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English is impossible to master!

已有 3061 次阅读 2011-11-12 16:30 |个人分类:From the U.S.|系统分类:海外观察| English, Names, master

A college classmate wanted to do some sightseeing after the Ocean Science Meeting in Salt Lake City in Feb. 2012. I wrote to her: "It's too cold to visit northern states. The only places I would recommend are South Florida and southern California."

After I clicked "send," I asked myself WHY not "South California" and "southern Florida." WHY NOT? Well, you can google these names, and tell me why not.



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