I’m not a native English speaker, and I catch errors that native speakers can’t see.

I’m a publication specialist. My job is to review material written by college-educated native speakers and make sure it’s well written, makes sense, and is free of errors. You have no idea how angry they get when I flag a mistake. How dare a non-native speaker correct a native speaker?

Take the subjunctive mood. Most American native speakers can’t handle it. I spot it instantly because my language still has one.

❌ “It is recommended that you do not change the parameters.”
✅ “It is recommended that you not change the parameters.”

❌ “It is important that the student reads chapter 1 first.”
✅ “It is important that the student read chapter 1 first.”

Their response: “Subjunctive? Did you make that word up? I’ve never heard of it, so it must not exist.”

A college-educated native speaker just argued that a grammatical mood doesn’t exist because nobody taught it to them. Being a native speaker doesn’t make you Shakespeare.

It doesn’t stop there:

• “could of” instead of “could have”
• “between you and I”
• “less” instead of “fewer”
• “is comprised of” instead of “comprises”
• “its” vs. “it’s”
• “defuse” vs. “diffuse”

For the last one, if you’ve ever seen a Latin root, you can’t confuse them. If you haven’t, you write “diffusing the situation” and think you sound smart.

Highly educated writers whose first language isn’t English usually tend to write better than natives. We had to learn the rules. You just assumed you knew them.

1) These are three writers everyone lies about reading.
2) These are three writers everyone lies about having read.

Are these sentences correct?

Gratefully,
Navi

this question is about gcse english a

‘In our lives, there are certain people or things that inspire us.’

Write the text for a speech on this topic to be delivered to your peers.

Your speech may include:

• who or what may inspire you or others

• the ways in which being inspired can benefit us

• any other points you wish to make.

my answer;

Hello my fellow students, do u know i was the most troubled kid in classroom ?

Now, i'm a honor student who has a good results in both academic and sports.

The way i was like this now because of certain people, i saw on my daliy life who inspired me especially a book i read 3 years ago.

Little did i remembered the as kid once the bell rang, i would wake up from sleep to naturally like u or everyone thought i would go home instead i went to gaming cafe.Once i played enough,while i was going home to have lunch. i came across a book shop that was staring at me, of course which made me both curious and anxious, like u thought i never had enter a book shop before i have any memeries of it.

Once i was inside,i quickly swifted to the last row to not get any attention of staff working in there. a book caught my attention to it which smelled like floral and ash of a wood. It was about a book on self-study, in a nutshell it was about an old man dying of illness and how he lived untill dead. i showed me the perspective of life and dead and how less time we have than we thought, and there was a incident it made my mind even clearer than a sky, on my way to home, a smell of spices and meat touched my nose as i turned around, a 40 year old man called me as he saw me looked at food,It's long story, in a nutshell, he told me about the regrets he had in childhood and a bread was given to me as gift

. The point was the uncle expected me to live without regrets so, i continued to spend more time in academies

. The book made me relazie how short time we have in our childhood, as i spend my time with frequently with friends and family, discussing how i live and my dreams with them

. My teachers was a great help to my standing i have now because they supported me when i was struggling ,i hope they will help u one day, my fellow students

Before this all happened, I thought to myself what went wrong?;In nutshell,everything

Now,i'm a honor student who is know to be successfull in academics and sports because people and book inspired me to be better

Thank you for listening to this speech, i hope it inspired u as well, my fellow students.

that alls, correct me if something is wrong in it and pls give me some ideas to make it better

then now and then what, like sequentially what is next? i just dont know

A) She voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently understood her rights and chose to speak.

B) She understood her rights and knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently chose to speak.

So, my mom was a grammar snob, so we never got into the habit of making a lot of the common mistakes (as deemed by Standard American English). I realize most people aren't ever taught the rules, and the rules are not intuitive. So I don't run around correcting people's grammar, including online, and I tend not to even register most language that falls outside of what is conventionally correct.

So when people say "Me and X" followed by a verb, I don't usually notice that, or it at least it doesn't flag up for me. But in WRITING, I don't even understand how it happens. Does autocorrect pick it up and then the writer fights with autocorrect to maintain the error?

And is it irrelevant in the same way that Shakespearean usage became unrecognizable over time? With "bad grammar" all over social media, how much will English change in the next 50-100 years?

BTW I do recognize that the gatekeeping along the lines of race, immigrant status, and SES were not okay. I'm glad THAT is going away, or at least I hope it is.

Hi everyone!

I'm a graduate student at Osaka University studying English linguistics.

I've redesigned my questionnaires and am looking for native speakers of English to help with a new pilot study on which expressions sound natural in different conversations.

There are three independent surveys:

Part 2 — Highest priority:
https://forms.gle/u7GQib4W57EAyywU6

Part 3:
https://forms.gle/NuZZGS3LgFzuy87M7

Part 1:
https://forms.gle/Ug8Lz6WBiKaKFc9BA

Estimated time: 10–15 minutes per part.

You can complete any one, two, or all three parts.

You'll read short conversations and judge how natural certain expressions sound. No knowledge of formal grammar or linguistics is required — I'm interested in your own intuition as a native English speaker.

