Basil77, that is very comforting. Although I have a masters in English literature, my Russian grammar remains awful! I continue to read (when I have time), which helps, but I must admit the English discussions are so interesting that I often stray over here.
My Russian mother had no trouble with English grammar, but she thought English spelling was rough. Although, why, through the years, she should find it tough always puzzled me
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I visited Estonia this past summer, and would like to add that to the list of difficult languages (see Finnish, above). Lovely people, though, both the Estonians and the ethnic Russians!
I've heard that Vietnamese has 24 cases, would like to add it to the list of difficult languages! English isn't so bad!!