a vs the This is text written by the non-native speaker. You might have something to suggest which can make this text better. If you find them, just PM me with your corrections, I will share the corrections in the “better English writing” thread "the non-native speaker" is the part that needs to be fixed. "a non-native speaker" I want to know the grammar behind this correction. I had just learned that I have to use "the" if it's indicating a specific one, not the general one. But this explanation isn't enough to understand the grammar of this correction.