Ho argues that most people see only material gain and narrow issues, which convince them that learning English will improve competitiveness. Thus they fail to see that at its heart competitiveness is based on creativity, and when a person's ability in his or her own language declines they lack a fertile environment for ideas and originality is lost.
何懷碩指出，一般人只看到功利、表面的層次，認為學會英文就有競爭力，不知道競爭力深刻的層次是創造力。一個人母語能力低落，缺乏思想存活的土壤，便喪失了原創性。