James Montgomery replied to New York in French's discussion New Republic: Let's Stop Pretending That French Is an Important Language
"McWorther perfectly expresses a narrow, utilitarian approach to learning language based on some vague notion of "usefulness". Perhaps Chinese is more widely spoken than French and perhaps America's proximity to Latin America gives Spanish great…"
Aug 21, 2019
James Montgomery left a comment for camille Assaf-Doshi
"Mesdames, Messieurs,
Je suis avocat ici a New York mais et je parle francais, dont que ma langue maternelle est l'anglais.  Je represente des clients en des matieres d'affaires et devant tous les tribuneaux.  Ma formation professionelle etait en…"
Aug 21, 2019
James Montgomery replied to Daniel M.'s discussion The upside (and downside) of raising bilingual children
"The degree of difficulty involved in learning two languages simultaneously in childhood depends to a degree on the closeness of the languages. French and English share a lot of vocabulary though English's grammatical base is teutonic rather than…"
Aug 21, 2019