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Speak fluent english (lemmy.ml)

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I understand English, but I have a hard time talking to someone face to face. Do you have any suggestions on this?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago

An alternative is to simply own your own english. Stop calling them grammar mistakes and start calling it grammatical diversity; there is no correct way to speak english. Every culture has their own unique way of learning english and each of them is worth sharing.

I bet that if a native english speaker wanted to mimic the grammar and intonation of your country's english speakers, either to blend in or have smoother local communication, they'll have a much harder time relearning english.