I would say that not requiring politeness grammar is a major strength of English.
Same goes for not requiring articles being a strength of the Japanese language and many other [mostly non European] languages.
I'm less persuaded that tense isn't usually a useful distinction, but the irregularity of tense is a weakness of English (as is its vestigial subjunctive that most speakers barely ever use)
Same goes for not requiring articles being a strength of the Japanese language and many other [mostly non European] languages.
I'm less persuaded that tense isn't usually a useful distinction, but the irregularity of tense is a weakness of English (as is its vestigial subjunctive that most speakers barely ever use)