Yes, I can only say that luckily most native English speakers realise how privileged they are that they are able to write and speak in their native language and they take an effort to accomodate those that are less lucky.... Sent from my iPad > On 8 mrt. 2014, at 20:04, "Juliao Braga" <juliao@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > +1 > > What would be more funny is the IETF take such an attitude. > > We can not forget that for us, bad writers and talkers, English is a > second, third, fourth, ..., language. So we are better able to improve > if the opportunities can be given. > > []s, > > Julião > > Em 08/03/2014 15:34, Chaitanya Dhareshwar escreveu: >> Not sure having a score for this makes sense. Not everyone with an IELTS >> score of 7+ chooses to participate 'fully' and not everyone who does >> participate fully today necessarily has an IELTS score of 7 or higher. >> Unless the very definition of the IETF is to be changed to exclude those >> who speak "lower quality" (in a sense) of English, this would be more >> disruptive than constructive. >> >> *Chaitanya Dhareshwar* >> ** >> Linkedin <http://in.linkedin.com/in/chaitanyabd>| Blog >> <http://cbd.vcio.in>| Skype: chaitanyabd >> Mobile: +91.9820760253 >