Buffymon, I thought English was your mother tongue! People from Northen Europe always speak beautiful English.
Please, I'd like to ask for help too.
Yesterday in a post referring to the earthquake in Italy I wrote:
"A nice piece of news among the tragedy" And then went on to tell about a woman who had given birth no long after the earthquake struck.
Although you all got the gist of what I wanted to say, what I wrote to me sounds like a poor translation from Italian to English. But couldn't think of anything better. Any suggestions anyone?
When I lived in the UK my English, both written and spoken, was much better, now I get the two languages mixed up.