You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Finding Your Way in the Land of Babel: Writing in a Second Language
I'm English and most of the people I know get all of the examples you mentioned wrong every time, especially 'their', 'there' and 'they're'.
Foreign speakers often have a more comprehensive knowledge of grammar because they learned 'by the book'.
Well, I learned before I could read, so it's not really by the book. But I do get what you're saying. Grammar knowledge is only part of it though. You need to familiarise yourself with the flow and feel of each language.