"""Burdonova’s self-described “professional level” of English proficiency undoubtedly came in handy during her work at the troll factory. She reportedly had an

"""Burdonova’s self-described “professional level” of English proficiency undoubtedly came in handy during her work at the troll factory. She reportedly had an outstanding command of English and gave English lessons to other IRA employees.""" From her post about national reserve parks: "there's slight but noticeable difference" I'm not a native speaker but shouldn't it be "a slight but noticeable difference"? Dropping the "a" seems very Russian, maybe a native speaker could comment since I know 0 Russian. But I've noticed the dropping of "a" with some Russians that speak English, similar to Spanish speakers using "on" in strange places a lot. I have no idea why these catch my eye (or ear usually). Since I often catch myself using German grammar constructs 1 to 1 in English I think one can probably re engineer the origin of someone who speaks English as a foreign language over a large enough sample of text (even if there's no accent). Well enough rambling but I thought it might at least be a bit noteworthy when we're talking about IRA etc.