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        "If you don't oil this part there will be big trouble."
        Yes, okay, not bad - but would a native speaker write such a thing? No way! David labored mightily to rectify the text, and finally produced a result which he was happy with:
        "Please be advised that if an adequate supply of lubricating materials is not delivered to this component then untoward consequences of a seriously deleterious nature will ensue."
        The conquest of the world by native speaker English continues!

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The Triumph of Japanese English


        Keiko was puzzled by the speech that Gavin had written for her. Of course, he was a native speaker of English, so his conversational skills were strong. But



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