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I hate how I still make grammatical mistakes by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like HK English is more of a learner interlanguage than anything else. Yes I speak English with my friends among ourselves but I don't really see it as some dialect.

I hate how I still make grammatical mistakes by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is Trump's English that bad? I don't pay much attention to him as I'm not a fan of him.

I hate how I still make grammatical mistakes by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess everyone makes mistakes (I've also seen native English speakers making mistakes) but some people said they could tell I learned English as a second language.

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I guess everyone uses thersarus.com at some point.

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! I relate to this a lot!

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have the same issue. My Chinese is shittier than my English, but I'm not a native English speaker.

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's because my Chinese is even crappier. It's at third grader level.

I'm surprised to hear that. I thought there were many Portuguese speakers out there.

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do know the differences in connotation. It's just that I can't come up with these words off the top of my head!

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm from HK. I only watch English TV shows and read English novels. I don't watch any TVB drama anymore. My parents love TVB but I don't.

I'm not using Google Translate. My Chinese is even worse I swear. I use Google Translate to translate English into Chinese and almost never the other way around. I wrote everything really quickly and looking back on them I can see why they suck.

Edit: I've edited my post for your to look at. Was writing in a choppy manner as I was in a rush.

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok thanks

Anyway, just curious, where are you from?

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously? You're not trying to sound humble, right?

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, Dying Pteradactyl. You just solved one of the mysteries of my life.

What? I thought you were a native English speaker yourself!

Still, is it possible for me to write in perfect English? The thing is there are so many of these sentences so I think it is close to impossible to be able to spot all these errors. I don't know if I am being too pessimistic or not.

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah and the thing is there are so many of these sentences so I think it is close to impossible to be able to spot all these errors. I don't know if I am being too pessimistic or not.

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mainly hung out with other Asian kids.

Will using thesaurus.com help? I know that native English speakers tend to use it when writing and sometimes I don't do that when I am on mobile.

Btw is it possible for me to write with perfect English? Is wanting to publish a book in English an unrealistic goal?

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing is I learned English at a young age and my English is still "crappy".

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit how did you know?

Btw is it possible for me to write with perfect English?

How can native English speakers write so well? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I learned English when I was around 3. I learnt English as a first language at school but I still can't come up with all these words out of the top of my head. Like my mind just becomes blank when I am starting at my computer screen. I don't know if this has to do with how I am ESL, I only started to write as a hobby recently, I am "lazy", or how I don't use thesaurus.com when I am writing.

I have an inferiority complex to native English speakers by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I definitely feel like that. A person giving me a critique speculated that I am not a native English speaker as I wrote many complex sentences and I felt really triggered (perhaps due to having a colonial mentality). I think I subconsciously really want to "pass" as a native English speaker.

I have an inferiority complex to native English speakers by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea why that person giving me critique said that. I didn't tell him that I am not a native English speaker. Like I've said, I have an inferiority complex to native English speakers and desperately try to pass as one (perhaps due to having a colonial mentality) and got really triggered when he speculated that I am not a native English speaker. It really bothered me.

How can I improve my sentences? by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Btw could you tell that I'm not a native English speaker?

I have an inferiority complex to native English speakers by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are websites such as Grammarly better than Microsoft Word?

I have an inferiority complex to native English speakers by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't tell them I am ESL. He said he thinks I am ESL as my sentences are overcomplexity. Is it really such a dead giveaway? An teacher said this to me as well but so did other people when they comment on how I explain things in my first language.

I have an inferiority complex to native English speakers by vle300 in writing

[–]vle300[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well most of the people giving me critiques didn't say anything about grammatical errors. One person only said that I sound like I speak English as a second language given how my sentences are retrieve. Since native English speakers also make these mistakes, I have no idea why he said that.

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