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by AussieWog93 1593 days ago
I'm not sure it's the structure of the language itself as much as it's how error-tolerant fluent speakers are.

Anyone under the age of about 60 seems to be completely used to a wide array of (sometimes bizarre) accents, Chinglish grammatical constructs and semi-illiterate spelling.

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I think humans in general are good at error-correction of language, so I’m not sure English is any special in this regard.