Ergo

In the past, women have been barred from combat roles in the military, ergo, their opportunities for promotion have been somewhat limited.

Everybody has his or her own idiolect of each language that he or she knows. My own English idiolect is weird for some. In speaking, I choose a variety of accents, depending on the listener. When I speak English to Filipinos, I try to use a more Filipino-accented English, because it is easier for them to understand. When I speak to a Canadian or American, I shift to a more North American accent. In writing, I learned the American way until age 10 in the Philippines. From age 10 and above in Canada, I learned Canadian English writing, up to university level. My appetite for science fiction and fantasy books from both American and British authors has affected my writing style. Some Cantonese opine that my writing is British, and it reminds them of England. My philosophy is that English is an international language and its origin can be divorced from its essence, as the case, I think, also of Spanish and French. Ergo, I urge Cantonese to divorce the essence of English from its land of origin. My favourite English writers are the British sci-fi author Olaf Stapledon and the American inventor-philosopher Buckminster Fuller.

My English writing has several influences. From age 10 and under, I learned American English writing, in tandem with Tagalog writing, in the Philippines, then from age 10 and above, in Canada, I learned Canadian English writing until university. Meanwhile, reading various American and British science fiction and fantasy books moulded my mind, as well as did the French that I have been learning since Grade 5 in Canada. Then in university, I learned Spanish and Japanese. There were bits of Esperanto in my teenage years, during university, and after university. Ergo, other languages have influenced my English writing idiolect.

Ergo, I am a cleverer man than the great financier; but he makes his thousands where I make shillings and pence.

For example, in English, the verb "work" can be conjugated as "I work hard" and "she works hard." In Globasa, on the other hand, we only use "ergo."

"I merely made an individual application of a general rule. All women love flattery—ergo, Miss Arundel liked it."

The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.

I just love the ergos on this knife. It just feels great and carries so well.