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When I learned Spanish and had the opportunity to speak with native Spanish speaking friends I told them “if you love me, correct my Spanish”

I know of no other way, because there are lots of technically grammatically correct ways to say things in English, but sounds awkward to a native speaker. You can’t know really on your own.

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There are lots of funny "why do you speak like a man/woman" or "why do you speak like a children's cartoon/radio announcer/train conductor" examples in language learning forums.

It always comes out that the learner speant to long with or only used one source for their learning.

As a counter-example, chinese ESL learners will often look for "American Business English" because our office speak is different enough from common speach and that is their intended use case for the language they're learning. They don't want to sound like they're announcing the news or acting in a movie, they want to sound like business professionals.

I get a lot of that from my wife and in-laws who find my zài nǎr amusing rather than the zài nǎlǐ they'd say. You always know who's a Pimsleur boy.

„I am groot”

LLMs now will tell you that all your farts smell amazing - I kind of feel my English degrading over the past years. Gosh I have to work on it more intentiaonnly

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