English homework question

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Ok, thanks!

My mother is American but has lived in Norway since she was 18, and has been an English teacher all her life, adult education. She taught English in various workplaces, among others in Parliament, and I've grown up hearing her gripe about how even well-educated Norwegians have such trouble learning that "I want this" or "I want that" sounds rude, and how they'd even challenge her on it, saying that "well, Norwegians are direct, you know"... As if that should count as a good thing

Anyway, glad to hear that English hasn't degenerated completely in my absence

"A bread"

Off to reproach said teacher.