It's not my first language, but you´re absolutely right. I wouldn´t phrase it differently. In fact, I cannot even phrase it differently. Well, aside from going out of my way and making it needlessly complicated.
I see your off-topic-language chat, and I raise you by two.
On the 'terribly bitsa cobbled together language'; my first language is Dutch, then English, then basic German and French. A bit of Spanish/Latin/Italian.
Which means, I can actually *read* all the European languages. I don't speak them, I don't know the words, don't know how to make a sentence. But in a written sentence, especially in context, I recognise them and can just read them no problem. And because Dutch and English are my primary languages - the Scandinavian languages [which are essentially the same] I read as if I'm fluent, as these have so much overlap.
