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Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators
It was just one word in one email, but it triggered huge financial losses for a multinational company. The message, written in English, was sent by a native speaker to a colleague for whom English was a second language. Unsure of the word, the recipient found two contradictory meanings in his dictionary. He acted on the wrong one.
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This happens also with students. You'd expect the native English speakers to write better in English, but most of the time they are worse.
When I worked in the semiconductor industry I had the privilege of working with numerous non-native English speakers. They spell and write better than most of the Americans I know.