Thing is, you can see the hunger in some PRC's, Koreans and
Taiwanese in wanting to learn English. And then in Singapore,
where the environment is so darn conducive for learning English, we
have idiots aplenty whose English language skill is so atrocious,
it's horrendous!
Soon, Singapore will no longer have any competitive advantage
over our neighbours.
I think it's a function of our education system than anything
else ... and no, I'm not blindly bashing the garbarment again
....
we do have a class of english speakers in singapore who speaks a
very acrolectal form of english .... same as everywhere else ...
the core failing of our education system is the emphasis in
speaking and every day usage over fundamental grammar skills
...
