#38 & 41

Yes, There is a tendency on the part of some people to direct and control and correct. This can be quite a ‘slippery slope’. Before issuing corrections, you need to make absolutely sure that you’re above suspicion. I haven’t read anyone on these or any other forums whose prose, syntax and grammar is totally beyond reproach. It’s not difficult to make a mistake.

If you are at all sensitive about these matters and would like to improve via the self improver route then: “The King’s English” by H.W. & F.G. Fowler and published by Wordsworth, ISBN 1 -85326-304-4 needs to be by your elbow when you write plus the OED.

“People who live in glasshouse’s shouldn’t throw stones!”

John Green