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Some of you may know me as mattygroves elswhere on this world wide web. I am a transplanted American (I've been in the UK now nearly 20 years) and a hopeful writer.

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Incorrect grammar usage: 7 of 24

I spent much of my childhood having my grammar corrected by my father. Worse, he corrected my friends' grammar as well. How embarrassing. The consequence of this (apart from a slightly neurotic personality) is that I too am a stickler for grammar. Not to the same extent, mind you. I do correct my daughter's English (although not in front of her friends), but I pretty much leave other people's spoken English alone (apart from my husband's, but he knows what I'm like). However, I write (nothing exciting I'm afraid - mostly internal training and policy manuals) and, more to the point, proofre...
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