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    and it could be wrong:

    I do believe there is such thing as horrible grammar. And I'm not belittling anybody, just being honest.

    To me, the way you write English tells a lot about you. The way I write, I'm sure, can tell an American that I formed some sentences in a way that are not so normal, and therefore think, mmm, probably not her first language. I have been told I write 'without an accent', but I know there are still things I write that sound kind of funny because of the word order or the choice of words.

    This poster in particular, I said I don't believe he is an American because to me, that grammar is too bad. If he is, then I would say he didn't even go to school.

    Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's normal for an American to write like that, but that would be very depressing. Come on, you read that post again and you have to agree that English is not good at all. That's not slang, that's broken English.

    A real American to me is somebody that has been born here and been raised as an American, or somebody that came here and takes pride in the US, and puts the US first, or at least at the same level as the country of origin.

    To me, no matter what passport you have, if your loyalty lies with Mexico first, and the US later, or with Spanish first and English later, you are not a real American.

    I do have an accent (Spanish one), but you can't learn the right accent after 11 years of age. But grammar and vocabulary you can always improve.

    I don't think not being politically correct is having a narrow judgmental attitude, just calling them as I see them.

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