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The English I speak is perfect for within my country but inadequate outside it. Isn't that what the article says?

PS every post I make I work on the sentence construction and words so that it "fits in" better.


Not only is your English more than adequate, Avy - I am aghast that you should want to change your English to model it more closely after another variant. It seems to me that, unless there is a potentially dangerous lack of mutual comprehension, speakers of different branches of Emglish should be happy with their "native" English. Vive la différence!