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Default O.T. : What Have We Done ... ?


"Tim S" wrote in message
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S Viemeister coughed up some electrons that declared:

Lead and led are often misused.
"I" where "me" should be used.
"would of" "had of" "could of"


They should return to teaching Latin... At least you leave with the
concept
that something called "grammar" exists.


While I did study Latin, we also had one entire year of English Language
tuition devoted to grammar. It was worth 15 percent in the O level and our
teacher worked on the principle that, if we got full marks on the grammar
question, it was virtually impossible to score so badly on essay and précis
as to fail the exam. It also helped us to prepare for the Use of English
exam, which was a university entrance requirement.

Colin Bignell