Saturday, March 20, 2010

A English Lesson

A English Lesson
for my mystery letter writer

A profesional English laungage school teachers view of the above


There is, unfortunately, a punctuation mistake in the first line of the doubtless well-meaning attempt to help your English: there should be a semi-colon after the word "blogs"; a comma is not enough.

And while the second paragraph seems blameless enough, the style and structure of the first paragraph suggest an imperfect grasp of the English language. In the circumstances, it is understandable why the author lacked the courage to sign such a clumsy effort.

As to the content, anonymous abuse should always be referred to the police, particularly when it is inspired by unbridled malice. I am sure they will spare no effort to stamp on these squalid manifestations, which could be a prelude to even more serious mischief.