In Accents^x, Nouns^x, Speaking English^x

Hi, #1. Since accent is a countable noun, we need 'a' for both heavy accent and heavier accent . #2. I prefer 'hesitancy in responding' . Besides the above comments, both sentences have a run-on problem. There are more than one way to reword them; and here is my suggestion: ...

This is really badly off topic but I couldn't resist the temptation to comment on your correct observation. I understand very well that native speakers of English mispronounce foreign words because foreign languages are not studied much in English-speaking countries. Well, can you really blame...