In my experience the English spoken in Singapore is as good as that spoken anywhere, although my time in Singapore wasn't that long. My earlier comment has obviously taken somewhat differently to how I meant it.
If English is their first language, then yes, they speak English "perfectly" by definition.
Languages are a constant clash between its natural evolution and its rules (which came from past evolution)
If language hadn't evolved romance language speakers would be speaking Latin today, and English speakers would be speaking Anglo-Saxon maybe? (which themselves evolved from other languages)
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I took it as a vaguely racist comment on how a non English speaker might say it. I must be overly sensative.
Singaporeans are supposed to be near native English speakers because English is supposed to be our first language... but obviously not near enough.
Native, but different. Kind of like how Americans say all kind of weird things that wouldn't be ok in England.
In my experience the English spoken in Singapore is as good as that spoken anywhere, although my time in Singapore wasn't that long. My earlier comment has obviously taken somewhat differently to how I meant it.
If English is their first language, then yes, they speak English "perfectly" by definition.
Languages are a constant clash between its natural evolution and its rules (which came from past evolution)
If language hadn't evolved romance language speakers would be speaking Latin today, and English speakers would be speaking Anglo-Saxon maybe? (which themselves evolved from other languages)