作者簡介
I was born in the Caribbean, on the island of Trinidad. There I received the main part of my education, in a Grammar School, up to GCE standard, and on my arrival to the United Kingdom in 1971, I continued my education at College and BTEC Levels, and also Open University.
My love for the English Language began after a very embarrassing moment when I was still in Primary School. Although this was a Catholic School, run by nuns, mistakes made were often corrected with anything but love and kindness. This often included a physical beating.
On one particular occasion, I incurred the wrath of a certain teacher. After making a grammatical error when speaking, this was corrected loudly, not just in front of the whole class, but within earshot of most of the school, as the classrooms were open-planned.
From that day on, I vowed never to let this happen to me again. I soon developed a profound love the English Language. I obtained Certifi cates in the School Leaving Certifi cate (Trinidad & Tobago), National Council Examination (Trinidad & Tobago), Pitman's, RSA and GCE. Some of these were graded with Distinctions and Credits. Whilst living in the UK, I am usually surprised and appalled at the lack of grammar, evident amongst those who should know better, and this is what prompted me to write this book.
This book, therefore, is aimed at Primary and Secondary Schools, Colleges, English Language Schools, Universities, Teachers' Training Colleges, Newspapers' Editors and Radio and Television Newsreaders and Broadcasters.
