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Wrote some fun facts about my country. Can you see if it sounds natural?

agora_hills_
Under the South Korean Constitution, North Koreans are considered South Korean citizens. So anyone who escapes from North Korea is automatically given South Korean citizenship. Because they are considered South Korean, they don't have to go through processes that foreigners must go through, such as refugee screening or naturalization process. Even if someone is found to be a spy from North Korea, they are severely punished under South Korean laws, but their nationality is not revoked, nor are they deported. Does this sound natural?

23 comments

plushieshoyru•
Sounds perfect 👌🏼 only part that gave me a small pause was “naturalization process.” My brain wants you to say “the naturalization process.”
dontforgettowriteme•
This is well-written and I learned something. Well done! One note: I would either say, "the naturalization process" or just "naturalization," since naturalization is already a process on its own. Otherwise it looks good to me!
Shokamoka1799•
Came to check on grammar, but I learned something new...
PHXMEN•
Yep excellent...i love this reddit my brain said "a" naturalization process
Extension_Cycle_363•
everything makes sense, but if you wanna make it a little smoother, you could say “don’t have to go through the same processes as foreigners” instead of “processes that foreigners must go through”
natalie_elskamp•
This is almost perfectly written! Well done 😃 The only thing I’ll note is that “naturalization process” doesn’t work as written here; “process” is a singular, countable noun and thus needs an article. You could rewrite it as “a naturalization process”, “the naturalization process”, or “naturalization processes” (it’s definitely not strange to use the plural here). I think it would sound best to omit “process” altogether, because it’s already implied. You can just say “They don’t have to go through processes that foreigners must go through, such as refugee screening or naturalization.”
rebekoning•
Very small suggestion, but I would avoid starting a sentence with “so” in writing unless it’s for something very informal like texting
sneakyxxxsneaky•
Sounds great 👍
glny•
Good English. This is a bit complicated, but it would be better to say: "Even if someone is found to be a spy from North Korea *and* they are severely punished under South Korean laws, their nationality is not revoked." Reason: the thing that contrasts with them being a spy isn't the punishment, it's the not revoking their citizenship.
onminerva•
It sounds great! To be nitpicky, the sentence starting with ‘so’ is a little informal but would be fine for something spoken. If you are writing something formal like an essay, maybe you could start with ‘therefore’ or restructure the sentence. Otherwise awesome job!
TypeHonk•
Sounds great and It didn't active my fear of long foreign writings.
Taiqi_•
The only thing I would add is a "the" before "naturalization process". Whereas "refugee screening" sounds like a general uncountable term and doesn't need a "the", "naturalization process" sounds countable, and so needs a determiner before its singular form.
HustleKong•
If I came across this in another sub, I wouldn’t have guessed the writer was not a native speaker.
maxthed0g•
Perfect.
yakatuuz•
> Under the South Korean Constitution, North Koreans are considered South Korean citizens. ~~So~~ anyone ~~who escapes~~ from North Korea is automatically given South Korean citizenship~~.~~ ~~B~~ecause they are considered South Korean(.) they don't have to go through processes that foreigners must go through, such as refugee screening or naturalization process. Even if someone is found to be a spy from North Korea, they are severely punished under South Korean laws, but their nationality is not revoked, nor are they deported. Try to keep one thought per sentence. So now that the first two sentences now essentially are the same thought, merge them. Something like: Under the South Korean Constitution, anyone from North Korea is automatically given South Korean citizenship because they are considered South Korean.
nothingbuthobbies•
Not an English nitpick, but a logical one: If North Koreans are considered South Korean citizens, then North Korean escapees are not "automatically given" South Korean citizenship. They're not given something that they already have. The citizenship existed before they escaped North Korea. You could say that they are "automatically given *the benefits of* South Korean citizenship", or "their South Korean citizenship is automatically recognized", but not that they are given citizenship at the time of their escape.
DopazOnYouTubeDotCom•
Perfectly natural.
Yurii2202•
The comma in the first sentence seems strange to me since the second part wouldn’t make much sense on its own. Should it be there regardless?
dj4653•
Wow
kfclover1122•
Wow!
Joylime•
Wow, well done!
LamilLerran•
Excellently written! I see two errors, both minor: 1. "Naturalization process" should just be "naturalization". Or it could be "the naturalization process", but that soundness needlessly wordy and hence very slightly unnatural. 2. It should probably be "citizenship is not revoked" not "nationality is not revoked". "Citizenship" refers to your legal status with a country, and hence is a thing that can (under special circumstances) be revoked. "Nationality" can sometimes be used to refer to citizenship, but it is also used to refer to the place you were born. Therefore, it sounds a little unnatural to refer to revoking nationality, as "the place you were born" isn't something that can be revoked. That said, "nationality" really is sometimes used to mean "citizenship", and so I suspect some native speakers would disagree about this being an error and would accept "nationality" here.
Qheeljkatt•
Blood is thicker than water