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Originally Posted by always_sunni_
English is a very precise language, taking many more words to say what in Latin takes considerably less. Is precision worth the extra memory we have to use to learn words? Are some languages clearly better than others? What could be some negative effects?
First time I hear that.
I'm french, speak a bit of english (enough to read you), learned spanish and russian at school, learned ancient greek at university and had an initiation of arabian language.
In arabian, you have several way to say "one".
In english "you get up, down, out" or get whatever you want. In french you need 10 different words to say "get".
Just try to learn french conjugations or russian declensions and you'll agree with me : there is absolutly no doubt, english is far more easier than any of these language.