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by abdusco
2537 days ago
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Certainly. I'm a non-native speaker myself and although the end result looks somewhat convincing, it takes me an inordinate amount of time to write, look up words and proofread the text. I'd guess a native would come up with a comprehensible text at the first try, and it'd take a few tweaks until it looks immaculate. The reason non-natives seem to write better is that we simply spend more time working on it, and fix a lot of mistakes. Just now, writing this, I had to look up if the saying went "inordinate amount" or "unordinate amount". The difference between "pristine" and "immaculate". It really adds up when writing longer texts. |
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For what it’s worth, I think your examples are nuanced questions about fairly sophisticated terms. I look up similar things all the time, and I am a native English speaker, have a first-class education, and write regularly for my day job.
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