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Tag: English Grammar

Pet Peeves #2 Badly Composed Tweets

February 15, 2018

As a language teacher, I’m used to dealing with all kinds of badly framed sentences: incorrect tenses, missing articles, wrong prepositions and invisible (I really mean absent) punctuation marks. I know it infuriates my colleagues, but not me. I understand that my students ‘ work is just that – students’ work. It’s in a classroom … More Pet Peeves #2 Badly Composed Tweets

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Pet Peeves #1: The Usage of “Would” In Indian English

May 16, 2017

Once a student of English Literature, I tend to be a bit of a stickler for correct usage of grammar. As a language teacher, I have learnt to turn a blind eye to some common mistakes my students make. But there are some things that bother me too much to be shoved to the back … More Pet Peeves #1: The Usage of “Would” In Indian English

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