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assuming this person is dutch, i find ESL people write better “strongly worded letters”—if they have a strong grasp of the language—because they are trying to c
by athriren 6y ago
assuming this person is dutch, i find ESL people write better “strongly worded letters”—if they have a strong grasp of the language—because they are trying to communicate their point as clearly as possible, which comes off as coarse and stern to people used to reading corporate communications written by people paid to beat english into a pulp so that it means nothing.
- Denvercoder9 6y agoIt's also a Dutch thing. We don't beat around the bush.
- intricatedetail 6y agoYou like to weed out any waffling.
- ponker 6y agoEven if this person has a different mother tongue their English is clearly excellent and not likely explained by “ESL tendencies.”