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His English was so good that people thought he was a native speaker.
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His English was so fluent that people thought it was his first language.
ご質問ありがとうございます。
① "His English was so good that people thought he was a native speaker."=「彼の英語はすごく上手かったから、人々は彼がネイティブ・スピーカーだと思った。」
② "His English was so fluent that people thought it was his first language."=「彼の英語はとても流暢だったので、人々は彼にとって(英語は)第一言語だと思った。」
ご参考までに。
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His English was so good, some people thought he was a native English speaker.
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His English was comparable to a native English speaker.
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His English was just as good as most native English speakers.
この場合、次のような言い方ができます。
ーHis English was so good, some people thought he was a native English speaker.
「彼の英語はとても上手で、ネイティブと思った人もいた」
a native English speaker で「英語を母国語とする人」
ーHis English was comparable to a native English speaker.
「彼の英語はネイティブに匹敵する」
to be comparable to ... で「…に匹敵する・…と同等の」
ーHis English was just as good as most native English speakers.
「彼の英語はほとんどのネイティブと同じくらい上手だ」
just as good as … で「…と同じくらい上手い」
ご参考まで!