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Thank you for the comma suggestion.
No, I will not consider a rewrite because that would change my meaning. This teacher gave us an English lesson in our French class, as a propaedeutic exercise.
If you say "Our French and German class teacher.." that could mean that he made those comments outside of class.
Sollte die wörtliche Rede nicht mit einem Fragezeichen enden? ☺
Thank you Pfirsichbaeumchen for noticing the missing question mark:)
Im Esperantosatz fehlt es auch. ☺
@Pfirsichbaeumchen. It was a rhetorical question. The teacher didn't want an answer, so you can use either a question mark, an exclamation mark or a period. Because it was a rhetorical question I use "said" instead of asked. (We'll discuss the Esperanto version on the Esperanto page:)
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In our French and German classes our teacher, who hailed from England, said, "How do you expect to learn a foreign language if you don't know the grammar of your own."
added by Dejo, September 3, 2013
In our French and German classes, our teacher, who hailed from England, said, "How do you expect to learn a foreign language if you don't know the grammar of your own."
edited by Dejo, September 3, 2013
In our French and German classes, our teacher, who hailed from England, said, "How do you expect to learn a foreign language if you don't know the grammar of your own?"
edited by Dejo, September 3, 2013
In our French and German classes, our teacher, who hailed from England, said, "How do you expect to learn a foreign language if you don't know the grammar of your own!"
edited by Dejo, September 3, 2013
