User:Hortator

Hortator
What drew this guy to take an interest in editing for Wikipedia was the quality of some of the items. There are people here who really do care about seeing logical English, good vocabulary and decent style and usage out on the web. I hope to help now and then by tidying up some of the items still in need of attention.

I have some background in straightening out technical material in E.s.l. for engineers. A nodding acquaintance with the grammars of some of the Romance and Teutonic languages and a brush with dialect Chinese has helped.

English is a potent language with a stupendous vocabulary and a vast, rich heritage in literature. The mixed parentage of English and its relentless appetite for foreign nouns make English very much a mongrel; there is nothing polite to be said about English grammar or spelling. We native speakers, especially those of us with a better perception of its grammar, carry a burden and it is to assist those who have had the fortitude to learn English in later life.