Author's notes that say, "non-native speaker" are a complete turn-off for me, too. You don't want to be "good for a foreigner" -- you just want to be good, period. I think your writing is very strong content-wise, but like you say, you are blind to some grammar and syntax issues. The only way you could totally avoid that would be to live here for a decade or two.
It can be fixed with an extra beta run-through, though, as long as you can recognize that there is an issue. For instance, I would disagree with the phrasing of "I have no problem with your gay." Either "I have no problem with your being gay," "I have no problem with your gaying it up," or "I have no problem with gays," would all be more common phraseology.
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Date: 2009-07-19 04:29 pm (UTC)It can be fixed with an extra beta run-through, though, as long as you can recognize that there is an issue. For instance, I would disagree with the phrasing of "I have no problem with your gay." Either "I have no problem with your being gay," "I have no problem with your gaying it up," or "I have no problem with gays," would all be more common phraseology.