Thread:Coelacanth0794/@comment-24663311-20140920220612/@comment-1038387-20140921074435

Stinkowing wrote: It is VERY poor. We Americans (or Brits or anyone else who has English as a first language) don't speak like you do with OUR English. Neither does anyone else who speaks proper English. I'm also not attacking you; I am being brutally honest with you. There *is* a difference there, Allen.

Not just that, there are plenty of non-natives who can blend in perfectly. But you're right, it's never easy to tell someone their English isn't at the required level without being painfully blunt.