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Can I write better english than 99.9% of anglos that has ever existed as an ESL?

Acording to grammarly, I'm already better than 80% of native anglos regarding writing.

>> No.14133363

No

>> No.14133370

>>14133360
Yes. You’ll be btfoing Joyce in no time my guy.

>> No.14133427

>>14133360
How could you write better than 99% if grammarly has said you write better than 80%?

>> No.14133432

Yes. English is a shit tier language.

>> No.14133453

>>14133360
>Acording to grammarly, I'm already better than 80% of native anglos regarding writing.
Biased sample. Only illiterates use grammarly.

>> No.14133482

>>14133360
If Conrad could, you can...

>> No.14133490

>>14133427
because my only attempts so far to learn english were a shitty institute to learn it when I was a teen, classes which I now have forgotten and shitposting on the web since 2010 on 4chan.

>> No.14133502
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>>14133360

>> No.14133503

Yes, Nabokov and Conrad wrote great in English.

>> No.14133594

>>14133360
What is your first language?

>> No.14133629

>>14133490
The two-sentence sample indicates poor writing and grammatical errors.
See >>14133427 misunderstood you because you don't know how modality works. Shouldn't tack 'as an ESL' on the end of a question. 'has' should be 'have'. And Anglo is not synonymous with native Englishspeaker, most natives are Americans and few Americans are Anglos.

I don't see it happening at this rate. Immerse yourself in good English literature, and study its grammar and history. Then, genuinely, you should be a better writer than most natives. Though this applies to every language simply because its normal speakers haven't been immersed in its higher expression nor made any attempt to write seriously. Of course, you'll lack the proper instincts and always run the risk of coming across as awkward and formulaic, or just ignorant of some patch of the language, but you can get around this if you really immerse yourself. Thinking in English level of immersion.

>> No.14133651

>>14133594
taco speak.

>> No.14133667

>>14133651
Me tambien.

>> No.14133671

>>14133360
99.9%? probably no. chances that you or any other person that frequents moot's hentai collection site will ever attain elite of the elite status is slim to none

but you can most likely fare better than the norm, especially since the standards for the norm are so low

>better than 80% on grammarly
>grammarly: app/program/site designed to help those having trouble with writing
>better than 80% of the retards
>"hey guys, did i just win the special olympics?"

>> No.14133673

>>14133629
yeah, I think my major issue is that I still think using my own native grammar and shit, but from what I've learned lately, most of writing isn't about the act of writing, but knowing how to make clear sentences, keeping a logical voice, knowing how to tell a story.

There's a shit ton of rules and craft that writing beautifully is like 10-15% of the entire process.

My biggest sin I think is that I maybe haven't read a lot of english literature yet.

>>14133667
nice.

:D

>> No.14134950

>>14133360
>grammarly
Anon, I...

Either way, being a better english writer than anglos is a lifetime commitment though. Not many are willing to go such path given it even requires you to be single, but it is entirely possible.