Comment by elcritch
2 hours ago
No basic English is one of the simplest languages to learn as an adult. Perhaps it’s difficult to master.
English has simple conjugations. That makes it much easier to learn to speak intelligibly even for adults. Old English dropped many of the complicated word endings because it was used by Anglo-Saxons with Vikings and Normans.
grammar and rules of language has almost nothing to do with the difficulty of writing good text (ala, written prose fit for purpose).
Understanding of grammar and rules of a language is like having good bricks, but building a stylish house is more than just using good bricks. It's a higher level cognitive exercise. Schools attempt to teach this, but i think they fail quite miserably (look at how essays had to be written by students, and how poorly most are written).