(April 23, 2015 at 10:59 am)Alex K Wrote:(April 23, 2015 at 10:56 am)robvalue Wrote: I would never have known you weren't native Alex.
I'd say "native, Alex", or otherwise one might think Alex is a nation. Which would be cool. Anyways
Back off topic; I spent enough time in English speaking countries and I rarely watch German TV, that helps.
As you can see, your English use is better than that of many native speakers of English. I remember visiting Germany many years ago, and I told a girl I met that her English was, literally, better than many native speakers. She did not believe me, but it was absolutely true. She just had the slightest accent, but otherwise she spoke English better than a significant percentage of native speakers of English. Her grammar and word choice were superb. She spoke like a well-educated native speaker of English, other than a slight accent.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
