English Writing Tips for Non-Native Speakers: How to Sound More Natural

You speak English well. You understand meetings, read articles, follow conversations. But when you write — Slack messages, emails, LinkedIn posts — something feels off. Not wrong, exactly. Just not quite native. Here are the patterns that give away non-native writers, and how to fix them. 1. Cut the formal opener Starting with "I hope this email finds you well" or "As per my previous email" — technically correct, but native speakers almost never write this. It reads as bureaucratic. Instead: ❌ "