This defensive tone is one of the few ways I have found to make myself understood clearly without overthinking my prose. When I write in more "narrative" tone,

This defensive tone is one of the few ways I have found to make myself understood clearly without overthinking my prose. When I write in more "narrative" tone, it's hard for me to make sure that my grammar is right, and that I'm making myself understood. In fact, I always try to write my comments in narrative form first, but many times the grammar comes out awkward, so I scrap that and write in a more dialogical form. If you have any recommendations on how to improve this, they're welcome.