Our Language Today 4. [antikvár]

Knowing Sentences REÁDING SENTENCES Try to read the following: .koob ruoy fo retpahc tsrif eht si sihT Now try to read this:ofThis youris book.the first chapter Arabian girls and boys learn to read their language from right to left. Chinese children read words and sentences that start on the right and run down the page. How would you like to read sentences that look like this one? Thisistheíirstchapterofyourbook. In early writing, people left no spaces between words when they wrote sentences. You are used to seeing sentences this way: This is the first chapter of your book. English sentences seem easier to read because you have been taught to read from left to right and to expect spaces between words.