I just realised something as I was writing my project proposal. Nope I don't usually work on weekends but this weekend is an exception because I have two project proposals deadline by mid December and this mean I only have about 1 week time for two proposals (20 and 30 pages each). As I was writing partially in English and broken German, I realised writing in German helps you to think in more details. The German grammar is so precise that you really need to write in details and also in a way "ask you questions" as you write. Hmmm I think this is really an interesting aspect. Many if not all of my German colleagues write in great details... sometimes I feel these details are not really necessary (something like should know right?? Have to write ahh???). Learnt something new, and to them is nothing is understood, all has to be written.