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Noticed your post on COM about English speakers. I have only ever learned English and have much worse grammar than most kids who learned English second (when they were kids) I know. My friend who learned English as a third language (Chinese and Japanese) speaks the language quite well and actually taught me how to inflect the subjunctive mood ("If I were a telephone pole...", not "If I was a telephone pole...").
The best thing you can do is to respond to people you find discuss agreeably and ignore those you can't stand. One thread can support a few discussions at once on the same topic.
hi, im your tutor for xy ou :)
i see we have a pretty big time difference, but im sure i can accomodate it. whats your preferred way to talk? irc, skype, fb, simple pm vm?