Timeline for How to tactfully (and constructively) discuss language issues when writing a referee report

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Mar 27 at 23:33	comment	added	David S		Totally anecdotally, but in my experience, an average non-native English speaker from the Nordic region is likely to read and write English better than the average native English speaking American. Point 5 could be its own answer and still be good.
Mar 27 at 18:44	history	edited	Aru Ray	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 2 characters in body
Mar 27 at 18:02	comment	added	Stanley Yao Xiao		Thank you for your very thoughtful answer! Regarding your first paragraph, I did in fact talk to some mentors over the years about this incident and they were about as outraged as can be expected. However, given that the paper had already been rejected and was submitted successfully elsewhere, they advised that I shouldn't try to dig up old wounds after the fact.
Mar 27 at 13:14	comment	added	Xander Henderson		Your point 5 is the bulk of the answer I would have written. I would add that you might suggest that they find a competent copy editor (e.g. most universities have some kind of "writing center" which one could consult---I have many native-English-speaking colleagues who have taken draft papers to the local writing center for help).
Mar 27 at 7:32	history	answered	Aru Ray	CC BY-SA 4.0