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Your English is very good, but it’s the little things that are tipping us off. Here’s how your sentence would be written by, well, me.
“Do I have to watch more sitcoms and read more paperbacks to make sure that my English is good enough to pass the watchful eyes of the language police?”

I say you can’t go wrong with an old Toyota or Honda. I know plenty of people with mid-80s models that are still going strong.