The Internet offers nowadays an enormous amount of various groups of people who unite around a common subject of their interest and exchange messages on various topics.
As a rule these groups are formed on the principle of a free registration with online names and passwords. As long as a member of the forum wishes to take part in a discussion, she logs in and sends her comments.
"The more the merrier,' is the motto of the forums, which simply means that unless the writer violates the rules of the group, she can write whatever she wants.
No one is taught the English language here and nobody corrects the mistakes of less prepared linguistically members.
What really helps is that one has a chance to get in touch with the English used by native speakers, a modern English used by modern people.
Some forums are extremely useful, though. The ones where professionally-oriented folks, such as photographers, musicians, etc. flock
These are the places where one can get a useful piece of information on the subject of her interest, to learn the terminology and the vocabulary of the industry where these people work.
Unfortunately, professionals rarely take part in these communities unless they intend to sell their products to forum members.
Otherwise regular comments or opinions of the participants carry limited educative value.
Till next time
Bye-bye
George
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