bajaraquel

In speaking a language I've found being able to get my point across is much more important than being grammatically correct. My experience living in foreign countries for more than 13 years is you are given respect for trying to communicate in the native language. I internally cringe when I know I'm slaughtering verb tenses but the shining smile I receive for trying eases the cringing. As for writing, grammar is important. The advent of chat and texting is throwing all that right out the window even in my native English. If I'm writing a business proposal I triple check my grammar while writing a Facebook post I'm much more lax. Circumstances dictate more my inner grammar police than anything.