As a native English speaker, I found most of these to be rubbish.
For example, #1 is no phrase for "bon appétit". Yeah we do have a phrase for that - it's bon appetit. What's slightly more annoying is that bon appetit just means good appetite, again not a direct translation of "I hope you enjoy this food".
English has never been a curated language, it's all bits and bobs that have been collected over time. If you were a purist, and tried to remove all words in English that didn't originate in England you'd hardly have any words left.
The more common non-native speaker mistakes like "informations" makes sense when you understand why they exist too - information (meaning any number of facts) is uncountable. How many waters are there in my glass? How many water what?
The sumbarines swimming one got me thinking though. I'd probably say "travelled". To be honest it reminded me more of this Dijkstra quote:
"The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim"
For example, #1 is no phrase for "bon appétit". Yeah we do have a phrase for that - it's bon appetit. What's slightly more annoying is that bon appetit just means good appetite, again not a direct translation of "I hope you enjoy this food".
English has never been a curated language, it's all bits and bobs that have been collected over time. If you were a purist, and tried to remove all words in English that didn't originate in England you'd hardly have any words left.
The more common non-native speaker mistakes like "informations" makes sense when you understand why they exist too - information (meaning any number of facts) is uncountable. How many waters are there in my glass? How many water what?
The sumbarines swimming one got me thinking though. I'd probably say "travelled". To be honest it reminded me more of this Dijkstra quote:
"The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim"