Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
scotcher is right. I used the term 'Perfect English' just to put _ stress on the fact that I want to find_ preferably interesting texts to read which may be considered 'Perfect' in the sense that they are grammatically correct and use modern vocabulary and idioms.
The main difficulty I have when selecting texts is that I don't know whether a picked one shoud be viewed as an example of _ correct language usage.
I may read a text written by native an English speaker but I wouldn't know whether his speech was correct or not. I have no criteria.
Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
My thought exactly so I asked because I needed _(some) advice.



Russian grammar is tolerant to such things so most _books (good books I'd say ) are written with ... well... acceptable grammar.
Consider - we don't care about the word order neither do we have articles. Prefixes which are _a nightmare to foreigners don't present any problem because Russian native speakers (and writers) use them instinctively. That would have incorrect spelling (an editor's problem) and style remaining. A bad author has a poor vocabulary and constructs simple sentenses so it's very boring to read them.


Thanks Dobry - you're really Добрый An answer I've been waiting for.



That's another question I needed an answer to.

P.S. You've forgot to mention _ Chinese English. I could curse for a week about it.
I've never encountered these two. _sheer luck maybe.
Bloody articles man! I'm so glad there aren't any in Russian.