How to Find and Fix Your Own Non-Native Writing Patterns
Most non-native writing problems are not random. They repeat. Once you know which ones repeat in your work, you can fix them in one pass instead of twenty. The Pattern Audit shows you how.
Category Fixing the Writing
Article, Preposition, Tense: The Three Mistakes That Quietly Mark Your Copy as Non-Native
Three small grammar categories quietly mark professional copy as non-native: articles, prepositions, and tense. None get flagged by spell-check. All three get fixed by one rule each. This post is the rule book.
The Non-Native Writer’s Self-Editing Checklist: 12 Patterns
Native editors don't fix grammar in your drafts. They fix twelve specific patterns most non-native writers default to without noticing. Here's the checklist — one pattern per scan, with before/afters for each, so you can do the work yourself before anyone touches it.
Stop Trying to Think in English — Do This Instead
"Think in English" is the most repeated advice given to non-native writers. It's also the least useful. Here's the shift that actually works — and why trying to think in English is often the wrong goal in the first place.