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by phs318u 98 days ago
It’s possible of course but reading all the comments from various non-native English speakers here it seems like a common story. It may indicate a subliminal bias in readers (most of whom are presumably American).
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Note that those comments are written in perfectly understandable English. Further note how often you come across comments written in perfectly understandable English, but they're downvoted anyway.

It suggests a bias in writers to assume that people would agree with them if only they could express their thoughts accurately.