I was amazed to learn that even native Chinese readers forget the written language if they don't use it for a few years. The one major thing English has going

I was amazed to learn that even native Chinese readers forget the written language if they don't use it for a few years. The one major thing English has going for it is that native English speakers are pretty tolerant of non-native speakers getting the grammar wrong. With just a little effort you can get people to understand you which is not the case for many languages.