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Similarly, English syntax errors - which are extremely common among non-native speakers - usually don’t prevent you from being understood, either. E.g. “I wond

Similarly, English syntax errors - which are extremely common among non-native speakers - usually don’t prevent you from being understood, either. E.g. “I wondered what did he do” will be understood perfectly by virtually 100% of English speakers, but will immediately mark you as a non-native speaker (the correct form is “I wondered what he did”).

int_19h 4y ago
And, given the sheer number of accents, getting the pronunciation wrong is not that big of a deal either, especially if you do it consistently. Native speakers adapt very quickly. The real problem is understanding English spoken by those native speakers in all their accents...