Your grammar is--" She had intended saying "awful," but she amended it to "is not particularly good." He flushed and sweated.
"I know I must talk a lot of slang an' words you don't understand.

But then they're the only words I know--how to speak.

I've got other words in my mind, picked 'em up from books, but I can't pronounce 'em, so I don't use 'em." "It isn't what you say, so much as how you say it.

You don't mind my being frank, do you?
I don't want to hurt you." "No, no," he cried, while he secretly blessed her for her kindness.

"Fire away.