Couldn't agree more. Although I fear it's >30 years - I went to a public
school (between '64 and '70) and only learnt grammar through Latin lessons.
Jez
On 5 January 2014 16:40, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I’m sure, Jez, that that is the reason for the mistake, now widespread.
> It’s also probably rooted in the fear (of radio producers) that someone
> will start listening to such a report halfway through the sentence and draw
> that conclusion. But it’s still wrong, and if we had taught our language
> properly in schools over the last 30 years we would not be in this fix.
> And it is a fix: our teachers apparently cannot teach English grammar,
> partly because they know little themselves, partly because common usage has
> drifted from Standard English and now makes rules hard to learn, let alone
> teach.
>
> Chris
>
> On 5 Jan 2014, at 16:03, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 'Trouble is, when you write "The Prime Minister reported that he was
> keen
> > to preserve the State Pension." it's all too easy to infer that now he is
> > no longer keen so to do.
> > Innit?
>
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