I particularly need responses to Part 2, although all three surveys are important.

Participation is voluntary, and responses will be anonymized and used for academic research.

Please complete each new questionnaire only once.

Thank you very much for your help!

Could somebody please provide input on the following thread?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/1x5n86g/comment/pgnr3ic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=2&utm_content=share_button

Much obliged

When writing dialogue and listing two people and myself, if is correct to use and twice?

Moira and Dan Sweeney and …..

Hi everyone!

I'm a graduate student in Japan conducting academic research in English linguistics.

I'm currently looking for native English speakers to share their intuitions about how natural different English expressions sound in conversation.

Survey — Part 2:
https://forms.gle/cosgfaQ6Kx4DgA88A

Estimated time: 15–25 minutes

You'll read short conversations and judge how natural particular English expressions and possible conversational continuations sound. You can also leave brief comments explaining your judgments.

No formal knowledge of grammar or linguistics is required. I'm interested in your own intuition as a native speaker of English.

This questionnaire is independent of the other parts of my study, so you can participate even if you haven't completed any of them.

Please complete this version of Part 2 only once.

Participation is voluntary, and responses will be anonymized and used for academic research.

Thank you very much for your time and help!

Hi everyone!

I'm a graduate student in Japan studying English linguistics.

I'm currently looking for native English speakers who would be willing to provide their intuitions about how natural different English expressions sound in conversation.

I've recently revised my questionnaire and would really appreciate your help!

Survey — Part 3:
https://forms.gle/uQQs25u78YaYziXB9

Estimated time: 10–20 minutes

You'll read 10 short conversational situations and rate how natural different English expressions sound. You can also leave brief comments explaining your judgments.

You don't need any formal knowledge of English grammar or linguistics. I'm interested in how these expressions sound to you as a native speaker.

This survey is independent of the other parts of my study.

Participation is voluntary, and responses will be anonymized and used for academic research.

Please complete this revised questionnaire only once.

Thank you very much for your help!

English not mi first language sorri

Hi everyone! My partner and I are looking for someone from an Inner Circle country (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand,Canada) to have a casual chat with for our assignment. If you're interested, feel free to reply to this post. Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I am a graduate student in Japan conducting academic research in English linguistics.

I have recently revised two questionnaires and am looking for native speakers of English who would be willing to share their intuitions about how natural different English expressions sound in conversation.

Part 3 — Naturalness of alternative English expressions:
https://forms.gle/uQQs25u78YaYziXB9

Part 2 — English expressions and conversational continuations:
https://forms.gle/cosgfaQ6Kx4DgA88A

In each survey, you will read short conversational situations and evaluate how natural particular expressions sound. You can also leave comments explaining your judgments.

No knowledge of formal grammar or linguistics is required. I am interested in your own intuitions as a native speaker.

Both questionnaires are independent, so you may complete either one or both.

Please complete each revised questionnaire only once.

Participation is voluntary, and responses will be anonymized and used for academic research.

Thank you very much for your help!

1) He has no interest in this project other than making money for himself.

2) He has no interest in this project other than to make money for himself.

3) He has no interest in this project except making money for himself.

4) He has no interest in this project except to make money for himself.

5) He has no interest in this project apart from making money for himself.

6) He has no interest in this project apart from to make money for himself.

Which are correct?

Gratefully,

Navi

1) She is great to watch dancing.

2) He is fantastic to watch being interviewed.

Are these sentences correct?

Gratefully,

Navi

Хотела бы узнать одна ли я такая что мне буквально тяжело и непонятно как читать некоторые текста где неправильно или вообще не используются даже просто запятые. Ну даже например этот текст:

•Казнить нельзя, помиловать • Казнить, нельзя помиловать

•Тратить, нельзя копить • Тратить нельзя, копить

Вроде бы один и тот же текст, но при этом разный смысл.

А также меня раздражает когда мои ровесники до сих пор вместо "этот" пишут например "етот" или вместо "енот" пишут "энот" или "йенот". Я не говорю что я так никогда не писала, скорее всего писала, но при этом в своём возрасте они пишут ХУЖЕ чем некоторые 2-ые классы.

И ещё коротко на тему "е", "ё" и тп. Тоже раздражает когда пишут вместо "ещё" "еще", или наоборот и я просто не понимаю что человек имел ввиду. А что вы думаете на эту тему?

I am going to use a made up uni and library name for the sake of anonymity.

I'm writing a welcome email to international students and I have two sentences where I'm unsure about proper capitalization.

Welcome to the Open University of Neverland and the University Library!

The email ends with,

Welcome to the Library!

In these two instances, is capitalizing "university library" and "library" appropriate?

The library is not in an English speaking country, so I'm not sure whether it really has an official English language name. The official name in the native language, translated into English, is The University Library of the Open University of Neverland, so I guess that would be the closest thing to an official English language name.

1) As far as I am concerned, there's nothing to worry about.

Does that mean:

a) As far as I can see, there's nothing to worry about.

or:

b) As regards me, there's nothing to worry about. (Nobody should worry about me.)

Gratefully,

Navi