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Hi Eveyone,

One more question for you: Now that you know I'm not a native English speaker, do you still think Expector's English is good enough to help you learn or improve English?

I know some of the members here are not interested in reading anything from/by non-native English speakers. They're afraid of learning mistakes non-native speakers may make. It's quite reasonable for them to think so or do so. I even suggest reading all the blog posts or comments by native English speakers. I admit that I read all the ones by Tara. But the problem is that most native English speakers do make mistakes now and then, and it's hard for learners to spot all the ones. Tara once said 'Don't be afraid of learning others' mistakes.'  I agree that we should and can learn from the mistakes.

As a moderator here on MyEC, I try to make anything I write as grammatically correct as possible for fear that other members may follow the mistake I could make. But I'm a doctor, not really a teacher of English - in fact, even a real native English teacher could make mistakes. Some members here, however, do think my English is good and admit they've learned a lot from me, which I appreciate. I especially enjoyed it when they asked for my opinion on what they had just written. I've been trying  to do my best to help learners here with their English by commenting on their blogs or correcting their mistakes. But sometimes I failed to do so, especially when I was busy with my work in the hospital to help the patients.

Do you mind having a non-native English speaker help or correct you? Do my comments on your blog posts really mean something to you?