That's not being pedantic, that's being professional.
Absolutely. Mind you, I think it may be more your being so young, rather than having moved a lot, that made you miss out on grammar teaching at school. I know so many otherwise clearly intelligent people of your generation who simply haven't a clue how to use their native language, and it seems to come down to the prevalence at that time of the "handwavey perfection is not the goal, stop being so pedantic about grammar!" theories of education.
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on 2011-05-27 07:26 am (UTC)Absolutely. Mind you, I think it may be more your being so young, rather than having moved a lot, that made you miss out on grammar teaching at school. I know so many otherwise clearly intelligent people of your generation who simply haven't a clue how to use their native language, and it seems to come down to the prevalence at that time of the "handwavey perfection is not the goal, stop being so pedantic about grammar!" theories of education.