in my experience the vast majority of Chinese esol speakers bring over certain idiosyncrasies unless they were fully immersed in English at a young age
Everyone does. But it won't necessarily be apparent from such a short post. For instance I am not a native English speaker, and I have never received overseas education. Do you think you could figure it out from this post alone?
The post isn't supposed to be written by an 18 year old. It's basically role play. Remember that it's set in 2025. They're not pretending they really are an 18 year old Chinese high school student. I was just saying that a short post having good grammar isn't really a great indicator.
Everyone does. But it won't necessarily be apparent from such a short post. For instance I am not a native English speaker, and I have never received overseas education. Do you think you could figure it out from this post alone?
The post isn't supposed to be written by an 18 year old. It's basically role play. Remember that it's set in 2025. They're not pretending they really are an 18 year old Chinese high school student. I was just saying that a short post having good grammar isn't really a great indicator.