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Non-native English speaker here, to me “maintain cleanliness” just feels a bit formal compared to “keep clean”, but doesn’t feel incorrect at all. It makes me w
by teacpde 6y ago
Non-native English speaker here, to me “maintain cleanliness” just feels a bit formal compared to “keep clean”, but doesn’t feel incorrect at all. It makes me wonder how many phrases the I speak/write feel incorrect to native English speakers.
- hehetrthrthrjn 6y agoYou don't need to worry. There is no such thing as a generic native speaker of English, since one can only learn a local form natively. Every speaker of English is offending some native speaker of English somewhere. Generally speaking, native speakers need to get over themselves. English has become the global language (which no-one got to vote on) so native speakers should accept local forms and foreign influences and invasions, especially since English has been doing that since its inception.