Quote Originally Posted by SimonH View Post

I am in constant awe at command of the English language most of the young ladies have on this forum, it really does put some of us 'natives' to shame
Me too, Simon ... 's why I get so at the nerve of the UK Education Authorities' and NARIC's [amongst others] IMO, completely biased and inaccurate assessments of nations like the Philippines, whose English Language abilities are every bit as GOOD as - if not BETTER than - those of native-born Brits.