[buu700]

Was about to note the same thing. Agreed with GP on all other points, but I forgave the language mistakes after seeing their about page.

FWIW, while I don't condone it, I do think that any non-native speaker should take such criticism as a compliment. It's a sign that they're good enough to pass for native; if they were clearly struggling to write passable English, the reactions would likely be more polite with helpful pointers.

[chipotle_coyote]

Coming back hours later, I'm going to be a bit harsher on myself: if I had checked the about page, I'd have still commented on the proofing errors, but I wouldn't have been so snarky about it, and I wish I hadn't been.

You're also right in your second paragraph, though -- the article didn't read to me like "this is someone who isn't fluent in English," it read like "this is someone who's fluent in English but tossed this article off quickly, made careless mistakes, and didn't bother to make a proofreading pass."