'd certainly be being mendacious if I declared otherwise. And I don't
like being accused of mendacity.
{^_-}
