To quote a friend ...

[beatrice_otter]

... it is incredibly ironic that when they want to establish a character as an alien, they make him/her speak very good, grammatical English

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[shusu.livejournal.com]

Dropping by... yeah, that's my experience growing up in a country where English is the universal second language. Our grammar tends to be impeccable by default (non-casual situations.)

Tis ironic, indeed.