Thursday, 7 August 2014

Double-take, # 86

The article/noun disagreement below indicates inadequate proofreading (reprehensible in a private language school extolling its quality and professionalism), while the representation of the noun school by the pronoun their mangles both grammar and logic:

Source: CESA Languages Abroad | Learn French in Nice, France

The two adjectives — and this may well reflect a personal preference — seem to be the wrong way round. As it stands, the text makes it sound as if native is a language, but surely the distinction is not between being a native speaker and a French native speaker (since people other than French nationals can have French as their first language), but between being a French speaker and a native French speaker.
a French native speakers

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