No one speaks English in exactly the same way. For one thing, we all speak with different regional accents. For another, even the same individual will use different words and grammatical constructions in different situations. Language is an intensely personal thing and we don’t like to be told that there’s something wrong with the way we talk. On the…
Month: January 2018
Pronoun Mayhem in High Places
As long as some readers remain who are acquainted with the basic rules of Standard English, grammatical errors in newspapers and other publications raise credibility issues.