On Saturday, 9 May 2015 11:08:26 UTC+1, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Rod Speed used his keyboard to write :
His first name & surname were very common English names, so I assume
English is his first language, although I might be wrong.

SWMBO works in social services and commented that they get many similarly
poor communications.

Not saying my grasp of grammar & punctuation is 100% perfect.

Which prompts the question; just how bad is our education system?

You don't know that one was produced by the british education system.

Or that it even bothered to show up in school much even if it was.

Likely it was a product of the British education system. At least most
everyone used to leave school with the basics, but the basics seem not
quite so important now, judging by some of that which I read.

But less than 20% of those in School are British (In london) so not much point in speaking English few understand and even less will be listening.
I sit at the bus stop with kids and parents going past every weekday I rarely hear English being spoken.


Some so
badly written I am unable to derive any sense at all from it and not
that uncommon. Being able to communicate effectively is an essential
life skill.

So learn a few euproean languages if you want to communicate in London.