I can almost always recognize when a writer is or isn't an American
Which reminds me of one of the first serious papers I handed in to a full professor. It was returned to me with this scrawled at the bottom of the page halfway through: "Write like an American for God's sake!"
I was and remain completely confused. I THOUGHT I wrote like an American. Apparently not. I'm not even sure how to go about correcting this problem.
