> English has no 'correct' way to be written or spoken, nor does it need one, nor would it benefit from one, therefore, nor should it have one.
There may be no 'correct' way, but there are plenty of 'incomprehensible' ways. I once encountered a research paper that had clearly [0] been translated word-for-word from French into English and made no sense until I translated it word-for-word back to French...
[0]: actually it was only clear after I realised I should attempt the reverse translation ;)
Sure, but frankly, I've heard plenty of people speaking the most flawless King's English who didn't make any sense at all.
re: translated math papers: haha we've all been there. Once I had to read a bunch of 70's-era papers from Russian Mathematicians. The translators, bless their hearts, I'm sure knew everything there was to know about Dickens and Dostoevsky, but it was clear they had no clue what the math was all about :-)
Oh well, Math is the universal language, right? chuckle
There may be no 'correct' way, but there are plenty of 'incomprehensible' ways. I once encountered a research paper that had clearly [0] been translated word-for-word from French into English and made no sense until I translated it word-for-word back to French...
[0]: actually it was only clear after I realised I should attempt the reverse translation ;)