The great grandparent's post is more difficult to read than it otherwise would be to the vast majority of HN users who use other English dialects.
American, Australian, German, British, etc. English are all mutually intelligible with no difficulty, while the... *counts... 11 deviations from the more common (as determined by looking at HN posters) grammars in the great grandparent require a bit of work on the part or the reader.
American, Australian, German, British, etc. English are all mutually intelligible with no difficulty, while the... *counts... 11 deviations from the more common (as determined by looking at HN posters) grammars in the great grandparent require a bit of work on the part or the reader.