Re: articles, etc.

[ilene rubenstein <hflrc001@dewey.csun.edu>]

Sara:  The point you raise:
> This brings up 
> another point: why is it that universities expect undergrad students who 
> don't speak English as a native language to produce polished idomatic 
> prose, 

brings to mind another:  professors are so quick to slam ESL 
students for poor English writing skills, yet I wonder how many of these 
same professors can speak and write in as many languages as our ESL 
students do.  I'm always impressed by how well these students do.