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Hello! Most of the experience I’ve had in English language schools has taught me that learning English must not only be perfected but mastered. But I don’t think one need to master English it is learned proficiently as you practice it along the way. Am I right?

I'm not sure what you mean by "perfected" and "mastered."

I've been learning (Amercian) English for over 58 years; I was born to it. I'm not sure what "perfected" means, but "mastered" to me means you know how to speak and write quickly without a constant need for dictionaries or grammar books. However, some British English idioms and slang might give me pause, as might some British vocabulary. I'm sorry, but what they call "lorries" we call "trucks." I've heard the word "lorry" enough to know what it is, as well as "flat," "bonnet," and "boot," but I'm sure if I ever travelled there I'd be just another "Ugly American." (Petrol? Oh, you mean gas(oline)!)

So, I think I have mastered English, as I am not running to a dictionary looking up how to spell every other word or searching grammar book for correct syntax. Now as for French, I think I know just enought to aggravate a Frenchman with my limited vocabulary, my limited knowledge of grammar, and my pronunciation. C'est la vie.

Actually, to truly master a language, I think you need to be able to understand the humor. I get the impression that you are bilingual, so let me tell you a joke:

Q: What do you call a person who speaks three languages?
A: Trilingual.

Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A: Bilingual.

Q: What do you call a person who speaks only one language?
A: An American!

So, what do you see as the difference between "perfected" and "Mastered?"

So, what do you see as the difference between "perfected" and "Mastered?"

Mastery of a language is what most of us do in school and in life, as you depict.

Perfection is what great writers do (or at least strive for). In English we might have a James Baldwin, or that quintessential American, Vladimir Nabokov.

Russian - Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, etc.

Swedish - Strindberg.

Etc.

Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Harry S. Truman, Dr. Goodword ...

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